This review investigates the potential of the emergy analysis (EMA) as a new perspective
and approach to the worldwide used ecosystem services (ESs) framework to quantify and …

The extensive exploitation and use of land resources has caused a variety of land
degradation problems including soil erosion, desertification and salinization in China, which …

Tourism ecological security evaluation is a critical way of measuring the sustainable
development of tourism destinations. Based on ecological system theory, this study creates …

Environmental problems caused by intensive economic development and rapid urbanization
have seriously constrained the sustainable development of social economy. Ecological …

Intensification of human activities is pushing our use of ecosystems beyond thresholds of
resiliency. Given the accelerating global crisis of ecological sustainability, there has been …

Qinghai province, an important part of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau located in the western
part of China, occupies a considerable status in terms of ecological security of China due to …

Though well-positioned geographically to benefit from China's Silk Road Economic Belt
initiative, Central Asia nevertheless suffers from a fragile ecological environment. Therefore …

The acceleration of urbanization and industrialization has led to new ecological security
(ES) risks for urban agglomerations in develo** countries. The level of ES with the goal of …

Yunnan Province is part of the Yun-Gun Plateau in southwest China with rich ecological
resources and special geographic features, resulting in considerable ecological security …

Cultivated land's ecological security ensures human well-being and is critical to global food
security. However, the unchecked expansion and excessive exploitation of agricultural …