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A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sustainability and Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 April 2022.
Special Issue Editors
Interests: socio-ecological systems; land-use change; ecosystem services; disaster resilience
Interests: land-use change; ecosystem services; conservation; environmental policies
Interests: GIScience and remote sensing; sustainability science; land change science; social–ecological system; ecosystem services; climate change impacts, vulnerability, risk and adaptation; forest transition; forest cover monitoring
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Asia is expected to experience population growth, peaking around 2030–2060 (World Population Prospects 2019), which will likely result in unpredictable socio-economic changes that will present new challenges for land management. Sustainable land and natural resource management will play a crucial role in addressing these issues in the region. In particular, assessing land-use change and its effects on ecosystem services (ESs) is necessary to foster regional sustainability.
In response to the trade-offs in multiple land use, the concept of ESs has been introduced to find synergies between nature conservation and other aspects of human wellbeing. In recent years, many studies have addressed the impacts of land-use change on bundles of multiple ESs by considering the influences of direct and indirect factors, e.g., region-specific changes in population and other socio-economic statuses. These case studies have provided insight on how land use, with the interaction of historical land management, has configured the ESs provided by ecosystems. Thus, the findings from such empirical studies contribute to developing sustainability in Asia, at both local and regional scales.
In this Special Issue, we will focus on qualitative and quantitative analyses of ESs specifically toward sustainability in Asia. The Special Issue will include, but will not be limited, to case studies, conceptual or analytical reviews, and policy-relevant articles toward achieving the 17 SDGs in Asia. Contributions can be in the form of articles, reviews, and perspectives and viewpoints.
Dr. Kikuko Shoyama
Dr. Rajarshi Dasgupta
Dr. Ronald C. Estoque
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- land-use and cover change
- biodiversity and ecosystem services
- nature’s contributions to people
- landscape sustainability
- sustainability assessment
- SDGs
- future scenarios
- spatial analysis
- GIS and remote sensing
- transformative change
- nexus of food, water, and energy
Planned Papers
The below list represents only planned manuscripts. Some of these manuscripts have not been received by the Editorial Office yet. Papers submitted to MDPI journals are subject to peer-review.
Title:Driving forces of ecosystem services change in the Loess Plateau: climate change or human activities?
Jia Ning
Abstract:Ecosystem services change and its driving forces are hot issues in global change research. In this paper, the Loess Plateau, a typical fragile and sensitive area, is selected as the study area. We studied the main ecosystem services in the Loess Plateau from 2000 to 2018, including water conservation, soil conservation and sand fixation. Those ecosystem services were estimated by using the method of precipitation storage, Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) and Revised Wind Erosion Equation (RWEQ). Based on the analysis of land use change and climate change in the Loess Plateau, the driving forces of ecosystem services in the Loess Plateau were studied. Compared with 2000-2010, the amount of water conservation and soil conservation in 2011-2018 increased, the amount of wind prevention and sand fixation decreased, and the water erosion modulus and wind erosion modulus decreased. The interannual variation of ecosystem services in the Loess Plateau is mainly due to the fluctuation of climate factors such as temperature and precipitation, while the decadal or longer scale variation is due to the dual effects of global climate change and land use change. This study can provide scientific and technological support and relevant policy recommendations for the healthy development of the Loess Plateau ecosystem under global change.
Tentative date of submission:30 June 2021.