Luo, Y, Lü, Y, Fu, B et al. (3 more authors) (2019) When multi-functional landscape meets Critical Zone science: advancing multi-disciplinary research for sustainable human well-being. National Science Review, 6 (2). pp. 349-358. ISSN 2095-5138
Abstract
Environmental degradation has become one of the major obstacles to sustainable development and human well-being internationally. Scientific efforts are being made to understand the mechanism of environmental degradation and sustainability. Critical Zone (CZ) science and research on the multi-functional landscape are emerging fields in earth science that can contribute to such scientific efforts. This paper reviews the progress, similarities and current status of these two scientific research fields, and identifies a number of opportunities for their synergistic integration through functional and multi-functional approaches, process-based monitoring, mechanistic analyses, and dynamic modelling, global long term and networked monitoring, and systematic modeling supported by scaling and deep coupling. These approaches proposed in this paper have the potential to support sustainable human well-being by strengthening a functional orientation that consolidates multi-functional landscape research and CZ science. This is a key challenge for sustainable development and human well-being in the 21st century.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2018. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of China Science Publishing & Media Ltd. All rights reserved. This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in National Science Review following peer review. The version of record Luo, Y, Lü, Y, Fu, B et al. (3 more authors) (2018) When multi-functional landscape meets critical zone science: advancing multi-disciplinary research for sustainable human well-being. National Science Review is available online at: http://dx.doi/10.1093/nsr/nwy003 |
Keywords: | multi-functional landscapes; Critical Zone; ecosystem services; sustainable development; human well-being |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Geography (Leeds) > Centre for Spatial Analysis & Policy (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 19 Jan 2018 10:38 |
Last Modified: | 21 May 2019 13:37 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
Identification Number: | 10.1093/nsr/nwy003 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:126390 |