A Review of Village Ecosystem Vulnerability and Resilience: Implications for the Rocky Desertification Control

Jiuhan Tang; Kangning Xiong; Yue Chen; Qi Wang; Bin Ying; Jiayi Zhou

doi:10.3390/ijerph19116664

A Review of Village Ecosystem Vulnerability and Resilience: Implications for the Rocky Desertification Control

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 May 30;19(11):6664. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19116664.

Authors

Jiuhan Tang^{1

2}, Kangning Xiong^{1

2}, Yue Chen^{1

2}, Qi Wang^{1

2}, Bin Ying¹, Jiayi Zhou^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ School of Karst Science, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang 550001, China.
² State Engineering Technology Institute for Karst Desertification Control, Guiyang 550001, China.

Abstract

Under the background of global environmental change, a huge impact has been made on the village ecosystem, which leads to disorder of structure and function of the village ecosystem. The current management measures of the village have failed in allowing the village to achieve sustainable development. Research on the vulnerability and resilience of the village ecosystem is helpful in regards to the ecological restoration of the village. The research status and progress in regards to the vulnerability and resilience of the village ecosystem are not clear, and the summary of research results and problems is insufficient. Based on 87 related literatures, this paper focuses on the current status and progress of village ecosystem vulnerability and resilience research, and reveals the current research results and shortcomings of village ecosystem vulnerability and resilience. We found that: (1) the research on vulnerability and resilience of the village ecosystem is on the rise; (2) the research mainly focuses on the index system, monitoring and assessment, mechanism research and strategy research. The monitoring and assessment research is the most prominent, which mainly discusses the research methods, the vulnerability and the resilience of the village ecosystem; (3) the study area is mainly concentrated in Asia, North America and Africa. Research institutions are mainly institutions of higher learning and research institutes (centers). Finally, this paper finds that major scientific and technical studies such as the construction of indicator systems and the study of governance strategies in the study of vulnerability and resilience of village ecosystems are lagging behind. In future research, we should deepen the research on the concept and connotation of vulnerability and resilience. We must establish a scientific and reasonable research framework for vulnerability and resilience of the village ecosystem. We should also strengthen and improve the index system of vulnerability and resilience of the village ecosystem. We should strengthen research on the impact mechanisms and governance strategies of vulnerability and resilience, and apply the research on vulnerability and resilience to the planning and governance of the village ecosystem.

Keywords: resilience; review; rocky desertification; village ecosystem; vulnerability.

Publication types

Review
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Africa
Asia
Conservation of Natural Resources* / methods
Ecosystem*
Research Design

Grants and funding

Funding for the project was supported by the Key Science and Technology Program of Guizhou Province (No. 5411 2017 Qiankehe Pingtai Rencai), the World Top Discipline Program of Guizhou Province (No. 125 2019 Qianjiao Keyan Fa) and the China Overseas Expertise Introduction Program for Discipline Innovation (D17016), Natural Science Foundation of Guizhou Province (Grant No. Qiankehe Jichu -ZK[2022]317).