Applied GeographyPub Date : 2025-09-04DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103765
Yansong Bai , Peiyuan Chen , Qun Ma , Xiao Sun , Luis Inostroza , Qingxu Huang , Yuchen Zhou , Yihan Zhou , Ling Zhang
{"title":"Do perceived and calculated ecosystem services affect residents’ human well-being differently? ——A comparison study in the Guanting Reservoir basin, China","authors":"Yansong Bai , Peiyuan Chen , Qun Ma , Xiao Sun , Luis Inostroza , Qingxu Huang , Yuchen Zhou , Yihan Zhou , Ling Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103765","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103765","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Understanding the relationship between ecosystem services (ES) and human well-being is critical for sustainable development. However, ES are often quantified in either resident-perceived or model-measured perspective, whether this would cause a difference in its relationship with human well-being is poorly understood. By integrating biophysical models and household surveys, we used the method of Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) to compare how perceived (resident-based) and calculated (model-based) ES influence human well-being in China’s Guanting Reservoir basin. Results revealed that provisioning services consistently enhanced human well-being in both perspectives, with influence coefficients ranging from 0.134 to 0.222. Discrepancies emerged in pathways among regulating, supporting, and cultural services, as residents’ perceptions contradicted the results derived from calculated ES. These differences highlight the gap between public perception shaped by socio-cultural narratives and biophysical realities, and emphasize the need for multi-perspective approaches in the valuation of ES to align with residents’ well-being.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48396,"journal":{"name":"Applied Geography","volume":"184 ","pages":"Article 103765"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144989290","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Applied GeographyPub Date : 2025-09-04DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103764
Kun Zeng , Feng Gao , Yihuan Peng , Chang Liu , Wangyang Chen , Guanyao Li
{"title":"Riding through the heat: Assessing heat health risk of cycling based on diurnal temperature and shared-bike big data","authors":"Kun Zeng , Feng Gao , Yihuan Peng , Chang Liu , Wangyang Chen , Guanyao Li","doi":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103764","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103764","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Fine-scale heat health risks assessment is critical to improve resilience to global warming and extreme heat events. This study proposed a framework to estimate heat health risks of cyclists using massive bike-sharing trajectories and diurnal dynamic temperature data. This study proposed two indicators, accumulated heat health risks (CycHeat) and accumulated excessive heat health risks (CycExcessHeat), to estimate the heat health risks of bike-sharing cyclists in Beijing, Shanghai, and Xiamen based on massive GPS trajectories and diurnal dynamic temperature data. Results show that there is no significant difference in terms of the CycHeat between the morning peak and evening peak in both three cities. While the CycExcessHeat in the morning peak is significantly higher than that in the evening peak in Beijing, Shanghai, and Xiamen (p < 0.05). That is, the indicator that focuses on extreme heat is more reflective of spatiotemporal heterogeneity in cyclists' heat health risks. Finally, the relationship between CycExcessHeat and the built environment was regressed, and the model results align with the literature focusing on cycling frequency. This study provided a framework to estimate heat health risks of outdoor mobility, which provides management implications for transportation authorities and urban planning in the context of SDGs 3 and 11.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48396,"journal":{"name":"Applied Geography","volume":"184 ","pages":"Article 103764"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144989291","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Discovering the maritime dependency of global food trade in food-deficit countries","authors":"Zhaoyou Yin , Pengjun Zhao , Yingnan Niu , Zhangyuan He","doi":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103769","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103769","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Maritime transport plays a key role in global food trade. However, different countries and regions show a high variety in maritime dependency degree for their food trade. Understanding the variety is important for scholars, politicians and traders. Particularly, it is vital to national food security policy-making. This paper examines the changes of maritime dependency of global food trade in food-deficit countries during the period 2000–2020. We found maritime dependency of global food trade exhibits a hierarchical structure among transport corridors, characterized by a few high-tier main corridors carrying bulk flows and numerous mid- and low-tier corridors serving as regional support routes. The maritime dependency varies significantly between regions. Far East exhibiting highly concentrated routing, West Asia and East Africa relying on redundant corridor systems, and West Africa showing strong dependency on a small number of routes. It also varies by commodity, with soybeans showing the highest concentration and corn featuring more elastic routing. Interestingly, we found although the overall maritime dependency has shifted from concentration to diversification, the overlapping dependency in a few key maritime chokepoints increased. It means the vulnerability of global food shipping is increasing.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48396,"journal":{"name":"Applied Geography","volume":"184 ","pages":"Article 103769"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144932668","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Applied GeographyPub Date : 2025-09-02DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103767
Yuhan Ren , Guangji Fang , Xiao Sun , Yanhua He , Chenrui Wang , Junwei Gu , Zhe Feng
