Resilient ecological networks: A comparative approach

Montis, Andrea De; Ganciu, Amedeo; Cabras, Matteo; Bardi, Antonietta; Peddio, Valentina; Caschili, Simone; Massa, Pierangelo; Cocco, Chiara; Mulas, Maurizio

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.104207

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“…For example, social studies [39][40][41], biology [42], and medicine [43][44][45] have most commonly utilized this approach. It has become increasingly important to analyze environmental issues, such as ecological networks [46,47], strategic environment assessment [48], environmental governance [49], climate change mitigation and adaptation [50] (e.g., greenhouse gas mitigation [51]), and more especially, sponge city [52], and urban green infrastructure [53]. These elements can be considered under the umbrella of the NBS concept in recent years.…”

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Mapping the Research Landscape of Nature-Based Solutions in Urbanism

Cheshmehzangi

Chan

et al. 2021

Sustainability

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Nature-based solutions (NBS) are an innovative concept that mimics the processes of natural ecosystems, popularized principally in the European Union. With a substantial body of literature amassed since the term’s inception in 2015, there is a need to systematically review existing literature to identify overarching gaps and trends, according to disciplinary focus, geographic scope, and key themes, and direct future research inquiry and policy recommendations. This review consists of bibliometric analysis and thematic analysis for NBS studies in urbanism. NBS studies were found to relate strongly with other concepts of ‘Ecosystem Services’, ‘Green Infrastructure’, ‘Climate Change’, and ‘Risk management and Resilience’, which align with four major thematic goals set by the European Commission. Within NBS scholarship, various sub-themes have emerged, namely, ‘Greening’, ‘Urban Development’, ‘Water’, ‘Wellbeing’, and ‘Governance’. Furthermore, we illustrate that the amount and thematic focus of NBS research have been unevenly distributed worldwide. Analysis of emerging trends shows a recent increase in topics, such as adaptive governance of NBS, and the incorporation of social justice in sustainability transitions. Based on an assessment of extant NBS literature, we offer some recommendations for the future direction of the research fields.

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Mapping the Research Landscape of Nature-Based Solutions in Urbanism

Cheshmehzangi

Chan

et al. 2021

Sustainability

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“…The data quantification method was used to identify ecological networks mostly used in ecological planning 39 , 41 , 47 , 68 , 69 . However, the cross-disciplinary nature of GSSP is in line with a broader development trend in China 31 , 70 – 72 and elsewhere 73 – 79 .…”

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Identification of ecological networks and nodes in Fujian province based on green and blue corridors

Zhou

Bosch

Chen

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Sci Rep

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China's Green Space System Planning (GSSP) research has gradually expanded from central urban areas to municipal and provincial scales in recent years. Besides, the research on the role of green space in the water environment has also attracted much attention. However, the study of green corridors usually ignored hydrological data, which widespread absence especially in the large area scale. And the scale of green corridor construction mainly focused on central urban areas. This paper took China's Fujian province as an example. Based on the DEM elevation data, the article identified blue corridors without hydrological data. In addition, the green corridors were determined based on the land use data. According to the green corridors and blue corridors protection, we identified the ecological networks and nodes by the network analysis method. The results showed that the blue corridors identified by DEM data were consistent with the hydrological status quo. The regional status of the identified ecological networks and nodes were basically in line with their characteristics, proving the value of the planning methods. Finally, based on the identification results, suggestions for Fujian's ecological networks and nodes are put forward.

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“…Researchers have proposed the concept of ecological networks (ENs) aimed at avoiding threats to the basic structure and function of ecosystems from the uncontrolled expansion of urban construction. ENs is essentially a spatial regulation scheme that coordinates natural ecosystems with socio-economic systems (Liang et al, 2018;D'Aloia et al, 2019;De Montis et al, 2019). It identifies the most important areas by comparing the importance of different landscape patches to ecological processes and ecological functions, and constructs a network system that can maintain the integrity of regional ecosystems and the continuity of ecological processes (Isaac et al, 2018;Cunha and Magalhães, 2019;Huang X. et al, 2021;Tang et al, 2021).…”

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Linking MSPA and Circuit Theory to Identify the Spatial Range of Ecological Networks and Its Priority Areas for Conservation and Restoration in Urban Agglomeration

Zhai

Huang

2022

Front. Ecol. Evol.

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Rapid urbanization has led to the continuous degradation of natural ecological space within large urban agglomerations, triggering landscape fragmentation and habitat loss, which poses a great threat to regional ecological sustainability. Ecological networks (ENs) are a comprehensive control scheme to protect regional ecological sustainability. However, in the current research about ENs, most studies can only determine the orientation of ecological corridors but not their specific spatial range. This leads to the fact that ENs can only be abstract concepts composed of points and lines, and cannot be implemented into concrete spatial planning. In this study, taking the Shandong Peninsula urban agglomeration as an example, ecological sources were identified by morphological spatial pattern analysis (MSPA) and habitat quality assessment, ecological resistance surfaces were constructed based on habitat risk assessment (HRA). And circuit theory was used to simulate the ecosystem processes in heterogeneous landscapes via by calculating the cumulative current value and cumulative current recovery value, to identify the spatial range and key areas of ecological corridors. The results showed that the ENs includes 6,263.73 km2 of ecological sources, 12,136.61 km2 of ecological corridors, 283.61 km2 of pinch points and 347.51 km2 of barriers. Specifically, ecological sources were distributed in a spatial pattern of five groups, and ecological corridors were short and dense within groups, long in distance and narrow in width between groups. The pinch points and barriers mainly exist in the ecological corridors connecting the inner and outer parts of the central city and in the inter-group corridors. In order to ensure the connectivity and effectiveness of ENs, it is necessary to focus on the pinch points and barriers and include them in the priority areas for protection and restoration. Based on MSPA and circuit theory, this study provides a new method for determining the spatial range of ENs and the specific locations of priority areas, and provides a feasible solution for the concrete implementation of ENs to achieve effective ecological protection and restoration.

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Resilient ecological networks: A comparative approach

Cited by 53 publications

References 36 publications

Mapping the Research Landscape of Nature-Based Solutions in Urbanism

Mapping the Research Landscape of Nature-Based Solutions in Urbanism

Identification of ecological networks and nodes in Fujian province based on green and blue corridors

Linking MSPA and Circuit Theory to Identify the Spatial Range of Ecological Networks and Its Priority Areas for Conservation and Restoration in Urban Agglomeration

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