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ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022

Ecosystem Health and Environmental Geography in the Belt and Road Regions.

Chunbo Huang, Yi Qin, Xixi Du, Jiawen He, Xin Fan

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Review in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Status and Prospect of Ecological Environment in the Belt and Road Initiative Regions.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Chunbo HuangState Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, School of Geography and Information Engineering, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6222-215X
Yi QinCenter for Turkmenistan Studies, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China.
Xixi DuCenter for Turkmenistan Studies, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9075-8963
Jiawen HeCenter for Turkmenistan Studies, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China.
Xin FanCenter for Turkmenistan Studies, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The "Belt and Road" Initiative (BRI), i.e., the official Chinese term for the "Silk Road Economic Belt" and the "21st Century Maritime Silk Road", was proposed to share China's development opportunities with BRI-related countries and achieve common prosperity. Though the BRI itself conveys rich social and economic connotations, ecosystem health and the environmental problems in the Belt and Road regions are scientific issues. In this study, papers relating to the ecological issues of the BRI between January 2013 and December 2021 were collected and analyzed via CiteSpace. We found that some ecological issues were involved with the environmental challenges posed by the BRI, whereas others were, to a certain extent, subjective assumptions. Accordingly, we identified and classified the limitations and constraints of those environmental views about the BRI. By emphasizing that scientific data is key to explaining the ecological problems, we advanced four prospects for ecosystem health and environmental geography studies in the Belt and Road regions: (1) Spatial analysis and monitoring technology for the environment; (2) Clarification of the characteristics and mechanisms of the ecosystem and environments; (3) A focus on the interaction between the economy and the environment; (4) Specific and targeted strategies and solutions to different environmental problems.

Indexed as

Economic DevelopmentEcosystemGeographyecosystem servicesenvironmental geographyregional developmentreviewthe Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)

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PMID35627380
PMCPMC9140859

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