{"title":"Agroecosystem services and disservices in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, China: Spatial heterogeneity, trade-off relationships, and driving mechanisms","authors":"Yuhan Ren , Guangji Fang , Xiao Sun , Yanhua He , Chenrui Wang , Junwei Gu , Zhe Feng","doi":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103767","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103767","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Agricultural ecosystems provide essential material provisions and enhance human well-being, yet their negative impacts cannot be neglected. Understanding the interactions between these agroecosystem services (AESs) and disservices (AEDSs), along with their driving mechanisms can facilitate more sustainable agroecosystem management. In this study, 12 typical indicators of AESs and AEDSs were selected and quantified in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region of China in 2020. The root mean standard deviation was then used to explore their trade-offs. The natural–social drivers of trade-offs were finally analyzed using redundancy analysis and geographically weighted regression. Results showed food production and climate regulation exhibited higher AES values, while water resource consumption and soil pollution showed higher AEDS values, mainly in contiguous cropland areas. Synergy occurred in 28 % of the region among AESs, 31 % among AEDSs, and 36 % among AESs and AEDSs, indicating that the improvement of AESs often spatially coincides with harmful costs of disservices, posing enormous challenges for win-win management and policy-making. Socioeconomic drivers, particularly agricultural mechanization and road density had greater influence on AES–AEDS interactions than natural factors. By explicitly incorporating disservices into trade-off analysis, these findings provide a scientific basis for agroecosystem management, emphasizing the need to prioritize human-activity and technology-driven socioeconomic factors while enhancing ecosystem services and reducing disservices.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48396,"journal":{"name":"Applied Geography","volume":"184 ","pages":"Article 103767"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144926016","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Applied GeographyPub Date : 2025-09-01DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103766
Sarbeswar Praharaj
{"title":"Command and control governance in the 100 smart cities mission in India: Urban innovation or utopias?","authors":"Sarbeswar Praharaj","doi":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103766","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103766","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Smart city technologies and platforms offer a mechanism to streamline decision-making and foster opportunities for sustainable urban innovation. However, they can also pose governance challenges, necessitate new municipal capacities, and limit the scope for public engagement. This study analyzes the development of 100 Integrated City Command and Control Centers (ICCC) through the Smart Cities Mission in India, which are assumed to unleash innovation in urban operations, service delivery, and disaster response. This study conducted a quantitative policy analysis to examine the investment and implementation patterns of these ICCC solutions, revealing the gaps between smart city visions and on-ground impacts. Several notable findings emerge: (a) ICCC platform architecture and their usage vary significantly across locations; (b) city size profoundly impacts the degree of adoption and successful execution of ICCCs; (c) cities utilizing ICCC platforms prioritize tech-driven mobility, surveillance, and utility domains over social and environmental sustainability; and (d) emerging smart city ICCC governance models encourage greater control of corporate entities in public affairs, creating new organizational management complexities. The in-depth insights add new knowledge to the debates on southern smart urbanism, decoding the role, opportunities, and challenges of these utopian digital platforms and their contribution to advancing smart cities and urban innovation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48396,"journal":{"name":"Applied Geography","volume":"184 ","pages":"Article 103766"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144921357","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Applied GeographyPub Date : 2025-08-28DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103748
Micah C. Jordan , Thomas Burgoine
{"title":"Associations between racialized economic segregation and retail food environments in the United States: an observational, cross-sectional study","authors":"Micah C. Jordan , Thomas Burgoine","doi":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103748","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103748","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Historic policies segregating US cities have shaped inequities in contemporary retail food environments (RFEs). This study investigated associations between segregation and RFEs. Using publicly available data from the American Community Survey, we calculated Index of Concentration at the Extremes (ICE) measures for racial, economic, and racialized economic segregation (i.e., ICE (Race), ICE (Income), ICE (Race + Income)) at the census tract (CT) and ZIP code tabulation area (ZCTA) levels. At the CT level, we used zero-inflated beta models with random effects to characterize associations between segregation and the modified retail food environment index (mRFEI). At the ZCTA level, we used negative binomial hurdle models with random effects to characterize associations between segregation and numbers of grocery retailers (overall, large and small), full-service restaurants, and limited-service restaurants. We observed evidence suggestive of a positive dose-response relationship between all ICE measures and the mRFEI, such that CTs with more privileged populations tended to have healthier RFEs. We found associations with ICE (Race + Income) were null for grocery retailers (overall, large and small), but a positive relationship emerged with density of full-service restaurants (i.e., more privilege, more outlets), and the most privileged areas had significantly more limited-service restaurants. Greater ICE (Race) (i.e., greater racial privilege) was associated with greater numbers of grocery retailers, full-service restaurants, and limited-service restaurants. ICE (Income) was not associated with the number of food retailers, though the least privileged quintile consistently had the most retailers. Overall, these findings highlight a potential pathway between US segregation and inequitable health outcomes via neighborhood RFEs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48396,"journal":{"name":"Applied Geography","volume":"184 ","pages":"Article 103748"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144912759","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Applied GeographyPub Date : 2025-08-28DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103763
