Navigating local environment and scientific knowledge in dryland social-ecological systems through linking ecological policy-household interactions with land surface dynamics

Sun, Qiangqiang; Zhang, Ping; Jiang, Wanbei; Qu, Wei; Sun, Yanan; Sun, Deyong

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2021.105863

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“…However, the essence of the study was still a characterization of regional ecology. Therefore, future research should explore the factors affecting ecological degradation retrospectively, such as economic factors and social development factors [112,113].…”

Section: Limitations and Future Researchmentioning

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Identifying Spatial Priority of Ecological Restoration Dependent on Landscape Quality Trends in Metropolitan Areas

Huang

Wang

Zhang

2021

Land

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Ecological restoration has become an important tool for mitigating and adapting to environmental degradation caused by global urbanization. However, current research has focused on single indicators and qualitative analysis, meaning that ecological restoration has not been effectively and comprehensively addressed. This study constructed a spatial priority identification system for ecological restoration, with landscape area, landscape structure and landscape function as the core indicators. The system has wide adaptability. In this work, the spatial classification of ecological degradation was performed by overlay analysis. The results showed the following: (1) In the Shanghai metropolitan area, the landscape quality showed a trend of degradation, with built-up areas encroaching on forests and cropland. (2) Ecological degradation in the suburbs was more severe than that in the urban center. Forests had the highest landscape area indicator (LAI) stability. Significant degradation of landscape structure indicators (LSIs) occurred when built-up area and cropland were transformed into forests. (3) Different types of ecological restoration had significant spatial distribution patterns. Through this identification system, this study aimed to help planners/managers of ecological restoration to recognize the changing patterns of regional landscape quality and its relationship with land cover. It ultimately provides a basis for the formulation of regional ecological objectives and spatial strategies.

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Section: Limitations and Future Researchmentioning

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Identifying Spatial Priority of Ecological Restoration Dependent on Landscape Quality Trends in Metropolitan Areas

Huang

Wang

Zhang

2021

Land

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“…Forage cultivation is less costly than cash crops (Yang, 2021), and the increased sales of meat products are more effective in increasing income and are more stable (Gao et al, 2019), so grass‐based livestock husbandry is developing more rapidly in these counties. Such results can also show that farm households' acceptance or response to the policy is closely related to their livelihood assets, and clarifying these influencing mechanisms is one of the bases for ensuring the effectiveness of the policy (Sun et al, 2022). The promotion of grass‐based livestock husbandry has been effective in increasing meat production and reducing grain production while reducing the participation of non‐farm workers, probably due to the higher human asset requirements of grass‐based livestock husbandry compared to those of farming, which requires labor for livestock management in addition to forage cultivation (Yang, 2021).…”

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“…Of course, the specific mechanisms involved deserve further analysis in the future. Clarifying these influencing mechanisms is fundamental to guaranteeing policy effectiveness and sustainability (Sun et al, 2022; Zhang et al, 2020).…”

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“…The connections between the different components represent the pathways through which ecosystem management policies affect socioeconomic benefits (Wu, Liu, et al, 2021). Since ecosystem management policies have a direct impact on livelihood assets (Dang et al, 2020; Qiu et al, 2022), and the level of multidimensional livelihood assets also plays a role in the degree of implementation of related policies (Sun et al, 2022), such as land endowment (Frayer et al, 2014), there is a reciprocal pathway of influence between the two. There is also a mutual influence relationship between different livelihood activities (Yang, Yang, et al, 2018), so the pathways are also mutual.…”

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“…Then, Wu, Liu, et al (2021) expanded the pathways framework by introducing meta‐coupling ways of thinking and analyzing (Liu, 2017), emphasizing the overall impact of ERPs and other factors on the outcomes of ERPs, and raising the research scale to the regional scale. On this basis, we combine the widely applied sustainable livelihoods theory (Liu & Liu, 2016; Oberlack et al, 2016), which provides a series of useful metrics (Erbaugh & Oldekop, 2018; Liu & Liu, 2016; Oberlack et al, 2016), thus demonstrating the cascading effects of policies on livelihood assets, activities, and outcomes (Bhandari, 2013; Sun et al, 2022) and helping to fully understand the socioeconomic processes and mechanisms in the context of multiple ecosystem management policies.…”

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Socioeconomic outcomes of ecological restoration projects and parallel policies: A case‐study of the agro‐pastoral ecotone in northern China

Dang

et al. 2022

Land Degrad Dev

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Clarifying the socioeconomic processes and outcomes of ecological restoration projects (ERPs) is important to the ERP's effectiveness or performance. In addition, ERPs are often carried out in parallel with other policies and may have complex and integrated impacts on social-ecological systems. However, few studies have included the impact of such parallel policies in their analysis. Here, the agro-pastoral ecotone in northern China, which contains several national ERPs and grass-based livestock husbandry promotion policies, was used to analyze the socioeconomic outcomes in the context of multi-policies. Specifically, we developed a framework to integrate linkages between multiple ecosystem management policies, livelihood assets, activities, and socioeconomic outcomes and used a structural equation model to distinguish the contributions and pathways of multi-policies to socioeconomic outcomes. Thus, our framework follows the cascading effects of multi-policies from the perspective of rural livelihoods while highlighting the diverse socioeconomic impacts. The results showed that grass-based livestock husbandry and the local economy had a more significant impact on rural income compared to ERPs. However, it is worth noting that the agricultural structure has also changed with the development of grass-based livestock husbandry, which may have a negative feedback effect on the ERP effectiveness. In other words, complementarity and offsetting can occur between ERPs and parallel policies. Our study contributes to a comprehensive understanding of the social-ecological processes and outcomes, thereby providing new methods and insights for future scientific policymaking.

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Spatio-temporal patterns and dynamics of sensitivity to sandification, in the Drylands of South Punjab, Pakistan

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Navigating local environment and scientific knowledge in dryland social-ecological systems through linking ecological policy-household interactions with land surface dynamics

Cited by 8 publications

References 70 publications

Identifying Spatial Priority of Ecological Restoration Dependent on Landscape Quality Trends in Metropolitan Areas

Identifying Spatial Priority of Ecological Restoration Dependent on Landscape Quality Trends in Metropolitan Areas

Socioeconomic outcomes of ecological restoration projects and parallel policies: A case‐study of the agro‐pastoral ecotone in northern China

Spatio-temporal patterns and dynamics of sensitivity to sandification, in the Drylands of South Punjab, Pakistan

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