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Socioeconomic Evaluation of Climate Change Impacts on Land Ecosystems
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Socioeconomic Evaluation of Climate Change Impacts on Land Ecosystems

A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X). This special issue belongs to the section "Land–Climate Interactions".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2024 | Viewed by 7998

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Javier de León

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Institute of Tourism and Sustainable Economic Development, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 35017 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Interests: climate change; land; sustainable development; social representations; cooperation; consumer behavior
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Prof. Dr. Carmelo J. León

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Institute of Tourism and Sustainable Economic Development, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 35017 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Interests: climate change; land; environmental economics; sustainable development; social sciences; consumer behavior
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Dr. Carlos Hernández-Fernández

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Economía Aplicada y Métodos Cuantitativos, University of La Laguna, 38200 San Cristóbal de La, Spain
Interests: climate change; land; sustainable development; tourist preferences; consumer behavior
Dr. Yen E. Lam-González

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Institute of Tourism and Sustainable Economic Development, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 35017 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Interests: climate change; land; environmental economics; sustainable development; social sciences; consumer behavior
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Dr. Matías González Hernández

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Institute of Tourism and Sustainable Economic Development, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 35017 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Interests: climate change; land plannig; coastal ecosystems; sustainable development; development cooperation; consumer behavior
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Climate change is expected to have significant impacts on land ecosystems because of the risks caused by higher temperature and extreme weather events. This Special Issue focuses on the socioeconomic assessment of the climate change impacts on land ecosystems, utilizing non-market valuation methods, and integrated assessment models. We welcome both economic and interdisciplinary approaches to the assessment of socioeconomic effects of ecosystems’ impacts, with innovative proposals to estimate the potential economic damages. The Special Issue will contribute to the understanding of the economic impact of climate change on land ecosystems from different perspectives, surfacing the physical and social interrelationships of the expected damages.

There is a need to understand the economic impacts of climate change on land ecosystems from different perspectives and in different regions around the world. The assessment of land ecosystems impacts in economic terms will contribute to the design of adaptation and anticipatory policies focusing on the reduction of the risks involved. There is also need for further evidence on land ecosystems risks under different climate scenarios and the possible perceptions and reactions of human beings to these impacts. The evidence provided for different types of land ecosystems and for the factors that influence human reaction to these risks will be useful for policy formulation and evaluation.

This Special Issue of Land welcomes contributions from researchers on the following suggested topics:

  • Land ecosystems impacts of climate change;
  • Economic valuation of land ecosystem services;
  • Integrated assessment model of climate change impacts on land ecosystems;
  • Climate change land ecosystems impact policy formulation and evaluation;
  • Regional and geographical differences in land ecosystems impacts and perceptions;
  • Human reactions to land ecosystems impacts;
  • Determinants of human behavior facing land ecosystems impacts;
  • Physical and socioeconomic factors affecting land ecosystems impacts of climate change.

Dr. Javier de León
Prof. Dr. Carmelo J. León
Dr. Carlos Hernández-Fernández
Dr. Yen E. Lam-González
Dr. Matías González Hernández
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Land is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • climate change
  • land ecosystems
  • socioeconomic assessment
  • economic valuation
  • integrated modeling
  • physical and socioeconomic relationships
  • geographical differences in land ecosystems impacts
  • policy formulation and evaluation

