State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China; School of Natural Resources, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China.
J Environ Manage. 2022 Sep 15;318:115591. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115591. Epub 2022 Jul 1.
Understanding stakeholders' perceptions about human well-being and ecosystem services is essential for designing efficient public policies and sustainable environmental management that help to improve people's quality of life. Despite the fragile ecosystem and poverty concentration in the agro-pastoral ecotone, research in this field remains scarce. We selected a typical agro-pastoral ecotone, Duolun County, Inner Mongolia, China, to explore how socioeconomic and demographic factors affect subjective well-being and perceptions of ecosystem services through structural equation modelling (SEM) and canonical correspondence analysis (CCA). Our results showed that health had the highest correlation with subjective well-being among the five dimensions, but respondents were least satisfied with it. Formal education had the greatest effect on subjective well-being, followed by age, income, and livelihood. Gender had no effect on subjective well-being. Older respondents with lower formal education who had a lower level of subjective well-being considered supporting and provisioning services more important for well-being. In contrast, younger respondents with higher education levels (mostly jobs not associated with working the land) mainly valued cultural services. Finally, we discussed the factors that influence subjective well-being and perceptions of ecosystem services and their implications for local management decision-making.
了解利益相关者对人类福祉和生态系统服务的看法对于设计高效的公共政策和可持续的环境管理至关重要，这有助于提高人们的生活质量。尽管农牧交错带的生态系统脆弱，贫困人口集中，但该领域的研究仍然很少。我们选择了中国内蒙古多伦县作为典型的农牧交错带，通过结构方程模型（SEM）和典范对应分析（CCA）来探讨社会经济和人口因素如何影响主观幸福感和对生态系统服务的看法。结果表明，在五个维度中，健康与主观幸福感的相关性最高，但受访者对此最不满意。正规教育对主观幸福感的影响最大，其次是年龄、收入和生计。性别对主观幸福感没有影响。教育程度较低、年龄较大、主观幸福感较低的受访者认为支持和供应服务对幸福感更为重要。相比之下，受教育程度较高的年轻受访者（主要是与务农无关的工作）主要重视文化服务。最后，我们讨论了影响主观幸福感和对生态系统服务的看法的因素，以及它们对当地管理决策的意义。
