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Evaluating the variation characteristics of ecological resilience along expressways in developing countries: the case of the Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway in Cambodia

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Expressway construction has caused a significant threat to the ecological environment in developing countries, and therefore the variation characteristics of ecological resilience along the expressway in developing countries are of major importance. This empirical study focuses on a typical area within a 2-km range of the Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway in Cambodia and uses remote sensing and geographic information systems (GIS) technology to analyze the variation characteristics of ecological resilience along the expressway. The results of the study reveal that due to the construction of expressways, the land use types transferred into or out of the land use types increase and furthermore the land use types show a trend of decreasing natural attributes and increasing human attributes. It is found that expressway construction has an observed effect on the transfer rate of the center of gravity of land use type, and the direction of the center of gravity shifts in the direction of expressway construction. The impact of construction on the ecological resilience of the western region with higher vegetation coverage was higher than that of the eastern region with higher urbanization. The research develops a theoretical evaluation model based on land use type of the variation characteristics of ecological resilience along the expressway, which can be used to enable the sustainability of expressway construction and maintain the regional ecological environment.

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This research is supported by the National Science Funding (No. 71942006); Shaanxi Social Science Funding (2023R001); Scientific Research Project of China Road and Bridge Engineering Co., Ltd (No. 2020-zlkj-04); The National Social Science Fund projects (No. 20BJY010); List of Key Science and Technology Projects in China’s Transportation Industry in 2018-International Science and Technology Cooperation Project (No. 2018-GH 006 and No. 2019-MS5-100); and Open Fund of China Academy of Railway Sciences Group Corporation (2021YJ049); Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. 300102282601).

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  1. School of Economic and Management, Chang’an University, Xi’an, 710061, Shaanxi, China

    Jingxiao Zhang & Feiye Zhao

  2. China Road & Bridge Engineering Company Limited Cambodia Office, Beijing, 100011, China

    Xin Gao

  3. School of Engineering, London South Bank University, London, SE1 0AA, UK

    Simon P. Philbin

  4. School of Geography, Harbin Normal University, Harbin, 150500, Heilongjiang, China

    Yan Li & Xu Yang

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Jingxiao Zhang contributed to the conception of the study; Feiye Zhao contributed significantly to the analysis and manuscript preparation; Xin Gao wrote the manuscript together with Feiye Zhao and Simon P. Philbin; Yan Li and Xu Yang performed the experiment analysis; and Jingxiao Zhang and Simon P. Philbin helped perform the analysis with constructive discussions.

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Zhang, J., Gao, X., Zhao, F. et al. Evaluating the variation characteristics of ecological resilience along expressways in developing countries: the case of the Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway in Cambodia. Environ Sci Pollut Res 31, 7994–8011 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-31691-2

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