The Impact of Social and Ecological Factors on Coupled Human-Environment Systems

• Other Authors: Wang, Ying (Editor), Wang, Weiwen (Editor), Yang, Bin (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: Research & information: general; Biology, life sciences; Ecological science, the Biosphere; green economic efficiency; urban land development intensity; interactive response; urban ecosystem services; green infrastructure; excessive demand; spatial priority evaluation; urban block; community farmers; land reallocation intentions; Shennongjia National Park; structural equation model; situational analysis; tourism ecological security; Driving-Pressure-State-Impact-Response (DPSIR) model; spatial autocorrelation; obstacle analysis; Huanggang Dabieshan UNESCO Global Geopark (UGGp); main function zone; territorial space; production-living-ecological space; influencing factors; formation mechanism; China; ecosystem services' value (ESV); land use intensity; spatiotemporal characteristics; spatial correlations; driving factors; Hanjiang River Basin (HRB); land-use simulation; landscape pattern; habitat quality; spatial regression; Yellow River Basin; Guanzhong Plain urban agglomeration; ecosystem services; human well-being; InVEST model; coupling coordination degree; arable land protection behavior; nudging strategies; behavioral intervention; theoretical discussion; Yangtze River economic belt (YREB); grain-planting industry; net carbon sequestration; carbon emission; Gini coefficient; rural revitalization; evaluation; rural revitalization demonstration area; TOPSIS model; geographic probe; impact mechanism; land-use change; mountainous cities; human activity intensity; Guiyang City; SCS-CN model; flood adaptation; ecological security pattern; resilient city; UCL; carbon emissions; spatial and temporal variation; Wuhan; eco-efficiency of land use; the middle reaches of Yangtze River; Super SBM-DEA model; ecosystem services value; slacks analysis; territorial space planning; land market; factors allocation; production-living-ecological spaces; modernization; neighborhood effect; rice-crayfish integrated system; technology adoption; urban land use efficiency; Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban agglomeration; improvement pathways; county level; InVEST; urbanization; coupling coordination; Lower Yellow River; rural community resilience; objective built environment; perceived built environment; place attachment
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The relationship between human beings and the ecological environment poses a significant global challenge for the present and the future. As human-environment interactions become more complex, it is essential to measure and understand the spatiotemporal dynamics of coupled human-environment systems and how they are influenced by social and ecological factors. This reprint offers twenty original research articles that explore the latest developments in monitoring and projecting the spatiotemporal changes of the coupled system, examining the responses of the coupled system to socio-ecological drivers and processes, and discussing the implications for the sustainable management of the coupled system.