Study on the Perception of Traditional Village Ecosystem Service Value Based on Structural Equation: A Case Study of Huayang Ancient Town in Yang County

Abstract

Based on the perspective of human-environment interaction, the ecosystem service value of traditional villages in the Qinling Mountains was studied through a questionnaire and structural equation model. The results showed that: (1) Among the ecosystem service values of traditional villages, ecological value and physiological value had the most significant impact, followed by historical value, economic value, aesthetic value, and cultural value had the lowest impact. (2) The residents' value cognition and the ecosystem value factors have an interactive relationship. The improvement of human ecological consciousness promotes the coordinated development of people and the ecosystem. (3) Coordinating the ecological environment and socio-economic development, realizing the mutual growth and integration of people and nature in traditional villages, and providing a theoretical reference for the sustainable development of rural ecological patterns and rural revitalization.