Socio-Cultural Asset Integration for a Green Infrastructure Network Plan in Yesan County, Korea

Orantes, María José Carranza; Kim, Jin‐Ki; Kim, Jiseok

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“…In addition, a large portion of the core areas in the study area host cultural heritage elements from pre-historical and historical eras cheek-in-jowl with wetlands and steppe habitats. This situation requires that a future green infrastructure system should consider the GI components determined in the study area as a basis in an holistic conservation approach for natural and cultural landscape features; thus the system will strengthen not only the recreational functions, but as indicated by Orantes et al (2017), social and cultural values and their benefits (e.g., landscape aesthetics, preservation of archaeological and cultural heritage, provision of accessible open spaces, opportunities for environmental education and strengthening the communities' sense of nature and quality of life, inspiration, sense of place, cultural diversity and social relations). In this context, C1, C4, C5 and C6 are critical GI components of the study area, in terms of both biodiversity and cultural richness.…”

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The Determination of Green Infrastructure Components of Van City Center and Its Near Surroundings

2019

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The planning and application of green infrastructure (GI) system contribute to protection of nature and the quality of urban life by supporting the ecological, economic and social functions of urban areas. Uncontrolled urban sprawl, illegal settlement and land use which neglects the sustainability of landscapes and open-green spaces negatively affect both the ecosystem functions in the city of Van and its immediate surroundings and the quality of urban life. Accordingly, the aim of this study was to determine the current state of the green infrastructure components of the city of Van and its surroundings in order to inform green infrastructure planning. To determine these components, consisting of the elements such as core areas, and corridors, nine ecological and cultural parameters were chosen; soil composition, vegetation, important natural areas and habitats, hydrological elements, slope, land use/land cover, protected areas, transportation networks and population density. In the study, following the field observations, the analytical procedures were completed using the Spatial Analyst and 3D Analyst tools in the ARCGIS 10.2 software. Ten core areas, sixteen matrixs and four corridors were determined as the green infrastructure components in the study area. The fact that more than 50% of the study area proved to be made up of green infrastructure components shows that the existing green infrastructure in the city and its near surroundings are interconnected. Core areas are mainly composed of wetland habitats along the shores of Lake Van and its tributaries, and a relatively smaller proportion of which were steppe, made up a small area (15%) in the study. The limited, small area covered by the core areas points to the threat of landscape fragmentation in wetland and steppe habitats in the study area as well as to biodiversity loss. The lack of green infrastructure components in Van city center and the determination that this region is unsuitable for the development of green infrastructure components shows that urgent attention should be given to the development of large and small green areas within the city. Taking both natural and historical protected areas together when choosing parameters for determining the GI components ensured that the core areas were assessed as important GI components not only in terms of their ecological functions, but also taking their cultural values into account. With this kind of integrated approach in planning future green infrastructure system in the city, core areas can play a role in protecting natural and cultural landscape components as well as providing cultural ecosystem services.

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The Determination of Green Infrastructure Components of Van City Center and Its Near Surroundings

2019

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“…2004/42). Various authors [5,38] highlight the relationship between GI and landscape assets. For example, Benedict and McMahon [5] criticize how national conservation programs have dealt with the protection and conservation of parks and reserves over the last century.…”

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“…GI have, therefore, been advocated as the tool to connect these protected areas. Moreover, the identification of a GI can benefit not only environmental resources, but also social and cultural resources, as exemplified by Orantes et al [38] who develop a methodology to implement a GI plan, based on the integration of social and cultural assets, in the case of Yesan, Korea. Finally, with reference to VAL_R, the share of the area of the null-value patches of protected and unprotected areas is higher than 70%, irrespective of the tertile.…”

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“…2004/42). Various authors have highlighted the importance of landscape value within spatial planning [37,38] and also in relation to the definition of GI [19]. Once a regional GI is identified, the eligibility of areas located inside and outside protected areas (national and regional parks, sites protected under the provisions of the Ramsar Convention and sites belonging to the Natura 2000 Network, identified with reference to the Habitats Directive and to the Birds Directive (no.…”

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Implementing Green Infrastructures beyond Protected Areas

