Construction feasibility evaluation for potential ecological corridors under different widths: a case study of Chengdu in China

• Published in: Landscape and ecological engineering Vol. 19; no. 3; pp. 381 - 399
• Main Authors: Xie, Yusong, Wang, Qianna, Xie, Mengqing, Shibata, Shozo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo Springer Japan 01.07.2023; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Agricultural land; Biodiversity; Biomedical and Life Sciences; case studies; China; Civil Engineering; Construction; Corridors; cropland; Ecological adaptation; Ecological effects; ecological resilience; Environmental Management; Evaluation; Feasibility studies; forests; habitat fragmentation; Habitats; Landscape Ecology; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning; landscapes; Life Sciences; Nature Conservation; Original Paper; Plant Ecology; shrinkage; Urbanization; China; Potential ecological corridor; Corridor width; Minimum cumulative resistance model (MCRM); Internal characteristics; The construction feasibility evaluation system; Construction sequence

Accelerating urbanization has led to the shrinkage of natural habitats, intensification of landscape fragmentation, reduction of cropland and forest areas, and degradation of biodiversity. Against this background, considering ecological corridors are important linear structures connected to habitat...