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Cross-County Characteristics of Water–Ecology–Economy Coupling Coordination in the Wuding River Watershed, China
by Jian Tao, Yujie Xie, Haoyuan Zhou, Yuqian Xu and Guangshuai Zhao
Land 2022, 11(12), 2283; https://doi.org/10.3390/land11122283 - 13 Dec 2022
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Investigating the coupling coordination relationship between water resources, ecology and the economy is the basis process for watershed governing to achieve sustainable development. Taking the Wuding River watershed (one of the largest tributaries of the Yellow River) as an example, we used the [...] Read more.
Investigating the coupling coordination relationship between water resources, ecology and the economy is the basis process for watershed governing to achieve sustainable development. Taking the Wuding River watershed (one of the largest tributaries of the Yellow River) as an example, we used the coupling coordination model to analyze the coupling coordination relationship of the water–ecology–economy system between 2001 and 2020, and then used grey correlation and partial correlation analyses to explore the main influencing factors and cross-county characteristic of the coupling coordination. The results show that the water, ecology and economy subsystems changed slightly before 2007. After 2007, the economy developed rapidly, while the water and ecology increased for a short time and then decreased after 2013. The water–ecology–economy coupling coordination was on the verge of dysfunctional decline. Water and ecology were the main influencing factors on the coupling coordination. The coupling coordination showed a cross-county characteristic. Water and ecology in upstream counties had significant positive correlations with the coupling coordination in downstream counties. The economy subsystem in upstream counties, however, had significant negative correlations with water and ecology in downstream counties. Our findings provide an empirical mode to measure transregional characteristics of coupling coordination and could support the construction of a coordination governance mode in the Wuding River watershed. Full article
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The Impact of Degradation of Islands’ Land Ecosystems Due to Climate Change on Tourists’ Travel Decisions
by Yen E. Lam-González, Carmelo J. León, Javier de León and Chaitanya Suárez-Rojas
Land 2022, 11(10), 1644; https://doi.org/10.3390/land11101644 - 23 Sep 2022
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The degradation of terrestrial ecosystems may change the perceived value of destinations for tourists. This article analyses tourists’ travel decisions when the land ecosystems of the destinations they are planning to visit are threatened by climate change impacts. More specifically, it analyses tourists’ [...] Read more.
The degradation of terrestrial ecosystems may change the perceived value of destinations for tourists. This article analyses tourists’ travel decisions when the land ecosystems of the destinations they are planning to visit are threatened by climate change impacts. More specifically, it analyses tourists’ willingness to pay for their holidays at island destinations endangered by the increase in forest fires, terrestrial wildlife losses, water shortages, and damages to infrastructure and cultural heritage. With this aim in mind, a discrete choice model was designed and empirically tested with a representation of European travellers, using an alternative specific conditional logistic regression. The results show that the sharp increase in the occurrence of wildfires has had the greatest negative impact on tourists’ willingness to pay for their next holiday at the affected tourist destination, followed by severe losses in terrestrial wildlife and significant damage to cultural heritage. This study highlights the importance of having accurate information on future climate change conditions impacting land attributes at the local level, not only to be more effective in the early prevention of threats to prioritise but also to confront the potential damage to the tourism economy more efficiently. Full article
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Assessing Climate Change Adaptation and Risk Management Programmes: Stakeholder Participation Process and Policy Implications for Transport, Energy and Tourism Sectors on the Island of Sicily
by Carmelo J. Leon, Yen E. Lam González, Giovanni Ruggieri and Patrizia Calò
Land 2022, 11(8), 1206; https://doi.org/10.3390/land11081206 - 30 Jul 2022
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Climate change is a critical sustainability challenge for islands and their main economic sectors. Rising sea levels, extreme temperatures, and drier conditions are the impacts with the most significant potential to amplify the economic damage on islands. However, their isolation and natural conditions [...] Read more.
Climate change is a critical sustainability challenge for islands and their main economic sectors. Rising sea levels, extreme temperatures, and drier conditions are the impacts with the most significant potential to amplify the economic damage on islands. However, their isolation and natural conditions bring about some leeway to respond to climate impacts on their terms. This paper aims to provide a local-level analysis and ranking of alternative adaptation pathways in an island context through the stakeholders’ lens. This study reviews the latest advancements in adaptation science and proposes a catalogue of adaptation and risk management options that feed a participatory assessment and ranking by local stakeholders. The research was conducted on the island of Sicily (Italy) and saw the participation of high-level experts and tourism, energy, and maritime transport representatives. It employs a sequential process of four ordered steps oriented towards adaptation planning and stakeholders’ engagement. The process reveals breaches between what stakeholders’ would prioritise when designing policy pathways and their opinion about the most beneficial and balanced adaptation programmes across the sustainability criteria. Results indicate that, according to stakeholders, the priorities are to prepare the energy, tourism, and maritime transport sectors to confront future climate-related events more efficiently. Other transformational actions to ensure long-term social-ecological resilience, which requires significant structural changes and substantial investments, are not at the core of the public needs. Full article
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Spatio-Temporal Evolution of Land Use Transition in the Background of Carbon Emission Trading Scheme Implementation: An Economic–Environmental Perspective
by Peijia Wang and Ping Wang
Land 2022, 11(3), 440; https://doi.org/10.3390/land11030440 - 18 Mar 2022
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In the political context of “carbon peaking” and “carbon neutrality” proposed by the Chinese government, this paper investigates the spatio-temporal evolution of land use transition in China after the implementation of the carbon emission trading scheme (CETS). Based on the analysis of the [...] Read more.
In the political context of “carbon peaking” and “carbon neutrality” proposed by the Chinese government, this paper investigates the spatio-temporal evolution of land use transition in China after the implementation of the carbon emission trading scheme (CETS). Based on the analysis of the spatio-temporal evolution, we discuss the spatial spillover of the policy effects. With the help of China’s CETS policy, this study explores the above issues with the main observation samples of the six provincial pilots included in CETS. Using the entropy weighting method, the indicator construction method, and local Moran’s I test, this paper takes 30 provincial areas in China from 2010 to 2017 as the full sample, and draws the following conclusions: (1) both the economic and environmental effects generated by CETS can optimize land use transition in the pilot areas, but the effective time points of the two are different; (2) the time for land use transition to be optimized by the two effects of CETS is different, among which the economic effect takes effect faster than the environmental effect; and (3) there is spatial spillover of the optimization effect of CETS on land use transition, but the specific effect depends on the industrial structure and development plan of the pilot areas. Full article
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