Conflict resolution in the zoning of eco-protected areas in fast-growing regions based on game theory.
Zoning eco-protected areas is important for ecological conservation and environmental management. Rapid and continuous urban expansion, however, may exert negative effects on the performance of practical zoning designs. Various methods have been developed for protected area zoning, but most of them...
| Published in: | Journal of Environmental Management Vol. 170; pp. 177 - 186 |
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Academic Press Inc.
Apr2016
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=113053531&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 113053531 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 03014797 EMJ jtl: Journal of Environmental Management issn: 03014797 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Apr2016 vid: 170 pid: 735 pub: Academic Press Inc. artinfo: ui: 113053531 10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.11.036 ppf: 177 ppct: 9 formats: tig: atl: Conflict resolution in the zoning of eco-protected areas in fast-growing regions based on game theory. aug: au: Lin, Jinyao Li, Xia affil: Guangdong Key Laboratory for Urbanization and Geo-simulation, School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, PR China su: Conflict management Game theory Conservation of natural resources Protected areas Environmental management sug: subj: Conflict management Game theory Conservation of natural resources Administration of Conservation Programs Protected areas Environmental management keyword: Cellular automata Ecological protection Urban expansion Zoning Cellular automata Ecological protection Urban expansion Zoning ab: Zoning eco-protected areas is important for ecological conservation and environmental management. Rapid and continuous urban expansion, however, may exert negative effects on the performance of practical zoning designs. Various methods have been developed for protected area zoning, but most of them failed to consider the conflicts between urban development (for the benefit of land developers) and ecological protection (local government). Some real-world zoning schemes even have to be modified occasionally after the lengthy negotiations between the government and land developers. Therefore, our study has presented a game theory-based method to deal with this problem. Future urban expansion in the study area will be predicted by a logistic regression cellular automaton, while eco-protected areas will be delimitated using multi-objective optimization algorithm. Then, two types of conflicts between them can be resolved based on game theory, a theory of decision-making. We established a two-person dynamic game for each conflict zone. The ecological compensation mechanism was taken into account by simulating the negotiation processes between the government and land developers. A final zoning scheme can be obtained when the two sides reach agreements. The proposed method is applied to the eco-protected area zoning in Guangzhou, a fast-growing city in China. The experiments indicate that the conflicts between eco-protection and urban development will inevitably arise when using only traditional zoning methods. Based on game theory, our method can effectively resolve those conflicts, and can provide a relatively reasonable zoning scheme. This method is expected to support policy-making in environmental management and urban planning. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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