Multipurpose greenway planning for changing cities: A framework integrating priorities and a least-cost path model

Teng, Mingjun; Wu, Changguang; Zhou, Zhixiang; Lord, Elizabeth; Zheng, Zhongming

doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2011.05.007

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“…Restricted by the distribution characteristics of the study area and data acquisition, this study chose the landscape ecosystem services value as the main factor to identify the sources and establish the resistance surface. Hence, other factors should also be considered in future studies to make more accurate identification of sources and construction of greenway networks [73,80]. In addition, the types and width of greenways should be classified and designed more specifically.…”

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“…[72]. Moreover, the construction of greenways can assist to enhance the ecological function of urban corridors [73], such as greenways established along the riverfront, or overland along a canal, road, etc. In view of this, a greenway network was constructed based on least-cost modeling to assist the destination to achieve ecological sustainability.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Recently, least-cost modeling has received growing attention in applied land-and species-management projects, as well as in greenway planning, not least because toolboxes have become available in most current GIS packages [73,[77][78][79][80][81].…”

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Planning and developing urban tourism destinations must encompass landscape optimization to achieve healthy urban ecosystems, as well as for evolution sustainability. This study explored sustainable landscape planning by examining the optimization of landscape spatial distribution in an urban tourism destination-Nanjing, China-using an integrated approach that included remote sensing (RS), geographic information system (GIS), and landscape metrics in the context of an urban tourism destination evolution model. Least-cost modeling in GIS was also used to optimize decision-making from an ecological perspective. The results indicated that landscapes were more homogenous, fragmented, and less connected. Except for the eastern area, the landscape evolution showed characteristics of both degeneration and growth. A complete greenway network including sources, greenways, and nodes were constructed, and an increase in natural landscapes was strongly recommended. The findings provide geographic insights for sustainable urban tourism planning and development via comprehensive methodological applications.

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“…Greenway Polska Society, 2015). Within cities, corridors between parks are designed (Fábos, 2004;Tan, 2006;Teng et al, 2011), while on the national or regional scale, greenways are found between national parks and landscape parks.…”

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Planning a greenway based on an evaluation of visual landscape attractiveness

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“…The value of ecosystem services often depends on the maintenance of biodiversity [45,46]. As wildlife species are affected differently by land cover characteristics, including impervious surface and natural green surfaces, the weights of land cover for wildlife habitats contribute to biodiversity [47][48][49]. The weights of land cover are based on the value of ecosystem services using the least-cost path method.…”

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Planning Landscape Corridors in Ecological Infrastructure Using Least-Cost Path Methods Based on the Value of Ecosystem Services

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Abstract:Ecosystem service values have rarely been incorporated in the process of planning ecological infrastructure for urban areas. Urban ecological infrastructure is a network system of natural lands and waters that provides ecosystem services. The purpose of this study was to design landscape corridors that maximize the value of ecosystem services in ecological infrastructure planning. We explored the optimal corridors to enhance the connectivity among landscape elements to design an ecological infrastructure for the city of Gwacheon, South Korea, as an example of a small urban area. We calculated the value of ecosystem services using standardized estimation indices based on an intensive review of the relevant literature and employed the least-cost path method to optimize the connectivity of landscape structural elements. The land use type in the city with the highest estimated value of ecosystem services was the riparian zone (i.e., 2011 US$7,312.16/ha). Given areal coverage of all land use types, the estimated value of developed area open spaces was 2011 US$899,803.25, corresponding to the highest contribution to the total value of ecosystem OPEN ACCESS Sustainability 2014, 6 7565 services. Therefore, the optimal configured dispersal corridors for wildlife were found from the riparian zones (source area) to the developed area open spaces (destination area) in the city. Several challenges remain for improving the estimation of the value of ecosystem services and incorporating these ecosystems in ecological infrastructure planning. Nonetheless, the approaches taken to estimate the value of ecosystem services and design landscape corridors in this study may be of value to future efforts in urban ecological infrastructure planning.

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Multipurpose greenway planning for changing cities: A framework integrating priorities and a least-cost path model

Cited by 136 publications

References 62 publications

Landscape Optimization in a Highly Urbanized Tourism Destination: An Integrated Approach in Nanjing, China

Landscape Optimization in a Highly Urbanized Tourism Destination: An Integrated Approach in Nanjing, China

Planning a greenway based on an evaluation of visual landscape attractiveness

Planning Landscape Corridors in Ecological Infrastructure Using Least-Cost Path Methods Based on the Value of Ecosystem Services

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