Environmental Carrying Capacity Assessment—the Policy Instrument and Tool for Sustainable Spatial Management

Świąder, Małgorzata; Szewrański, Szymon; Kazak, Jan

doi:10.3389/fenvs.2020.579838

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“…The proposed methodology is straightforward and is based on information that already exists in the municipalities (building footprints and DTM), complemented with other information that can be easily acquired (DSM). The findings can be integrated into other sustainable development indicator systems, like the ecological footprint and biocapacity which allows defining environmental carrying capacity [81]. The proposed indicators can also be used to revive the Algarve Region's System of Indicators of Sustainable Development (SIDS) (https://web.ccdr-alg.pt/sids, accessed 15 August 2021).…”

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Assessing Sustainable Urban Development Trends in a Dynamic Tourist Coastal Area Using 3D Spatial Indicators

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In coastal areas, the tourism sector contributes to the local economy, generating income, employment, investments and tax revenues but the rapid urban expansion creates great pressure on local resources and infrastructures, with negative repercussions on the residents’ quality of life, but also compromising the visitor’s experience. These areas face problems such as the formation of meteorological effects known as heat islands, due to the soil sealing, and increased energy demand in the peak season. To evaluate the impact of urban growth spatial pattern and change, three strategic sustainable challenges—urban form, urban energy, and urban outdoor comfort—were selected. The progress towards sustainability was measured and analyzed in a tourist city in the Algarve region, Portugal, for the period 2007–2018, using geographic information. A set of 2D and 3D indicators was derived for the building and block scales. Then, a change assessment based on cluster analysis was performed, and three different trends of sustainable development were identified and mapped. Results allow detecting the urban growth patterns that lead to more sustainable urban areas. The study revealed that a high sustainable development was observed in 12% of the changed blocks in the study area. All indicators suggest that the growth pattern of the coastal area is in line with the studied sustainability dimensions. However, most of the blocks that changed between 2007 and 2018 (82%) followed a low sustainable development. These blocks had the lowest variation in the built volume and density, and consequently the lowest variations in the roof areas with good solar exposition. The urban development also privileged more detached and less compact buildings. This analysis will support the integration of 2D and 3D information into the planning process, assisting smart cities to comply with the sustainable development goals.

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Assessing Sustainable Urban Development Trends in a Dynamic Tourist Coastal Area Using 3D Spatial Indicators

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“…e essence of sustainable development is that supply chain enterprises start from the energy structure and change the traditional mode of high-carbon economy. Swiader evaluated the natural area surface for carbon fiber assimilation and provided management tools and policy tools for the sustainable development of human settlements [1]. Renwick explored the effect of practice in achieving workplace goals of environmental sustainability [2].…”

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Supply Chain Investment in Carbon Emission‐Reducing Technology Based on Stochasticity and Low‐Carbon Preferences

Shan

Hou

2021

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Due to excessive greenhouse gas emissions, carbon emission-reducing measures are urgently needed. Important emission-reduction measures mainly include carbon trading and low-carbon cost subsidies. Comprehensive consideration of these two policies is a research hotspot in the field of low-carbon technology investment. Based on this background, this paper considers the impact of consumer low-carbon preferences on market demand and the impact of uncertainty in carbon emission-reduction behaviour. We construct a stochastic differential game model with upstream and downstream enterprises based on cost-sharing coordination under a cost subsidy. From a dynamic perspective, this paper researches the optimal equilibrium strategy and evolution characteristics of the joint emission-reduction mechanism in a supply chain. This paper discusses the sensitivity of the parameters and uses numerical simulation to verify the impact of each parameter on the emission-reduction decision-making activities of stakeholders after introducing the cost subsidy. The results show that a cost subsidy policy can promote carbon emission-reduction investment and supply chain profit. Thus, it is important to strengthen technical cooperation and exchange among enterprises.

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“…Based on land characteristics and land-use system principles, the structure and direction of land resource use are arranged, designed, combined, and laid out at a hierarchical level on a spatial and temporal scale to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of land use, maintain the relative balance of land ecosystems, and realize the sustainable use of land resources [40]. The main theoretical support for current PLES optimization comes from the theory of regional resource and environmental carrying capacity and the theory of coupling urbanization and ecological environment [41,42]. This study focuses on the consideration from the perspective of ecosystem services, and it is a new attempt to apply the assessment of ecosystem service supply and demand to the optimization of PLES.…”

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Optimizing the Production-Living-Ecological Space for Reducing the Ecosystem Services Deficit

Zhou

2021

Land

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With rapid urbanization and industrialization, China’s metropolises have undergone a huge shift in land use, which has had a profound impact on the ecological environment. Accordingly, the contradictions between regional production, living, and ecological spaces have intensified. The study of the optimization of production-living-ecological space (PLES) is crucial for the sustainable use of land resources and regional socio-economic development. However, research on the optimization of land patterns based on PLES is still being explored, and a unified technical framework for integrated optimization has yet to be developed. Ecosystem services (ES), as a bridge between people and nature, provide a vehicle for the interlinking of elements of the human-land system coupling. The integration of ES supply and demand into ecosystem assessments can enhance the policy relevance and practical application of the ES concept in land management and is also conducive to achieving ecological security and safeguarding human well-being. In this study, an integrated framework comprising four core steps was developed to optimize the PLES in such a way that all ecosystem services are in surplus as far as possible. It was also applied to a case study in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River Basin. A regression analysis between ES and PLES was used to derive equilibrium thresholds for the supply and demand of ES. The ternary phase diagram method was used to determine the direction and magnitude of the optimization of the PLES, and finally, the corresponding optimization recommendations were made at different scales.

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Environmental Carrying Capacity Assessment—the Policy Instrument and Tool for Sustainable Spatial Management

Cited by 39 publications

References 44 publications

Assessing Sustainable Urban Development Trends in a Dynamic Tourist Coastal Area Using 3D Spatial Indicators

Assessing Sustainable Urban Development Trends in a Dynamic Tourist Coastal Area Using 3D Spatial Indicators

Supply Chain Investment in Carbon Emission‐Reducing Technology Based on Stochasticity and Low‐Carbon Preferences

Optimizing the Production-Living-Ecological Space for Reducing the Ecosystem Services Deficit

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