Land-Based Carbon Effects and Human Well-Being Nexus

Wang, Kexin; He, Keren; Wang, Xue-Chao; Xie, Linglin; Dong, Xiaobin; Lei, Fan; Gong, Changshuo; Liu, Mengxue

doi:10.3390/land13091419

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Land-Based Carbon Effects and Human Well-Being Nexus

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Kexin Wang

^1,2,

Keren He

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Xue-Chao Wang

^1,2,*

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Linglin Xie

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Xiaobin Dong

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Fan Lei

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Changshuo Gong

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Mengxue Liu

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State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China

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College of Resources Science and Technology, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China

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The Second Surveying and Mapping Institute of Hunan Province, Changsha 410009, China

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Lhasa Plateau Ecosystem Research Station, Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China

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Land 2024, 13(9), 1419; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13091419

Submission received: 17 July 2024 / Revised: 25 August 2024 / Accepted: 29 August 2024 / Published: 3 September 2024

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Land Use Sustainability from the Viewpoint of Carbon Emission: 2nd Edition)

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In light of international climate agreements and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), there is a growing need to enhance the understanding of the linkages among land use/cover change (LUCC) and its carbon effects (CEs), as well as human well-being (HW). While existing studies have primarily focused on the impacts of LUCC on CEs or ecosystem services, there remains a gap in systematically elucidating the complex relationships among LUCC, CEs, and HW. This paper presents a comprehensive review of the nexus between land-based CEs and HW, examining: (1) the correlation between LUCC and CEs, encompassing methodologies for investigating LUCC CEs; (2) the association between CEs and HW, introducing the concept of “low-carbon human well-being” and evaluation framework; and (3) the proposed framework of “LUCC-CEs-HW,” which delves into the intricate connections among three elements. The study identifies research gaps and outlines potential future directions, including assessments of LUCC CEs and low-carbon HW, exploration of the “LUCC-CEs-HW” nexus, and the development of standardized measurement approaches. Key opportunities for further investigation include establishing a unified evaluation index system and developing scalable methods. This paper elucidates the relationships among LUCC, CEs, and HW, offering insights for future works.

Keywords: carbon effects; carbon neutrality; carbon source; carbon sink; low-carbon human well-being; LUCC

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Wang, K.; He, K.; Wang, X.-C.; Xie, L.; Dong, X.; Lei, F.; Gong, C.; Liu, M. Land-Based Carbon Effects and Human Well-Being Nexus. Land 2024, 13, 1419. https://doi.org/10.3390/land13091419

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Wang K, He K, Wang X-C, Xie L, Dong X, Lei F, Gong C, Liu M. Land-Based Carbon Effects and Human Well-Being Nexus. Land. 2024; 13(9):1419. https://doi.org/10.3390/land13091419

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Wang, Kexin, Keren He, Xue-Chao Wang, Linglin Xie, Xiaobin Dong, Fan Lei, Changshuo Gong, and Mengxue Liu. 2024. "Land-Based Carbon Effects and Human Well-Being Nexus" Land 13, no. 9: 1419. https://doi.org/10.3390/land13091419

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Wang, K., He, K., Wang, X.-C., Xie, L., Dong, X., Lei, F., Gong, C., & Liu, M. (2024). Land-Based Carbon Effects and Human Well-Being Nexus. Land, 13(9), 1419. https://doi.org/10.3390/land13091419

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