Reprint

National Parks and Protected Areas

Edited by
July 2023
328 pages
  • ISBN978-3-0365-8312-9 (Hardback)
  • ISBN978-3-0365-8313-6 (PDF)

This is a Reprint of the Special Issue National Parks and Protected Areas that was published in

Business & Economics
Environmental & Earth Sciences
Summary

This reprint focuses on fundamental and applied research on national parks and protected areas. The destruction and degradation of nature undermine biodiversity and human well-being. Protected areas (including national parks) represent one of the best ways to safeguard nature and preserve biodiversity for the benefit of all life on Earth. Protected areas put the focus on nature conservation while providing various types of ecosystem services and contributing to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In this reprint, special attention is given to wilderness quality, connectivity conservation and ecological networks, ecosystem services, community participation, tourism and other relevant topics.

Format
  • Hardback
License and Copyright
© 2022 by the authors; CC BY-NC-ND license
Keywords
Qilian Mountain National Park; community participation; TPB extended model; balloon dessert; structural equation model; national park; social-ecological system; ecosystem services; tea cultivation; protected area management; habitat degradation; LUCC; driving force; GeoDetector model; coastal city; adaptability; residents; perception; Qilian Mountain National Park Pilot; social-ecological system; natural parks; regression analysis; ecotourism; Extremadura; knowledge mapping; bibliometrics; VOSviewer; CiteSpace; protected areas; Nepal; management capacity evaluation; management measures; national park; protected area; best practice; indicator system; Three-River-Source National Park; national park; cultural ecosystem service; community resident; function evaluation; landscape; protected areas; co-management; social equity; fairness perception; empowerment levels; biodiversity conservation; connectivity; protected areas; dispersal probability; least-cost distance; ecological corridor; Northeast Tiger and Leopard National Park (NTLNP); government purchasing of ecological services; payment for ecosystem services (PES); ecological compensation (EC); state-owned forest enterprises (SOFEs); national park; functional zoning; landscape unit; multi-criteria decision analysis; national park; MSPA; MCR; ecological corridor; protected areas; stakeholders; sustainable tourism; Sierra Morena; ecosystem services value; land use intensity; land use change; sensitivity analysis; Qilian Mountain National Park (Gansu Area); wilderness quality; wilderness character; Iceland; Central Highlands