Journal of Environmental Management, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 373, P. 123631 - 123631
Published: Dec. 16, 2024
Language: Английский
Land Use Policy, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 141, P. 107148 - 107148
Published: March 23, 2024
Urban green belts (UGBs), an important infrastructure of cities, have the functions constraining urban sprawl, which are great significance to green, resilient and sustainable development. However, it remains unclear how quantify effect UGBs on sprawl degree fragmentation after constrain sprawl. Here, we proposed a extraction method explore spatial evolution in rapidly expanding megacity Beijing from 2000 2020. We also quantitatively investigated role measured with help constraint assessment index, Annual Ring model, landscape pattern index. Results showed that: (1) Beijing's area "V"-shaped trend first decreasing then increasing 2020, 332.61 km2 303.41 2015, 369.42 is equivalent about 54 Olympic Forest Parks. (2) The UGBs' was characterized by gradual enhancement three periods 2005 boundary containment rate (BCR) 0.48, 0.22, 0.14 respectively. After construction newly planned 2005, speed 2010 2015 decreased 10.90%. (3) upward connectivity downward trend. patch density (PD) characterizing increased 17.22 31.60 aggregation index (AI) 86.92 79.73. research can provide reference for other similar sized cities UGB planning government decision-making.
Language: Английский
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Ecosystem Services, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 67, P. 101620 - 101620
Published: April 17, 2024
Green Belt policies govern peri-urban landscapes globally by restricting built development. Yet, they often have little consideration for the land within them. This is especially case in England where ecosystem services are poorly accounted policy, whilst also being viewed as a development obstacle, with few environmental and social benefits; situation mirrored globally. Moreover, there significant research gap into Belts through socio-ecological lenses of multifunctionality, which allows populist discourses to go unchallenged. Using modelling participatory mapping data this paper addresses quantifying service supply, trade-offs multifunctionality North-East Belt, wider planning policy implications. The results show that contrary claims, can do provide multiple benefits people when studied these lenses. However, levels individual overall differ spatially resulting opportunity areas well potential losses from Areas deciduous coniferous woodland key "green wedges" close urban populations were found be "hots-spots", whereas arable improved grassland notable "cold-spots". Trade-offs mostly provisioning services. We argue explicitly holistically accounting could catalyse multifunctional space climate, nature landscapes. Additionally, our study demonstrates conceptual merits planning.
Language: Английский
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Scientific Reports, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 15(1)
Published: Feb. 5, 2025
As a critical component of the geographical divide between northern and southern regions China, ecological stability Qinling region has profound implications for balance within China across East Asia. However, degradation risk areas remain unclear, there are gaps in delineation key protection areas. This study examines improvement decline from 2000 to 2023 terms ecosystem patterns, quality, functions. Moreover, function zones were identified, future development paths proposed region. The findings indicate that: (1) Urban area expansion was most rapid, increasing by about 1800 km², with an average yearly growth rate 2.43%. Ecosystem quality increased 48.07% primarily located Sanjiangyuan, Minshan-Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Loess Plateau Shaanxi, Henan, Gansu. core water soil conservation only accounted 17.92% 10.47%, respectively, mainly distributed Qinling-Daba Mountains. Based on functions, restoration projects, been divided into two majority categories 16 subcategories: 7 ecologically functional 9 offers recommendations formulating policies, thereby promoting sustainable region's ecology economy.
Language: Английский
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Landscape Ecology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 40(3)
Published: March 10, 2025
Abstract Context Urban green infrastructure (GI) multifunctionality is widely valued within the academic literature, and underpins calls from policy makers to enhance expand GI resources. However, there a gap in understanding concerning how connectivity size influence outcomes. Objectives The objectives are to: (1) present current status of research on urban (encompassing ecosystem services disservices) traits size; (2) identify relationships between these topics literature; (3) provide insights actionable planning recommendations based findings research. Methods A systematic review 139 sources (2010–2023) was conducted following PRISMA guidelines. Results Key include that themes more commonly considered exploring across boundaries than them, where wider range flows functions associated (and enabled. Also, predominantly focuses multiple large sites, with limited attention single small sites found dense areas. Conclusions Greater consideration needed manipulation outcomes, whilst also recognising threat disservices emerging as result such actions. Through uncovering gaps issues, highlighting benefiting stronger foundations, this can support policy, practice realising outcomes settings, minimising disservices.
