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Urban Ecology and Sustainability: The Status of Research and Future Directions

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Social Ecology and Sustainability".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2024) | Viewed by 2277

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Prof. Dr. Sang-Don Lee

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Environmental Sciences & Engineering, EWHA Womans University, 03760 Seoul, Republic of Korea
Interests: conservation; environmental ecology; wildlife ecology; ecosystem services; urban ecology; climate change; modeling; EIA
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Dear Colleagues,

Urban ecology and sustainability should focus on the latest practical and theoretical concepts of emerging issues to overcome the major challenges currently impeding ecological restoration goals in urbanized regions across the globe. These include sustainable development projects that hinder sustainability, as well as urban ecosystems and biodiversity conservation.

In many case studies, anthropogenic interventions in ecological restoration are included. Recent modeling technologies allow us to predict evolving urban growth, as well as monitor urbanization trends and land use land cover (LULC) changes in urban and non-urban areas.

To address this area of research, the proposed Special Issue seeks papers on topics including, but not limited to, the following:

  • Using case studies of sustainable smart cities, how does urbanization affect rural ecology, soil carbon emissions, and human well-being?
  • How will climate change and carbon sequestration bring about social justice for development projects?
  • What are the priorities and limits to recent NBS (nature-based solution) issues?
  • Can development projects hold environmentally friendly solutions and bring sustainability to society?

Dr. Sang-Don Lee
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • urban restoration
  • green networking
  • amenity
  • sustainability
  • NBS

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24 pages, 15681 KiB  
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Conservation Strategies for Endangered Species in the Forests Utilizing Landscape Connectivity Models
by Hyomin Park, Ahmee Jeong, Seulki Koo and Sangdon Lee
Sustainability 2024, 16(24), 10970; https://doi.org/10.3390/su162410970 - 13 Dec 2024
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Urban expansion leads to changes in land use, and the resulting habitat fragmentation increases the risk of species extinction. Therefore, strategies to connect fragmented habitats for wildlife conservation are required, but past research has focused mainly on large mammals and specific species, and [...] Read more.
Urban expansion leads to changes in land use, and the resulting habitat fragmentation increases the risk of species extinction. Therefore, strategies to connect fragmented habitats for wildlife conservation are required, but past research has focused mainly on large mammals and specific species, and there has been a lack of research on habitat connectivity in Korea. In the present study, we sought to design an ecological network for the conservation of endangered forest wildlife (leopard cat, yellow-throated marten, and Siberian flying squirrel) in Pyeongchang, Gangwon State, Korea. The InVEST habitat quality and MaxEnt models were used to predict forest areas with excellent habitat quality and a high probability of the occurrence of endangered wildlife. We then used Linkage Mapper to identify corridors and bottlenecks that connect fragmented habitats within the study area. The quality of these corridors and the environmental features of the pinch points were also analyzed. The results showed that the area outside of Pyeongchang is the most likely area for endangered forest wildlife habitats and occurrence. A total of seven core areas were identified, and 12 corridors connecting the core areas were identified. The highest quality corridors were those connecting forest areas outside of Pyeongchang because they had a high habitat quality with alternative paths of least resistance. We also identified sections with high pinch points in all corridors, and these points tended to have high elevation, a southern aspect, a long distance from agricultural land and water bodies, low traffic density, and low building density. ANOVA revealed that the environmental variables associated with high pinch points, least-cost paths, and Pyeongchang in general exhibited statistically significant differences. These results demonstrate that the proposed conservation planning model can be applied to multiple species using a corridor-integrated mapping approach and produces quantitative figures for the targeted improvement of ecological connectivity in forests according to local characteristics, including biodiversity. As such, this approach can be utilized as the basis for the selection and management of protected forest areas and for environmental impact assessment. However, because this study had data limitations, field surveys and the monitoring of target species are needed. Once these limitations are addressed, a quantitative conservation plan can be established based on the ecological characteristics of endangered forest wildlife. Full article
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