Optimization Strategies for Waterfront Plant Landscapes in Traditional Villages: A Scenic Beauty Estimation–Entropy Weighting Method Analysis

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 16(16), P. 7140 - 7140

Published: Aug. 20, 2024

This investigation delves into the waterfront plant landscapes of traditional villages in Western Hunan, China, aiming to bolster sustainable ecological resource management, amplify culture, and ameliorate environmental standards. Furthermore, it endeavors furnish a theoretical scaffold for meticulous construction assessment these landscapes. study has illustrated botanical 32 hamlets within Xiangxi region, integrating prior research on regression model based Scenic Beauty Estimation (SBE) method. It established investigated fifteen landscape factors pivotal aesthetic valorization village waterfronts. The concocted beauty quality evaluation model, unearthing significant correlation (p < 0.01) across evaluations by students majoring architecture, expert architects, laypersons, thus underscoring consensus judgments. A noteworthy between value (Z-value) entropy weight was elucidated through equation EWM = −0.106 + 0.425ZSBE, showcasing quality’s variance among studied villages. formulated accentuates significance seasonal variation, scale affinity, rich hierarchical structure.

Language: Английский

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Solar Radiation Drives the Plant Species Distribution in Urban Built-Up Areas

Plants, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 14(4), P. 539 - 539

Published: Feb. 10, 2025

Urban areas serve as critical habitats for numerous plant species. Existing studies suggest that, due to human-mediated introductions, urban environments often harbor a greater variety of species compared suburban areas, potentially becoming focal points biodiversity. Consequently, investigating the driving forces and complex mechanisms by which environmental factors influence distribution is essential establishing theoretical foundation biodiversity conservation future planning management. Solar radiation, among these factors, determinant growth, development, reproduction. However, there notable lack research on how this factor affects influences species’ richness composition within communities. We present first time an analysis solar radiation drives spatial built-up Nanchang City, China. Based three years monitoring survey data from experimental sites, study employs evaluation models—Species Richness Index (R), Simpson’s Diversity (D), Shannon–Wiener (H)—to analyze validate results. Additionally, MATLAB ArcGIS Pro software are utilized numerical simulation visualization data. Our shows that with low exhibit higher richness, while plots high diversity primarily concentrated in regions strong radiation. Moreover, D proves be more sensitive than (H) evaluating species, making it suitable metric studying our area. Among 18 analyzed, Mulberry Dandelion predominantly dispersed birds wind, showing no significant correlation This finding indicates influenced multiple interacting beyond highlighting need long-term observation, monitoring, analysis. also suggests shaded may hubs relatively can sustain diversity. These findings underscore practical significance research, offering insights guide management strategies. offers valuable predictions potential various settings integrating computational models, building data, Digital Elevation Models (DEMs), land cover

Language: Английский

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The role of plant diversity and density in the availability of floral resources for effective pollination and honey production by the honey bee (Apis mellifera) in arid areas

Discover Plants., Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 2(1)

Published: March 17, 2025

Language: Английский

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Native vs. Non-Native Plants: Public Preferences, Ecosystem Services, and Conservation Strategies for Climate-Resilient Urban Green Spaces

Land, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 14(5), P. 954 - 954

Published: April 28, 2025

Climate change is reshaping urban environments, intensifying the need for resilient green space design and management that supports biodiversity, improves ecosystem services, adapts to changing conditions. Understanding trade-offs between native non-native species selection important developing climate-resilient spaces. This review examines public preferences versus plant their implications management. We critically analyse services biodiversity benefits provided by both plants in spaces, highlighting complex involved. Our findings indicate while can be underrepresented landscapes, they offer significant ecological including support local wildlife pollinators. Some studies have highlighted climate resilience of plants; however, are likely more affected change. Therefore, conservation strategies needed, especially endemic threatened species. Several suggest a flexible approach integrates from diverse climatic origins improve resilience. also explore gardening (CG) as socio-ecological strategy integrate endangered into promoting stresses importance informed community involvement creating

Language: Английский

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Towards a conceptual design framework for bee botanic gardens: integrating perceptions on urban biodiversity into landscape design processes

Urban Ecosystems, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Oct. 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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Nectar plants visited by hummingbirds in an urban area of southern Brazil

Urban Ecosystems, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 28(1)

Published: Oct. 14, 2024

Language: Английский

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