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Rural landscape comprehensive evaluation system and case study based on environmental value-added

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Increased urban pollution and urban life pressure have increased the importance of rural areas, especially suburban villages. To better carry out the rural landscape design work, and clarify the relationship between the various impact factors of rural landscape, carried out the study of this article. Based on the environment value-added theory, this paper established a comprehensive evaluation system of suburban rural landscapes with landscape productivity, landscape ecology, landscape life, and landscape effect as the standard layer (including 24 sub-indicators), and calculated the weight of each index. At the same time, a quantitative evaluation of Liutian village’s 2016 integrated landscape was carried out. The results showed that the weight values of the four indicators in the standard layer are: landscape productivity (0.3862) > landscape ecology (0.3140) > landscape life (0.1696) > landscape effect (0.1302). The scoring percentage (the actual score divided by the weight value) of the four indicators is ranked as follows: landscape productivity (0.7258) > landscape life (0.6410) > landscape effect (0.5629) > landscape ecology (0.4456). Liutian village’s final score is 0.6005, and the comprehensive landscape evaluation result is average, which can meet the basic needs of landscape users. Through the analysis of the four factors at the standard layer, the problems in the landscape of Liutian village were analyzed, and development suggestions were proposed from the aspects of industry, government, planning, and culture. This research builds a quantitative analysis system for the comprehensive evaluation of rural landscape, which has certain theoretical and practical value for the guidance and evaluation of rural planning.

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Tu, R., Wan, A., Chen, H. et al. Rural landscape comprehensive evaluation system and case study based on environmental value-added. Environ Dev Sustain (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-024-04993-9

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