Urban forest indicator assessment for nature-based solutions to connect biodiversity and people

IF 7 2区环境科学与生态学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Ecological Indicators Pub Date : 2024-11-17 DOI:10.1016/j.ecolind.2024.112843

Jinsuk Jeong, Chan-Ryul Park

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Abstract

Urban forests are essential for supporting ecosystem functions that benefit both city residents and urban biodiversity. This study assessed urban forests through three key indicators—availability, accessibility, and connectivity—to create balanced, nature-based solutions for sustainable urban forest management. Availability serves as a straightforward and comparable criterion that provides resources for both humans and biodiversity in urban areas. However, accessibility and connectivity indicators exhibit distinct and sometimes contradictory characteristics, emphasizing the complexity of balancing human access with ecological continuity. At the practical management scale of urban forests, walking-based accessibility and the Integral Index of Connectivity emerged as particularly strong contrasting indicators, offering valuable insights for tailoring management strategies to local needs. These findings indicate the need to harmonize urban forest policies to meet the needs of both residents and urban biodiversity, ensuring the long-term health and resilience of urban ecosystems.

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城市森林指标评估，以自然为基础的解决方案，将生物多样性与人类联系起来

城市森林对于支持生态系统功能至关重要，这些功能既有利于城市居民，也有利于城市生物多样性。本研究通过可用性、可及性和连通性这三个关键指标对城市森林进行评估，从而为可持续城市森林管理提供平衡的、基于自然的解决方案。可用性是一个直接且可比较的标准，为城市地区的人类和生物多样性提供资源。然而，可得性和连通性指标表现出截然不同，有时甚至相互矛盾的特点，强调了平衡人类可得性和生态连续性的复杂性。在城市森林的实际管理范围内，以步行为基础的可达性和连通性综合指数成为对比特别强烈的指标，为根据当地需求制定管理策略提供了宝贵的见解。这些发现表明，有必要协调城市森林政策，以满足居民和城市生物多样性的需求，确保城市生态系统的长期健康和恢复力。

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Ecological Indicators 环境科学-环境科学

CiteScore

11.80

自引率

8.70%

发文量

1163

审稿时长

78 days

期刊介绍： The ultimate aim of Ecological Indicators is to integrate the monitoring and assessment of ecological and environmental indicators with management practices. The journal provides a forum for the discussion of the applied scientific development and review of traditional indicator approaches as well as for theoretical, modelling and quantitative applications such as index development. Research into the following areas will be published. • All aspects of ecological and environmental indicators and indices. • New indicators, and new approaches and methods for indicator development, testing and use. • Development and modelling of indices, e.g. application of indicator suites across multiple scales and resources. • Analysis and research of resource, system- and scale-specific indicators. • Methods for integration of social and other valuation metrics for the production of scientifically rigorous and politically-relevant assessments using indicator-based monitoring and assessment programs. • How research indicators can be transformed into direct application for management purposes. • Broader assessment objectives and methods, e.g. biodiversity, biological integrity, and sustainability, through the use of indicators. • Resource-specific indicators such as landscape, agroecosystems, forests, wetlands, etc.