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Ecological Sustainability of Urban Landscape and Its Contribution to Human Health

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Urban and Rural Development".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 May 2023) | Viewed by 4242

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Shaobo Liu

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School of Architecture and art, Central South University, Changsha City 410083, China
Interests: landscape pattern; sustainable landscape ecology; urban thermal environment
Dr. Wenbo Lai

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Guest Editor
School of Architecture, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou City 510641, China
Interests: safe and intelligent environment; health environment
Dr. Xiaoxi Cai

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Guest Editor
School of Art and Design, Hunan First Normal University, Changsha City 410205, China
Interests: ecological restoration of eutrophic water bodies; ecological environment risk control; pollution control and health evaluation of water ecosystem

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

In recent years, rapid changes in the global climate system have posed a great threat to the sustainability of landscape ecology and human society. Although risks to landscape ecology are receiving an increasing amount of attention from urban and landscape planners, further research regarding the sustainability of landscape ecosystems is still needed. In addition, the dynamics of landscape ecosystems emphasize the external disturbances of natural ecological systems and the internal responses of socio-ecological systems. Therefore, landscape sustainability studies that integrate natural ecological systems and socio-ecological systems at finer and broader temporal and spatial scales are needed. It is also necessary to examine the links between the sustainability of landscape ecosystems and human well-being to address the social and emotional processes that promote the sustainability of landscape ecosystems.

This research topic aims to present and discuss methods and the effects of promoting sustainability in landscape ecosystems, to explore the interactions between natural ecological systems and socio-ecological systems, and to explore the patterns of social and emotional processes that promote landscape sustainability. This topic aims to provide new ways to study the sustainability of landscape ecosystems in the context of climate change.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

  1. The methods and principles of landscape ecological restoration;
  2. The application of new technologies for the sustainability of landscape ecosystems;
  3. The composition and critical mechanisms of natural ecological systems and socio-ecological systems in the landscape;
  4. The interaction between natural ecological systems and socio-ecological systems in the landscape;
  5. The relationship between the sustainability of landscape ecosystems and human well-being.

Dr. Shaobo Liu
Dr. Wenbo Lai
Dr. Xiaoxi Cai
Guest Editors

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Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • landscape ecosystems
  • sustainability
  • natural ecological systems
  • socio-ecological systems
  • human well-being

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Urgency, Feasibility, Synergy, and Typology: A Framework for Identifying Priority of Urban Green Infrastructure Intervention in Sustainable Urban Renewal
by Dingran Wang, Rengqi Dai, Zihan Luo and Yuhui Wang
Sustainability 2023, 15(13), 10217; https://doi.org/10.3390/su151310217 - 27 Jun 2023
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Urban built-up areas confront significant environmental challenges and growing demand for enhanced residents’ well-being. Prioritizing urban green infrastructure (UGI) interventions is crucial for sustainable urban renewal. We propose a six-step framework that integrates urgency, synergy, feasibility, and typology to identify UGI intervention priorities. [...] Read more.
Urban built-up areas confront significant environmental challenges and growing demand for enhanced residents’ well-being. Prioritizing urban green infrastructure (UGI) interventions is crucial for sustainable urban renewal. We propose a six-step framework that integrates urgency, synergy, feasibility, and typology to identify UGI intervention priorities. The framework targets detailed planning units (DPUs) and was applied to Xi’an, China. First, we assess the risks of supply–demand mismatches related to four key urban ecosystem services (UESs), namely air purification, temperature regulation, runoff regulation, and recreation. K-means clustering analysis is utilized to classify the risk typology. Next, we use the dynamic weighting method to diagnose the urgency of comprehensive risk, then evaluate the potential for synergy optimization between DPUs using local univariate and bivariate spatial autocorrelation analysis. The proportion of urban renewal land area in DPUs is employed as an indicator to evaluate the feasibility of the method. Lastly, we adopt the TOPSIS method to identify the priority ranking. Our research reveals that 51.7% of DPUs in Xi’an are at high risk of multiple supply–demand mismatches for UESs and that seven risk types need targeted optimization strategies. The DPUs ranked in the top 30 can be selected as priority UGI intervention units based on urgency, synergy, and feasibility. This study provides a scientific basis for decision making on UGI interventions in sustainable urban renewal. Full article
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Study on the “Space Gene” Diversity of Traditional Dong Villages in the Southwest Hunan Province of China
by Huiwen Xiang, Yu Qin, Mingjing Xie and Bo Zhou
Sustainability 2022, 14(21), 14306; https://doi.org/10.3390/su142114306 - 1 Nov 2022
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Traditional villages are essential carriers of traditional culture and ethnic culture. Hence, it is of great significance to study and protect them in the context of urban–rural integration. From the perspective of the “Space Gene”, this study proposes the identification and extraction of [...] Read more.
Traditional villages are essential carriers of traditional culture and ethnic culture. Hence, it is of great significance to study and protect them in the context of urban–rural integration. From the perspective of the “Space Gene”, this study proposes the identification and extraction of the space gene. Then, we examine six traditional Dong villages in the Pingtan River Basin selected as cases to quantify their space gene diversity. The results show that (i) traditional Dong villages are rich and diverse in terms of their space types. (ii) The important value of the public space reflects the social cohesion of the Dong people. (iii) However, the sample villages still have differences in their space gene diversity index values. (iv) The characteristic culture encapsulated by the spaces of traditional Dong villages is facing disappearance. Furthermore, we propose a conservation strategy for traditional villages. Through the space gene diversity index, we can examine the current state of the protection and development of the village. The main objective of this study was to deepen our interpretation of the space in order to study the cultural value behind it. Full article
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