Policy-driven co-evolution of the food–water–ecosystem–livelihood nexus in two ecosystem conservation hotspots in southern China

Chen, Zhuang; Jiang, Chong; Chen, Wei-Lian; Huang, Wumeng; Yang, Ji; Zhao, Ying; Yang, Zhiyuan

doi:10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01789

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“…This study builds on prior research [ 64 ] to demonstrate the specific impact of the LCCPP on green innovation in high-carbon industries. The LCCPP promotes more efficient use of resources and reduces environmental impacts, supporting [ 65 ] argument for policy-driven environmental benefits. This study also finds that the LCCPP improves financial stability and green total factor productivity, which is consistent with [ 66 ] findings on the economic advantages of environmental policies.…”

Section: Empirical Testingmentioning

confidence: 88%

Can low-carbon cities pilot policy promote enterprise sustainable development? Quasi-experimental evidence from China

Zheng,

Wu,

Huo

et al. 2024

PLoS ONE

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With the predicament of sustainable improvement in traditional cities, the low-carbon city pilot policy (LCCPP), as a novel development mode, provides thinking for resolving the tensions of green development, resource conservation and environmental protection among firms. Using Chinese A-share listed companies panel data during 2007–2019, this study adopts the difference-in-differences model to explore the impact of LCCPP on firm green innovation. Based on theoretical analysis, LCCPP-driven environmental rules have the impact of encouraging business green innovation. The relationship between LCCPP and green innovation is strengthened by external media attention and organizational redundancy resources. The mechanism study shows that the incentive effect of LCCPP on firm green innovation is mainly due to the improvement of enterprises’ green total factor productivity and financial stability. In addition, the heterogeneity analysis shows that the LCCPP has significantly positive effects in promoting green innovation in high-carbon industries and state-owned enterprises. This research contributes to the understanding of city-level low-carbon policies as a driving force for corporate green innovation, offering practical implications for policymakers and businesses striving for sustainability.

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Section: Empirical Testingmentioning

confidence: 88%

Can low-carbon cities pilot policy promote enterprise sustainable development? Quasi-experimental evidence from China

Zheng,

Wu,

Huo

et al. 2024

PLoS ONE

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“…For example, the National People's Congress had legal links with other actors, but the State Council had a regulatory relationship with other actors. Government efforts to protect karst landscapes have proven to be significant catalysts of social, economic, and environmental development [20]. The Gephi software can identify who shares common interests in networks and complex systems, and was used in this work to conduct node and edge analyses, as well as study the interactions between different actors based on various metrics (Table 1).…”

Section: Stakeholders Involved In Karst Heritage Governancementioning

confidence: 99%

“…In China, researchers began to analyze karst degradation in the 1980s. An increasing number of scientists made efforts to explore measures for karst ecosystem restoration and find various management models for karst conservation [8,19,20]. Typical patterns have been presented, such as a forest restoration model; the development of herbivorous animal husbandry, namely, the "grass + livestock + biogas" model in karst areas; a soil and water conservation model; an eco-agriculture model; the establishment of ecological reserves and the development of tourism; and a comprehensive management model [21][22][23].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Karst Landscape Governance in the Guilin World Heritage Site, China

Zhao

et al. 2023

Heritage

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Sustaining karst landscape areas in World Heritage Sites under increasing human pressures and climate change is an emerging challenge. Growing evidence has highlighted the transition from traditional government-oriented regulation to the collaborative governance of different stakeholders in governing karst landscape resources. However, the complexity and dynamics of karst landscape policy and stakeholder networks are poorly understood. This study combined a legislative analysis, network analysis, and public survey to explore effective methods of karst landscape conservation in the Guilin World Heritage Site, China. The policy analysis showed that various national laws and local regulations have been enacted in China, but these regulations often focused on individual aspects of karst–human interactions. The network analysis indicated the complexity and relationship of networks in karst World Heritage Site governance at the national, provincial, and municipal scales. The majority of questionnaire respondents (65–89%) reported a medium and high level of karst landscape governance effectiveness. The insights in the present study may be valuable for other karst World Heritage Sites facing complex challenges, especially in developing countries.

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“…In recent years, optimizing landscape pattern allocation through land use scenario simulation and promoting ecosystem service management has become an important research method, which provides a new idea and method for the study of the trade‐off between social economic development and ecological protection (Morán‐Ordóñez et al, 2020). Therefore, it is urgent to introduce land use scenario simulations into the water–food relationship studies to explore the optimal landscape pattern allocation scheme with both “ecological” and “production” objectives (Zheng et al, 2019; Zhuang et al, 2022).…”

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confidence: 99%

Optimizing landscape patterns to maximize ecological‐production benefits of water–food relationship: Evidence from the West Liaohe River basin, China

Lyu

Wang

et al. 2023

Land Degrad Dev

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Watershed governance based on landscape pattern is a key research topic of watershed sustainable development, and the ecosystem services related to water resource management (WMESs) have become an important focus. The current research mainly focuses on the impact of land use type or landscape pattern on WMESs, while few studies focus on the relationship between WMESs and food production (FP), and the understanding of the impact of landscape pattern configuration on the water–food relationship is relatively limited. In this study, the West Liaohe River basin in China was selected as the research area. Based on the assessment of three WMESs (water yield, WY; soil loss by water, SW; and water purification, WP) and FP using models, we analyzed the influence mechanism of landscape pattern evolution on water–food relationship from 2000 to 2020. Then, the optimal allocation scheme of regional landscape patterns was discussed based on future land use scenario simulations. The results showed that the influence of landscape pattern evolution on the water–food relationship at the patch type level was higher than that at the landscape level, and the spatial configuration of landscape patterns can improve the water–food relationship. Promoting the intensive management of cropland and strengthening the construction of forest and grassland can improve the overall capacity of the WMESs and FP supply in the watershed. The study suggests that the natural development scenario, economic development scenario (EDS), and ecological protection scenario (EPS) should be implemented in counties A, B, and C, respectively. This indicates that counties with higher FP capacity are suitable for the EDS, while counties with lower FP capacity are suitable for the EPS, which will help maximize the benefits of FP and WMESs protection. The results of this study can provide a direct decision‐making basis for the maximization of ecological‐production benefits of the water–food relationship in watersheds and provide a scientific reference for land use policy regulation and ecological security protection of the watershed areas.

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Policy-driven co-evolution of the food–water–ecosystem–livelihood nexus in two ecosystem conservation hotspots in southern China

Cited by 7 publications

References 59 publications

Can low-carbon cities pilot policy promote enterprise sustainable development? Quasi-experimental evidence from China

Can low-carbon cities pilot policy promote enterprise sustainable development? Quasi-experimental evidence from China

Karst Landscape Governance in the Guilin World Heritage Site, China

Optimizing landscape patterns to maximize ecological‐production benefits of water–food relationship: Evidence from the West Liaohe River basin, China

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