Examining the Mediating Effect of the Rural Economic Dynamization between the Socio-Environmental Heritage and Sustainability of Protected Areas
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Literature Review
2.1. Socio-Environmental Heritage (SEH)
2.2. Sustainability of Protected Areas (SPA)
2.3. Rural Economic Dynamization (RED)
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. Design
3.2. Working Unit
3.3. Sample Size
3.4. Instrument
3.5. Procedure
4. Results
4.1. Evaluation of the First- and Second-Order Models
4.2. Evaluation of the Structural Model
4.3. Importance–Performance Map Analysis (IPMA)
5. Discussion
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variable | SEH | RED | SPA |
---|---|---|---|
Socio-environmental heritage (SEH) | 0.908 | 0.959 | 0.810 |
Rural economic dynamization (RED) | 0.904 | 0.937 | 0.857 |
Sustainability of protected area (SPA) | 0.756 | 0.808 | 0.803 |
Hypothesis | Route Coefficient | t | 95% IC BCa | F2 | R2aju | Conclusion |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
H1: SEH → SPA | 0.138 | 0.992 | [−0.138; 0.399] | 0.010 | Not supported | |
H2: SEH → RED | 0.904 | 27.747 *** | [0.818; 0.945] | 4.453 | 0.816 | Supported |
H3: RED → SPA | 0.683 | 4.810 *** | [0.416; 0.961] | 0.249 | Supported | |
H4: SEH → RED → SPA | 0.618 | 4.695 *** | [0.378; 0.887] | 0.652 | Supported |
Variable | Importance | Performance | Q2predict |
---|---|---|---|
Socio-environmental heritage (SEH) | 0.756 | 78.522 | |
Recreational activities, mental and physical health | 0.194 | 78.155 | |
Tourism | 0.202 | 79.412 | |
Aesthetic appreciation and inspiration for culture, art, and design | 0.220 | 77.399 | |
Spiritual experience and sense of relevance | 0.215 | 79.168 | |
Rural economic dynamization (RED) | 0.683 | 75.418 | 0.825 |
Food | 0.178 | 75.877 | 0.720 |
Raw materials | 0.182 | 74.781 | 0.710 |
Freshwater | 0.180 | 78.338 | 0.662 |
Medicinal resources | 0.188 | 72.805 | 0.749 |
Sustainability of protected areas (SPA) | 0.575 | ||
SPA_1 | 0.452 | ||
SPA_2 | 0.199 | ||
SPA_3 | 0.400 | ||
SPA_4 | 0.312 | ||
SPA_5 | 0.484 | ||
SPA_6 | 0.372 | ||
SPA_10 | 0.252 | ||
SPA_11 | 0.378 |
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Castro Ortegón, Y.A.; Acosta-Prado, J.C.; Acosta-Castellanos, P.M.; Romero Correa, J.P. Examining the Mediating Effect of the Rural Economic Dynamization between the Socio-Environmental Heritage and Sustainability of Protected Areas. Sustainability 2024, 16, 6525. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16156525
Castro Ortegón YA, Acosta-Prado JC, Acosta-Castellanos PM, Romero Correa JP. Examining the Mediating Effect of the Rural Economic Dynamization between the Socio-Environmental Heritage and Sustainability of Protected Areas. Sustainability. 2024; 16(15):6525. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16156525
Chicago/Turabian StyleCastro Ortegón, Yuddy Alejandra, Julio César Acosta-Prado, Pedro Mauricio Acosta-Castellanos, and Juan Pablo Romero Correa. 2024. "Examining the Mediating Effect of the Rural Economic Dynamization between the Socio-Environmental Heritage and Sustainability of Protected Areas" Sustainability 16, no. 15: 6525. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16156525
APA StyleCastro Ortegón, Y. A., Acosta-Prado, J. C., Acosta-Castellanos, P. M., & Romero Correa, J. P. (2024). Examining the Mediating Effect of the Rural Economic Dynamization between the Socio-Environmental Heritage and Sustainability of Protected Areas. Sustainability, 16(15), 6525. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16156525