The role of impact assessment in the development of urban green infrastructure: a review of EIA and SEA practices in Thailand

Chanchitpricha, Chaunjit; Fischer, Thomas B.

doi:10.1080/14615517.2022.2027075

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“…Different regions show significant differences [18,19]. To achieve the harmonious development of humans and nature in an urban system, we have integrated ecological elements into urban planning [20,21]. The correlation between ecosystem services and urban green infrastructure/urban sprawl currently play an important role in spatial planning [22]; however, studies on these aspects are still limited.…”

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Spatial Trade-Offs and Synergies between Ecosystem Services in Guangdong Province, China

Xu,

Yang,

Yang

et al. 2023

Land

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The trade-offs between ecosystem services directly affect the quality of the ecological environment and the survival and development of human society, which is of great concern to academia, governments, and non-governmental organizations. Guangdong Province is a strong economic performer in China; hence, we selected it to explore the trade-off and synergy differences between different ecosystem services, and to investigate the mechanisms of their influence in economically developed regions with a large population density. Our results showed three main points: (1) The ecosystem services in Guangdong Province showed clear spatial heterogeneity. In addition, northern Guangdong has high levels of water retention, with a value of 5804.73 × 104 m3/km2 and high values for carbon sequestration and soil retention. Western Guangdong is a functional area for food production, and the Pearl River Delta is an economically developed region with low levels of ecosystem services. (2) Overall, in Guangdong Province, three pairs of ecosystem services, namely water retention–soil retention, carbon sequestration–water retention, and carbon sequestration–soil retention, showed a strong positive correlation and good synergistic relationships. The other three pairs of relationships show strong trade-off effects. (3) The relationships between similar ecosystem services show completely different characteristics in different regions. Carbon sequestration and water retention, carbon sequestration and biodiversity conservation, water retention and biodiversity conservation, and soil retention and biodiversity conservation were mainly manifested in high–high synergies, particularly in northern Guangdong; carbon sequestration and soil retention and water retention and soil retention, primarily manifested synergies; carbon sequestration and food production, water retention and food production, and soil retention and food production mainly manifested as trade-off relationships.

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Spatial Trade-Offs and Synergies between Ecosystem Services in Guangdong Province, China

Xu,

Yang,

Yang

et al. 2023

Land

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“…The ecological network facilitates the exchange of material, energy, and information among species, mitigates patch fragmentation, and enhances inter-patch connectivity. In recent years, scholars have focused on climate change [15], biodiversity, and habitat quality, and have carried out a lot of practical explorations for the construction of urban green infrastructure and ecological network patterns [16][17][18][19][20]. Most studies have the geographical scope of a basin [21,22], an urban agglomeration [23,24], or a province [25][26][27], with fewer studies on small-scale urban areas.…”

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Is the Urban Landscape Connected? Construction and Optimization of Urban Ecological Networks Based on Morphological Spatial Pattern Analysis

Zhou,

Hao,

Bao

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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Urban green ecological space is an important measure of sustainable urban development. Among them, landscape connectivity is one of the key factors in maintaining landscape function. Ecological networks can effectively improve regional ecological quality and promote urban landscape connectivity. However, previous studies on ecological networks have mainly focused on biodiversity conservation and lack research on landscape connectivity. This study used morphological spatial pattern analysis methods and utilized connectivity indices to identify ecological sources in the Chaoyang and Nanguan districts of China’s Changchun City and selected environmental and anthropogenic factors to construct an integrated resistance surface. The minimum cumulative resistance model and network structure index were used for urban ecological network construction and node optimization. The results show that the potential ecological network comprises 17 ecological sources and 34 potential corridors, primarily located in forests and water bodies in the east and south regions. However, the northwest has poor habitat quality and uneven distribution of ecological corridors, that warrant prioritization in future planning, construction, and protection efforts. By introducing six supplemental sources and 25 additional corridors, the function and overall connectivity of the regional ecological network can be improved. The study confirmed that the selection of appropriate connectivity thresholds can improve the accuracy of ecological sources identification, and that the influence of anthropogenic factors on ecological resistance cannot be ignored. This study will provide a scientific basis for promoting urban construction and ecological balance.

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Strategic environmental assessment implementation: variation across regions in China

Lin

Yun

2022

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal

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The role of impact assessment in the development of urban green infrastructure: a review of EIA and SEA practices in Thailand

Cited by 8 publications

References 21 publications

Spatial Trade-Offs and Synergies between Ecosystem Services in Guangdong Province, China

Spatial Trade-Offs and Synergies between Ecosystem Services in Guangdong Province, China

Is the Urban Landscape Connected? Construction and Optimization of Urban Ecological Networks Based on Morphological Spatial Pattern Analysis

Strategic environmental assessment implementation: variation across regions in China

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