Iga Kołodyńska , Kamyar Hasanzadeh , Piotr Krajewski , Marketta Kyttä
{"title":"The influence of structural characteristics, perceived environmental quality and spatial behaviour on health and well-being of suburban dwellers - a context sensitive study","authors":"Iga Kołodyńska , Kamyar Hasanzadeh , Piotr Krajewski , Marketta Kyttä","doi":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103763","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103763","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48396,"journal":{"name":"Applied Geography","volume":"184 ","pages":"Article 103763"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144912758","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Applied GeographyPub Date : 2025-08-27DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103761
Chongchong Ye , Shuai Wang , Changjia Li , Shaolin Wu , Tiancai Zhou , Junnan Xiong
{"title":"Characterizing phosphorus losses and optimizing agricultural practices for phosphorus sustainability on the Qinghai–Tibetan plateau","authors":"Chongchong Ye , Shuai Wang , Changjia Li , Shaolin Wu , Tiancai Zhou , Junnan Xiong","doi":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103761","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103761","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Phosphorus (P) losses on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau (QTP) have increased prominently over the past few decades, adversely affecting the P sustainability of alpine ecosystems. However, the assessment of current P losses and the optimization of agricultural practices for P sustainability on the QTP remain inadequately explored. To bridge these knowledge gaps, we developed an integrated framework incorporating multivariate data, life-cycle assessment, safe and just operating space, and a linear optimization model. Our results reveal that the total P losses on the QTP amount to 15.22 kt P year<sup>−1</sup>, with livestock systems contributing more than twice as much as crop systems. Furthermore, about 10 % and 16 % of the areas exceeded the safe boundaries of P losses for loose and strict objectives, respectively. The optimization model demonstrates that reorienting the distributions of crops and livestock could substantially reduce P losses, with a maximum reduction potential of 67.42 % while mitigating 69.91 %–82.61 % of safe boundary transgressions for P losses to surface water. Our findings underscore the challenges and opportunities in achieving P sustainability on the QTP to meet the growing human food demands while safeguarding alpine ecosystems.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48396,"journal":{"name":"Applied Geography","volume":"184 ","pages":"Article 103761"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144907720","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Applied GeographyPub Date : 2025-08-27DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103760
Liwei Qin , Jingyu Sun , Qiang Niu , Muxi Yuan
{"title":"Residential spatial differentiation and influencing factors of permanent and temporary populations based on mobile signaling data: A case study of Wuhan, China","authors":"Liwei Qin , Jingyu Sun , Qiang Niu , Muxi Yuan","doi":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103760","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103760","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Understanding the residential spatial patterns of new migrants within urban environments is vital for addressing challenges related to urban governance, resource allocation, and formulating effective urban planning strategies. However, much of the existing literature focuses on macro-level analyses, often overlooking the nuanced distinctions and comparisons between permanent residential and immigration populations within cities. This study leverages nationwide mobile signaling data to differentiate between permanent population and temporary population in Wuhan, China. It constructs a comprehensive index that spans multiple dimensions, including science and education facilities, public transportation facilities, sports and leisure facilities, medical resources, and housing. The findings reveal that the spatial distribution of temporary population is predominantly shaped by factors such as science and education facilities, public transportation systems, and sports and leisure facilities, while permanent residents emphasize public transportation systems, medical resources, and housing. The geographically weighted regression (GWR) model and Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) method are applied to refine this analysis further, addressing the limitations of prior studies in examining the intricate spatial patterns within urban areas. The insights derived from this research offer valuable theoretical support and practical guidance for enhancing the settlement planning of the immigration population, improving public service efficiency, and fostering more significant spatial equity within urban environments.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48396,"journal":{"name":"Applied Geography","volume":"184 ","pages":"Article 103760"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144907719","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Applied GeographyPub Date : 2025-08-27DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103756
Rafael Vicente-Salar, Meritxell Gisbert Traveria, Marc Castelló Bueno
{"title":"From room to city: Assessing the role of urban environment in home-based teleworking satisfaction","authors":"Rafael Vicente-Salar, Meritxell Gisbert Traveria, Marc Castelló Bueno","doi":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103756","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103756","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48396,"journal":{"name":"Applied Geography","volume":"184 ","pages":"Article 103756"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144907112","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}