标题：Socioeconomic drivers of forest loss and fragmentation: A comparison between different land use planning schemes and policy implications作者：Liu, Yaolin; Feng, Yuhao; Zhao, Zhe; Zhang, Qianwen; Su, Shiliang

来源出版物：LAND USE POLICY 卷：54 页码：58-68 DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2016.01.016 出版年：JUL 2016

摘要：Forest loss and fragmentation, which generate various negative environmental and ecological consequences, have become widespread phenomena across the globe. Motivation to investigate the underlying drivers is essential for land use planning and policy decision making. This paper characterizes forest loss and fragmentation from 1979 to 2014 in the Ningbo region (China) using multitemporal satellite imageries and a set of landscape metrics (area-weighted mean patch area, edge density, area-weighted shape index, Euclidean nearest neighbor distance, effective mesh size and total area); and then quantifies the responsible socioeconomic drivers (economy, social activities, science and technology, culture and policy, demography) under different land use planning schemes (urban and non-urban) using multivariate linear regression. Results show that the two zones present identical trend of intensifying forest loss and fragmentation but differ in changing magnitude and speed. More specifically, forest loss and fragmentation in the non-urban planning zone occurs at a significantly higher pace and magnitude. For the urban planning zone, population pressure, economic growth and fruit consumption are the primary drivers of forest loss, while forest fragmentation is mainly driven by economic openness, cash crop consumption and environmental protection consciousness. For the non-urban planning zone, income increases, fruit consumption and infrastructure development are the primary drivers of forest loss, while infrastructure and-tourism development are the major drivers of forest fragmentation. Besides, forest loss and fragmentation in the two zones are both heavily subjected, to land use policy. The variance partitioning analysis highlights that the policy driver is the most influential one and economic driver also has strong effect on forest loss and fragmentation in the urban planning zone. For the non-urban planning zone, the influence of policy driver is the strongest and social activity is also very powerful. These results provide compelling evidence that land use planning fails to play an efficient role in protecting forest resources in the Ningbo region. The failure should be attributed to several issues associated with land use planning and forestry governance that widely exist in China. We finally propose some pertinent implications and suggestions for China's land use planning and forest policy. This study is believed to advance the understanding of the socioeconomic drivers of forest loss and fragmentation. It therefore provides some new insights in land use policy.

入藏号：WOS:000375517900006

文献类型：Article

语种：English

作者关键词：Forest fragmentation, Deforestation, Land use planning, Socioeconomic development, Drivers, Land use and cover change, Forest policy, China

扩展关键词：LANDSCAPE PATTERN CHANGES; SOUTHWEST CHINA; CENTRAL ARGENTINA; VEGETATION CHANGE; COVER CHANGE; REGION; SCALE; DEFORESTATION; CONSERVATION; DYNAMICS

通讯作者地址：Su, SL, 129 Luoyu Rd, Wuhan, Hubei Province, Peoples R China.

电子邮件地址：shiliangsu@163.com

地址：

[Liu, Yaolin; Feng, Yuhao; Zhao, Zhe; Zhang, Qianwen; Su, Shiliang] Wuhan Univ, Sch Resource & Environm Sci, Wuhan 430072, Peoples R China.

[Su, Shiliang] Natl Adm Surveying Mapping & Geoinformat, Key Lab Geoinformat, Beijing, Peoples R China.

[Su, Shiliang] Wuhan Univ, Collaborat Innovat Ctr Geospatial Technol, Wuhan *430072*, Peoples R China.

研究方向：Environmental Sciences & Ecology

ISSN：0264-8377

eISSN: 1873-5754

影响因子（2014）：2.631