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The Governance of Ecosystems Sustainability in a Multifunctional Landscape
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The Governance of Ecosystems Sustainability in a Multifunctional Landscape

A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X). This special issue belongs to the section "Landscape Ecology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 March 2024) | Viewed by 2314

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Dr. Yu Feng

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Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
Interests: ecological restoration; land use; ecosystem services; human-nature relationship; waiting website
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Dr. Qianqian Zhang

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Department of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Interests: ecosystem modeling; remote sensing of wetland; climate change
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Dr. Ye Yuan

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Department of Land Resource Management, Shanxi University of Finance and Economics, Taiyuan 030006, China
Interests: ecological multifunction; land use management; ecological restoration; ecosystem service
Dr. Zhifang Wang

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College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Peking University, Beijing 100084, China
Interests: landscape planning and design, science-practice interface, ecosystem services, human wellbeing
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The goal of this Special Issue is to collect papers (original research articles and review papers) to give insights into the governance of ecosystem sustainability in a multifunctional landscape involving the maintenance of ecosystem services, addressing trade-offs and promoting sustainable outcomes through landscape design and plural values in value chains. These approaches can contribute to the effective management and conservation of multifunctional landscapes.

This Special Issue will welcome manuscripts that link the following themes:

  • The governance of ecosystem sustainability;
  • Monitoring ecosystem services in a multifunctional landscape;
  • Creating sustainable landscape designs;
  • The multifunctionality of landscapes.

We look forward to receiving your original research articles and reviews.

Dr. Yu Feng
Dr. Qianqian Zhang
Dr. Ye Yuan
Dr. Zhifang Wang
Guest Editors

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Land is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • multifunctional landscape
  • ecosystem services
  • sustainability
  • sustainable landscape design
  • ecosystems trade-offs
  • landscape ecosystem

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Using Importance–Performance Analysis to Reveal Priorities for Multifunctional Landscape Optimization in Urban Parks
by Xiaomin Xiao, Qiaoru Ye and Xiaobin Dong
Land 2024, 13(5), 564; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13050564 - 23 Apr 2024
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In the context of urban renewal, residents have presented elevated expectations for the quality of urban parks, necessitating the optimization of parks’ multifunctional landscapes. Transforming residents’ preferences for landscape services into a prioritized index for multifunctional landscape renewal poses a significant challenge. This [...] Read more.
In the context of urban renewal, residents have presented elevated expectations for the quality of urban parks, necessitating the optimization of parks’ multifunctional landscapes. Transforming residents’ preferences for landscape services into a prioritized index for multifunctional landscape renewal poses a significant challenge. This study addresses this research gap by integrating importance–performance analysis (IPA) with residents’ perception evaluations of landscape services. We establish an index system to evaluate perceptions of urban park landscape services. By employing the importance–performance analysis framework, we identify landscape service types that exhibit high importance but low satisfaction levels, thereby establishing priorities for multifunctional landscape renewal. Using Guangzhou’s urban parks as a case study, our findings reveal variations in users’ demands for different landscape services and differences in demand among various user groups for similar services. Users assign utmost importance to safety services while expressing the highest satisfaction with physical and mental health or microclimate regulation services. Significant disparities exist between middle-aged/elderly groups and young people regarding perceptions of social interaction, waste disposal, and sense of belonging services. Our results demonstrate that IPA analysis can elucidate priorities for multifunctional landscape renewal, facilitate public participation in improving urban park landscapes, and provide decision-making support for optimizing these landscapes. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Governance of Ecosystems Sustainability in a Multifunctional Landscape)
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Revealing the Spatial Interactions and Driving Factors of Ecosystem Services: Enlightenments under Vegetation Restoration
by Ting Li, Yu Ren, Zemin Ai, Zhihong Qiao, Yanjiao Ren, Liyang Ma and Yadong Yang
Land 2024, 13(4), 511; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13040511 - 13 Apr 2024
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Large-scale vegetation restoration has caused complex changes in ecosystem service (i.e., ES) interactions. However, current analysis on the spatial interactions of ESs and their driving mechanisms remains deficient, limiting the adaptive management in vegetation restoration areas. This study focused on a representative restoration [...] Read more.
Large-scale vegetation restoration has caused complex changes in ecosystem service (i.e., ES) interactions. However, current analysis on the spatial interactions of ESs and their driving mechanisms remains deficient, limiting the adaptive management in vegetation restoration areas. This study focused on a representative restoration area (Yan’an) to analyze the relationships among carbon sequestration, water yield, baseflow regulation, and soil conservation from 1990 to 2020. Employing the bivariate boxplot and spatial autocorrelation methods, we identified the overall changes and spatial patterns of ES interactions. The geographically and temporally weighted regression (i.e., GTWR) model was applied to elucidate the driving factors of these spatial ES interactions. The results indicated the following: (1) Over the past three decades, synergies between carbon sequestration and water yield emerged as the joint results of spatial ‘low–low’ interactions and ‘high–high’ interactions between the two ESs, while other ES pairs generally exhibited comparatively weaker synergies, due to their spatial ‘low–high’ interactions in southern semi-humid areas. (2) In the northern semi-arid areas, both fractional vegetation cover (i.e., FVC) and climatic factors consistently exerted negative influences on all ‘low–low’ ES interactions, which caused a reduced area in synergies, while in the southern semi-humid areas, FVC suppressed the ‘low–high’ trade-offs between ESs, indicating the adaptability of grassland restoration efforts. (3) The impact of human activities on ES interactions has increased in the last 10 years, and exhibited positive effects on the ‘low–low’ ES interactions in northern semi-arid areas. However, the expansion of trade-off between soil conservation and carbon sequestration warrants attention. This study offers important insights into understanding the spatial interactions among carbon, water, and soil-related ESs in drylands. Full article
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Investigating Urban Flooding and Nutrient Export under Different Urban Development Scenarios in the Rouge River Watershed in Michigan, USA
by Yilun Zhao, Yan Rong, Yiyi Liu, Tianshu Lin, Liangji Kong, Qinqin Dai and Runzi Wang
Land 2023, 12(12), 2163; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12122163 - 13 Dec 2023
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Adverse environmental impacts in the watershed are driven by urbanization, which is reflected by land use and land cover (LULC) transitions, such as increased impervious surfaces, industrial land expansion, and green space reduction. Some adverse impacts on the water environment include urban flooding [...] Read more.
Adverse environmental impacts in the watershed are driven by urbanization, which is reflected by land use and land cover (LULC) transitions, such as increased impervious surfaces, industrial land expansion, and green space reduction. Some adverse impacts on the water environment include urban flooding and water quality degradation. Our study area, the Rouge River Watershed, has been susceptible to accelerated urbanization and degradation of ecosystems. Employing the Land Change Modeler (LCM), we designed four alternative urban development scenarios for 2023. Subsequently, leveraging the Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs (InVEST), we utilized two models—Nutrient Delivery Ratio (NDR) and Flood Risk Mitigation (UFRM)—to evaluate and compare the performance of these scenarios, as well as the situation in 2019, in terms of nutrient export and urban flooding. After simulating these scenarios, we determined that prioritizing the medium- and high-intensity development scenario to protect open space outperforms other scenarios in nutrient export. However, the four scenarios could not exhibit significant differences in urban flooding mitigation. Thus, we propose balanced and integrative strategies, such as planning green infrastructure and compact development, to foster ecological and economic growth, and enhance the Rouge River Watershed’s resilience against natural disasters for a sustainable future. Full article
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