Language: Английский
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Biodiversity and Conservation, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: Jan. 16, 2025
Language: Английский
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Forests, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 16(4), P. 700 - 700
Published: April 18, 2025
Green belts, consisting mainly of natural forests, woodlands, and agricultural areas surrounding major cities, play an essential role in regulating urban development controlling the expansion metropolitan areas. Although this concept has been extensively studied world’s areas, it remains relatively unknown many countries, particularly Africa. There is a great need for research to better understand vegetation cover on continent. This article proposes systematic review African publications green period 2010 2024. A descriptive thematic analysis selected scientific papers was carried out using database established examine state existing understanding management these plant formations The results analyses highlight several challenges facing forestry, including increasing anthropogenic pressures, lack planning that integrates shortcomings forest landscapes. also helped identify topics addressed by researchers, gaps research, suggest directions future studies. Three priority emerge from analysis: conservation or artificial belts around impact landscapes heat islands (climate impact), sustainability ecosystem context sustainable urbanization. These guidelines will enable valorization Africa, thus contributing construction more cities efficient
Language: Английский
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Ecosystems and People, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 19(1)
Published: Nov. 14, 2023
Green Belts are longstanding planning designations, which primarily seek to prevent urban sprawl. Importantly, they form the open spaces close where most people live, but we lack clarity over how used and valued by publics, cultural ecosystem services provide. To address this policy research gap, a public participatory mapping survey was conducted on North-East England Belt, with 779 respondents plotting 2388 points. The results show for first time that in addition being zone, important, widely 'everyday nature', providing several including recreation, connection nature, sense of place aesthetic value. Several factors were found influence supply Belts, proximity areas, woodland land cover access designations. Whereas demand pressures rights-of-way, nature designations deciduous woodlands. Pervasive barriers inhibiting Belt's full potential identified management issues, concerns personal safety access. We argue opportunities further enhance provided peri-urban landscapes more broadly, not only come from policies themselves, design delivery approaches integrating urban, rural land-use silos. findings have wider implications conflict future development, greater greenspace.
Language: Английский
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Urban forestry & urban greening, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 99, P. 128440 - 128440
Published: July 18, 2024
This paper evaluates the potential of a Green Infrastructure Policy Assessment Tool (GIPAT) by assessing national planning guidance across all four devolved UK nations. National is key material consideration to formulation and implementation green infrastructure (GI) policies in statutory development plans decision-making. Hitherto, there has been lack holistic assessments GI policy spatial with most attention on specific developments. GIPAT was informed three initiatives; - Building Nature, Central Scotland Network Mainstreaming GI, supported global academic literature address multifunctional mainstreaming components within 26 assessment criteria. The tool assessed, justification, how well met criteria, together strength wording. results reveal significant weakness wording countries highlighting vulnerability. In terms coverage, biodiversity ecological networks generally score but are deficiencies stewardship, blue demanding greater attention. There important implications for plan policy(ies) need integration grey, improved as illuminated through exemplar policies. We recommend use Blue (GBI) deficiency. concludes discussion about GIPAT's wider transferability research into translated
Language: Английский
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Nature-Based Solutions, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 6, P. 100171 - 100171
Published: Aug. 16, 2024
Ambition to leverage the power of nature-based solutions (NbS) address global challenges such as interlinked climate change and biodiversity crises has reached unprecedented levels. Despite a growing consensus around potential benefits NbS, this ambition not translated into sufficient actionable progress in practice. Cities, increasingly recognized centres transformative capacity, have become focal point for achieving NbS ambitions. Nevertheless, transition from theoretical discourse practical implementation been slow, with frequently being overlooked until recently political agendas. A key obstacle is lack action-oriented research grounding discussions empirical evidence on policy design application. This paper seeks these knowledge gaps by: (i) defining criteria good practices urban implementation; (ii) assessing instruments Urban Governance Atlas (UGA) against using mixed statistical qualitative methods; (iii) identifying pathways measures promote adoption Drawing diverse UGA examples, particular focus Europe CELAC region, identifies seven practice outlines four related actions guide development across varied contexts. Concrete recommendations aim tap addressing pressing issues.
Language: Английский
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Landscape and Urban Planning, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 255, P. 105268 - 105268
Published: Nov. 29, 2024
Language: Английский
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