National Parks and Protected Areas

• Other Authors: Yang, Rui (Editor), Cao, Yue (Editor), Carver, Steve (Editor), Yu, Le (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: Research & information: general; Geography; 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; natural parks; regression analysis; ecotourism; Extremadura; knowledge mapping; bibliometrics; VOSviewer; CiteSpace; protected areas; Nepal; management capacity evaluation; management measures; protected area; best practice; indicator system; Three-River-Source National Park; cultural ecosystem service; community resident; function evaluation; landscape; co-management; social equity; fairness perception; empowerment levels; biodiversity conservation; connectivity; 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); functional zoning; landscape unit; multi-criteria decision analysis; MSPA; MCR; 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
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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 biodiversi...