Lai¹,

Leone

Zoppi

2018

Sustainability

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According to the European Commission, green infrastructure (GI) is conceived as a strategically planned network of natural and semi-natural areas. This definition highlights three important issues: environment protection, ecosystems multifunctionality and ecological connectivity. Building upon a methodology that identifies a Sardinian regional GI in relation to four values (conservation value, natural value, recreational value and landscape value), this study aims at assessing the suitability of areas situated within and outside protected areas' boundaries to be included in the above-mentioned Sardinian regional GI. In relation to conservation value, outcomes reveal a higher suitability of patches situated within protected areas to be included in the regional GI, whereas in relation to the other three values, the behavioral patterns are less evident. These results suggest specific policy recommendations such as mitigation of land-taking processes, increase of Natura 2000 Network's size, accurate identification of landscape goods, and improved accessibility to sites characterized by outstanding natural beauty.

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“…The construction of an ecological network has formed a basic mode, including ecological source identification, resistance surface generation, and ecological corridor extraction, and it is constantly shifting to quantification [29]. The research scale has covered different countries [30,31], provinces [32,33], cities [34,35], urban central district [36], counties [37,38], and other administrative division scales. The study area has involved desert oasis [39], plateau [40], mountainous area [41], estuary delta [42], watershed [43,44], urban agglomerations [45,46], and other different types of regional spaces.…”

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Linking Ecosystem Service and MSPA to Construct Landscape Ecological Network of the Huaiyang Section of the Grand Canal

Tang

Zhou

Wang

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Land

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Rapid urbanization and drastic land-use change have led to landscape fragmentation and ecological environment deterioration in the regions along the Grand Canal. Building an ecological network is an important means to improve the connectivity of habitat patches and carry out ecological protection and restoration of territorial space, which is of great significance to ensure regional biodiversity and ecological security. In this article, we took the Huaiyang Section of the Grand Canal (Huaiyang Canal) as the study area, used the ecosystem service assessment model, morphological spatial pattern analysis (MSPA), and the landscape connectivity evaluation method to identify ecological sources, then used the minimum cumulative resistance (MCR) model and the gravity model to extract and grade ecological corridors. Based on these, the ecological network was constructed by combining the identification method of ecological nodes and ecological breakpoints. The aim of this was to provide a reference for the ecological space optimization of Huaiyang Canal and even the entire Grand Canal, the formulation of an ecological protection plan, and the implementation of territorial space ecological restoration. The results showed that the spatial distribution of the water conservation service, soil conservation service, carbon sequestration service, and biodiversity conservation service were significantly different, and the level of ecosystem services showed a trend of continuous degradation from 1990 to 2018. There were 12 ecological source patches comprehensively identified by multiple methods, with a total area of 2007.06 km2. In terms of spatial distribution, large ecological source patches were mainly distributed in the central and western areas adjacent to the Grand Canal, while small ecological source patches were scattered in the eastern and southern border regions of the study area. The total length of ecological corridors was 373.84 km, of which the number of the primary ecological corridor, secondary ecological corridor, and tertiary ecological corridor were 9, 7, and 7, respectively, and the suitable width of the ecological corridor was 200–400 m. After optimization, the proposed ecological network was composed of 3 key ecological source patches, 9 important ecological source patches, 23 terrestrial corridors, 10 aquatic corridors, and 18 ecological nodes. Twenty-nine ecological breakpoints were key areas requiring ecological restoration. The overlap rate of the integrated ecosystem service change area and land-use change area was 99%, indicating that land-use change has a significant impact on regional ecosystem services. This study is of great significance for carrying out the ecological protection and restoration of the Huaiyang Canal and adjusting local land-use policies. It also provides a typical case demonstration for identifying an ecological network and formulating ecological restoration planning for other sections of the Grand Canal and cities along the canal.

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Socio-Cultural Asset Integration for a Green Infrastructure Network Plan in Yesan County, Korea

Cited by 7 publications

References 18 publications

The Determination of Green Infrastructure Components of Van City Center and Its Near Surroundings

The Determination of Green Infrastructure Components of Van City Center and Its Near Surroundings

Implementing Green Infrastructures beyond Protected Areas

Linking Ecosystem Service and MSPA to Construct Landscape Ecological Network of the Huaiyang Section of the Grand Canal

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