Frontiers in Environmental Science,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
12
Published: Oct. 25, 2024
Identifying
and
evaluating
the
ecological
security
pattern
(ESP)
of
region
can
provide
a
solid
foundation
for
optimizing
regional
ecosystem
elements
improving
security.
The
PLUS
model,
InVEST
circuit
theory
were
used
to
analyze
services
ESP
Shanxi
section
Yellow
River
Basin
(SYRB)
between
2005
2035.
findings
revealed
that
1)
total
area
land
use
shift
across
categories
2020
was
6,080.99
km
2
,
or
5.22%
SYRB’s
area.
Under
natural
development
scenario,
transfer
from
2035
predicted
be
4,605.10
.
Among
these,
tendency
construction
forest
expanding,
while
cultivated
land,
grassland,
water
area,
unused
shrinking;
2)
From
2035,
yield
soil
conservation
all
decreased,
habitat
quality
carbon
storage
showed
declining
tendency;
3)
source
increased
35,767.00
in
39,931.00
2035;
length
corridors
expanded
2,792.24
3,553.18
pinch
points
27
40
barrier
21
28
which
show
remained
unstable;
4)
According
service
characteristics
SYRB
2020,
an
“one
axis,
two
zones,
four
corridors,
multiple
points”
constructed.
This
study
could
useful
guidance
spatial
maintaining
services.
Ecological Indicators,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
166, P. 112382 - 112382
Published: July 19, 2024
Evaluating
the
quality
and
establishing
an
ecological
network
are
beneficial
for
maintaining
ecosystem
health
stability
optimizing
national
spatial
pattern.
This
study
used
morphological
pattern
analysis
(MSPA)
remote
sensing
index
(RSEI)
to
identify
sources
(ESs)
in
Shanxi
section
of
Yellow
River
Basin
(SYRB).
Comprehensive
resistance
surface
is
constructed
corrected
based
on
weight.
The
corridor
was
identified
by
Linkage
Mapper
tool,
node
barrier
points
were
determined
basis
minimum
cost
path
theory
establish
security
(ESP)
SYRB.
108
ESs
identified,
with
a
total
area
34,157.42
km2.
unevenness
distribution
obvious
concentrated
areas
higher
elevations
environmental
quality.
We
243
corridors
(ECs),
totaling
3,259.44
km.
main
land
use
types
ECs
cultivated
land,
forest,
grassland.
Low-resistance
mainly
distributed
central
pearl-shaped
basin,
connecting
two
major
source
east
west.
high-resistance
southern
part
which
had
highly
fragmented
at
periphery.
41
pinch
points,
Mianshan
Mountain,
plays
key
role
energy
exchange
between
ESs.
26
overlapped
ECs,
obstructed
landscape
connectivity.
A
comprehensive
"two
zones,
one
belt,
three
corridors"
ESP
established,
providing
solid
theoretical
support
practical
guidance
future
sustainable
development
enhanced
design
Sustainability,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
17(3), P. 1307 - 1307
Published: Feb. 6, 2025
Ecological
security
is
of
central
significance
for
maintaining
the
integrity
and
stability
regional
ecosystems.
Nevertheless,
current
academic
research
systematically
studying
complex
driving
mechanisms
behind
ecological
deficient.
Therefore,
this
study
utilised
sources
(ESs)
resistance
surfaces
(ERSs)
to
calculate
obtain
Suitability
Index
(ESI),
thereby
reflecting
status.
The
drivers
ESI
in
different
areas
Yellow
River
Basin
(YRB)
from
1990
2020
were
explored
using
random
forest
(RF)
model
GeoDetector.
results
show
that:
(1)
according
RF
model,
LANDUSE,
NDVI,
PRE
are
most
important
factors
upper
(UYR),
middle
(MYR),
lower
(LYR)
reaches
YRB;
(2)
GeoDetector
factor
detection,
UYR
MYR,
primarily
influenced
by
natural
such
as
NDVI
PRE,
showing
particularly
significant
impacts
2010
2020;
(3)
LYR,
mainly
but
degree
influence
socioeconomic
has
significantly
strengthened.
