Ecosystem Service and Land-Use Changes in Asia Implications for Regional Sustainability

• Other Authors: Shoyama, Kikuko (Editor), Dasgupta, Rajarshi (Editor), Estoque, Ronald (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Research & information: general; coast; Odisha; Brahmani River; climate resilience; water management; water quality; hydrological simulation; management plan; water-energy nexus; spatial water variability; climate change; thermal power plant; Ganges River basin; 3Rs program; landscape sustainability; municipal solid waste; pig farming; resource circulation; resource use efficiency; urban-rural nexus; zero-waste lifestyle; herder; rangeland degradation; perception; traditional rangeland management practices; Mongolia; expansion of impervious surface; underground space development; deep soil excavation; SOC loss in deep soil; urban renovation; Guangzhou city; ecological sensitivity; ecosystem service values; CA-Markov model; urban expansion; Three Gorges Reservoir area; land use; ecosystem services; InVEST; topographic index; ecosystem pattern; wetland ecosystem; urban wetland; wetland ecosystem services; Muthurajawela Marsh; Negombo Lagoon; sustainability; land change modeling; scenario modeling; wind erosion prevention service; revised wind erosion equation; geo-detector; food-energy-water security; nexus; weighted mean method; indicator framework; circulating ecological sphere; Nagpur; land use change; ecosystem service value; patch-general land use simulation (PLUS) model; Guanzhong Plain Urban Agglomeration; heat stress; WBGT index; humidex index; public perceptions; payment for watershed ecosystem services; willingness to pay; willingness to accept; public participation; village tank cascade system; land use systems; ecosystem services mapping; ecosystem services trade-offs; ecosystem services-based ecological restoration; land-use change; hotspot analysis; Geodetector; central Yunnan urban agglomeration; n/a
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This book highlights the role of research in Ecosystem Services and Land Use Changes in Asia. The contributions include case studies that explore the impacts of direct and indirect drivers affecting provision of ecosystem services in Asian countries, including China, India, Mongolia, Sri Lanka, and...