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Ying-Chieh Lee, Pei-Ting Liao
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Junxue Zhang, Lin Ma
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Yuxue Pan, Boya Zhang, Yang Wu, Yu Tian
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ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
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Yun Liu, Johan Afendi Ibrahim, Foo Yen Sin
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ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2021)
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Victor H. Gutierrez-Velez, Melissa R. Gilbert, Dirk Kinsey, Jocelyn E. Behm
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CURRENT OPINION IN ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
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Andrea Montero, Joan Marull, Enric Tello, Claudio Cattaneo, Francesc Coll, Manel Pons, Juan Infante-Amate, Alexander Urrego-Mesa, Alfredo Fernandez-Landa, Manuel Vargas
Summary: The study reveals that deforestation has been reversed in Costa Rica, but the expansion of export monocultures and urban sprawl has fragmented and isolated tropical forests, leading to a decrease in ecological connectivity. Changes in land use have negatively impacted the distribution of plants and birds, and urban expansion has had a detrimental effect on coffee agroforestry.
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Xiao Ouyang, Jun Xu, Jiayu Li, Xiao Wei, Yonghui Li
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Ying Qu, Yue Liu, Wenhua Wang, Yaodong Cang
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Long Li, Xianjin Huang, Hong Yang
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Weilin Wang, Bin Li, Fei Su, Zhenfeng Jiang, Shulu Chen
Summary: Ecological security patterns (ESPs) provide a solution for balancing the conflicts between ecological conservation and socio-economic development and maintaining sustainable regional development. Identifying sustainable ESPs should be given attention to meet future urban expansion needs. This study incorporates future land-use patterns into the ESP identification framework to reduce potential impact on identified ESPs and to reserve space for future urban development. The results for the Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan urban agglomeration show the extraction of 57 corridors, including 36 key corridors in specific districts and counties, and 21 potential corridors in the urban built-up area. Additionally, pinch points and barrier points are identified, and the comparison of ESP identification with and without simulated land-use patterns favors sustainable ESP construction.
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Leen Felix, Thomas Houet, Peter H. Verburg
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Stephen M. Bell, Cesar Terrer, Carles Barriocanal, Robert B. Jackson, Antoni Rosell-Mele
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Summary: The growth of urban tourism has intensified cities' reliance on external resources, leading to unequal ecological exchanges between urban areas and distant resource-supplying areas through urban land teleconnections (ULTs). The influx of tourists has driven considerable material flow into cities like Taipei, increasing their dependence on resources from distant areas and challenging urban sustainability.
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Shu-Li Huang, Ying-Chieh Lee, Li-Yang Chiang
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Xuezheng Zong, Xiaorui Tian, Xianli Wang
Summary: Climate change has caused longer fire seasons and more intense wildfires worldwide, leading to significant economic and environmental impacts. A study conducted in Southwest China evaluated the effectiveness of different fuel treatment designs in mitigating wildfire risk under varying fire severity conditions. The results showed that fuel treatments were effective in reducing risk under low and normal fire severity scenarios, but their effectiveness was limited under high fire severity conditions.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
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Jian Peng, Xiaoyu Wang, Huining Zheng, Zihan Xu
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Francois Chiron, Romain Lorrilliere, Carmen Bessa-Gomes, Piotr Tryjanowski, Joan Casanelles-Abella, Lauri Laanisto, Ana Leal, Anskje Van Mensel, Marco Moretti, Babette Muyshondt, Ulo Niinemets, Marta Alos Orti, Pedro Pinho, Roeland Samson, Nicolas Deguines
Summary: In cities, green areas play a crucial role in biodiversity conservation, and the heterogeneity of land cover is an important factor. The relationship between area and heterogeneity affects the richness of bird species in urban green areas, with urban avoider species benefiting from large and heterogeneous patches.
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Ecology
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LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2024)
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Astrid Zabel, Mara-Magdalena Hausler
Summary: Developing a green infrastructure is an important environmental policy goal in many countries around the world. Different countries have different requirements on the spatial allocation of conservation sites for green infrastructure. Price-type and procedural instruments are commonly used, but the utilization of incentive mechanisms that internalize the benefit of clustering is relatively low. There is a need for more studies on incentive mechanisms and green infrastructure policies in the global South.
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Timothy Fraser, Olivia Feeley, Andres Ridge, Ava Cervini, Vincent Rago, Kelly Gilmore, Gianna Worthington, Ilana Berliavsky
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LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
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LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
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Ecology
Di Chen, Jie Yin, Chia-Pin Yu, Shengjing Sun, Charlotte Gabel, John D. Spengler
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LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2024)
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Ecology
Daniele Codato, Francesca Peroni, Massimo De Marchi
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LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2024)
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Ecology
Jingli Yan, Wendy Y. Chen, Zixiao Zhang, Wenxing Zhao, Min Liu, Shan Yin
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LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2024)