This
provides
a
decision-making
direction
protection
coordinated
development
YRB.
Regional Environmental Change,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
24(2)
Published: April 15, 2024
Abstract
Improving
the
efficiency
of
agricultural
production
in
infertile
areas
contributes
to
reducing
hunger,
ensuring
food
security,
and
promoting
eco-economic
development.
This
study
examines
effects
mechanisms
Yellow
River
Delta
High
Efficiency
Ecological
Economic
Zone
policy
on
total
factor
productivity.
The
data
from
prefecture-level
cities
a
difference-in-difference
model
were
used,
descriptive
statistics
multiple
regression
analysis
conducted.
results
show
that
establishment
zone
increased
productivity
by
40%.
Heterogeneity
reveals
this
positive
effect
is
particularly
pronounced
regions
with
high
proportion
agriculture
per
capita
disposable
income.
However,
has
diminished
year
since
2010.
Mechanism
tests
suggest
increase
R&D,
improvement
mechanization,
application
ecological
technologies
have
boosted
confirm
economic
highlight
need
for
further
measures
maintain
these
long
term.
Future
research
should
explore
specific
micro-management
technological
improve
performance.
Sustainability,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
16(13), P. 5468 - 5468
Published: June 27, 2024
The
concentrated
and
contiguous
development
of
traditional
Chinese
villages
is
imminent,
the
realization
their
symbiotic
coordinated
has
become
both
a
priority
challenge.
Taking
370
in
Western
Hunan
as
research
object,
GIS
spatial
analysis
method
was
used
to
identify
extract
sources
Hunan,
construct
traffic
resistance
surfaces,
corridors
nodes
based
on
circuit
theory,
optimize
network
Hunan.
results
show
that
composed
47
village
sources,
77
corridors,
68
key
nodes,
which
are
northwest
southeast
showing
spider-like
structure.
distribution
shows
characteristics
high
north
low
middle,
surface
being
south.
Four
corridor
optimization
principles
five
node
restoration
strategies
proposed.
This
study
provides
new
concept
underlying,
for,
planning
construction
transport
promoting
centralized
protection
utilization
regions
assisting
implementation
rural
revitalization
strategy.
Land,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
13(8), P. 1149 - 1149
Published: July 27, 2024
The
level
of
coordination
between
cultural,
ecological,
and
economic
systems
directly
affects
the
sustainable
development
Yellow
River
Basin
(YRB).
However,
researchers
have
neglected
importance
cultural
elements
in
social-ecological
system
paid
insufficient
attention
to
interaction
YRB.
Therefore,
a
framework
coupled
cultural-ecological-economic
(CEE)
was
constructed
based
on
service-dominant
logic,
spatiotemporal
distribution,
evolutionary
trends,
factors
influencing
different
76
major
cities
YRB
were
analyzed
by
using
an
entropy-weighted
TOPSIS
model,
spatial
Markov
chain,
panel
Dubin
model.
results
as
follows:
(1)
showed
growing
trend,
grew
faster
than
ecosystem,
ecosystems
dominated
(2)
From
2011
2022,
type
CEE
mainly
state
slight
incongruity,
with
regions
showing
temporal
consistency
synchronized
growth,
upstream
area
moderate
midstream
downstream
concentrating
general
coordination.
(3)
coupling
characteristic
“gradually
converging
from
downstream”
exhibited
low-value
agglomeration
high-value
agglomeration.
Meanwhile,
there
clear
trend
spillover
terms
balanced
regional
development,
67.11%
region
neighboring
areas
maintained
stable
development.
(4)
Tourism
(TD),
foreign
trade
(FT),
human
environment
(HE),
government
control
(GC),
other
significantly
positively
impacted
In
future,
focus
should
be
improving
transregional
infrastructure
transportation
service
YRB,
enhance
cooperation
exchanges
regions.
This
research
provides
new
insights
methods
for
coordinated
at
watershed
scale.