Study Progress of Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (IAHS): A Literature Analysis

Abstract

Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (IAHS), as a new type of heritage, has received extensive attention from the international scientific communities. With the increase of IAHS research, reviews on it have been conducted by many scholars. However, visualized research to show future research trends of IAHS are lacking. Therefore, using metrology analysis methods, this study aims at presenting the progress of research and the general development trends of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) in the world from 2006 to 2020 to provide ideas for the development of countries or regions in the future. This study mapped 292 literatures from Web of Science core collections from 2006 to 2020 by CiteSpace software. The results show that research on IAHS from 2006 to 2020 experienced two stages: the fluctuating increase stage, and the steady growth stage. Author groups from China, Italy, the USA, Japan, etc., contributed many papers on IAHS. Institutions including the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the University of Florence and the University of Padua in Italy, etc., have a relatively high influence on international IAHS research. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment is the most cited journal. Agricultural Heritage Systems, regeneration, agriculture, agroforestry, dry-stone wall, social capital, instability, and agricultural biodiversity have been hotspots in the past 15 years. The research themes mainly focus on GIAHS, tourism, livelihood assets, and direct georeferencing. Authors in different regions concern different research themes. In the future, the fields of applications and microscopic views, social sciences, applications of standardized quantitative research methods, and broadened international cooperation should be paid more attention.

Bibliometric analysis of fourth industrial revolution applied to heritage studies based on web of science and scopus databases from 2016 to 2021

“…4a) plus 4 hidden (see Table 8 in Appendix B), stands out as the most associative institution according to Scopus. Other bibliometric studies related have obtained a similar outcome [38]. However, the WoS data did not provide visual information in Fig.…”

Protecting Traditional Agricultural Landscapes by Promoting Industrial Integration Development: Practices from Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (IAHS) Sites in China

“…Thus, in recent years, interest in conserving these landscapes has increased, especially with the GIAHS initiative, and studies on TAL conservation also increased. IID promoting TAL conservation has been proposed and agreed consistently because the economic benefit is the most important driving force to change TAL [12,13,26,27,56]. However, a comprehensive summary is still short of providing an understanding of how IID promotes IAHS conservation based on the available literature.…”

“…It is also one of the first countries to initiate NIAHS. Regarding the subject of GIAHS and NIAHS (hereafter referred to as IAHS, including GIAHS and China-NIAHS) conservation, numerous studies have been conducted by those who care for IAHS sites and Chinese researchers, attracting governmental officers and researchers from 70 countries to study IAHS conservation [27]. This study will take IAHS in China as the study case to reveal the interaction mechanism between IID and TAL conservation based on a review of the available relevant literature and our field surveys, Land 2022, 11, 1286 3 of 18 in order to enrich the theory of IID promoting IAHS protection and provide practical examples for other regions.…”

Ethnobotanical survey of herbs used in the preservation of food products in Fez, Morocco

“…In this sense, the GIAHS project was adopted with the objective of contributing to the conservation of agricultural biodiversity, knowledge of systems and food, the assurance of livelihoods and culture. ''Traditional knowledge'' is a term that interchangeably means as indigenous knowledge is used to describe any information, knowledge, innovation or practice of local indigenous communities that is relevant to ensuring the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity [ 5 – 7 ]. Throughout history, communities with strong ties to environmental dynamics have developed knowledge, practices, institutions and beliefs to adapt to recurring disruptions in securing their livelihoods [ 8 ].…”