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Architecture and Urbanism Techniques for eco red-line management

Figure 1. Social-environmental system and processes. Source: Illustration by the author using Draw.io

development and utilization, lacks adequate scientific 3.3.2. Integrating multi-scale research techniques
support (United Nations, 1992). Furthermore, such To enhance technical accuracy and improve spatial
measures fail to offer viable solutions to intricate ecological mapping precision, it is imperative to employ a combination
security challenges, such as ecological degradation of macro-, meso-, and micro-scale research techniques.
stemming from global climate change or the detrimental Ecological security issues within the region, including
effects of external pollution on nature reserves (Li et al., their attributes, characteristics, and spatial distribution
2019). For instance, pollution resulting from intensive patterns, result from the complex interplay between
agricultural practices, including the excessive use of natural ecological factors and human socioeconomic
chemical fertilizers and pesticides, can significantly degrade activities across various spatial scales (Huang et al., 2018).
downstream habitats, posing a grave threat to endangered Leveraging multi-scale research techniques facilitates the
species. To effectively address these multifaceted challenges, acquisition of comprehensive and accurate data, thereby
it is imperative to conduct a systematic and comprehensive refining research granularity and mitigating precision
analysis of the specific ecological security issues prevalent in issues in the on-site delineation of ecological red lines
each region. Using these insights, we can devise scientifically and spatial zoning of ecological security issues (Yan et al.,
grounded governance, prevention, and control plans that 2019).
foster sustainable ecological security management.
3.3.3. Implementing targeted measures for ecological
3.3. Enhancing the scientific rigor of technical security issues
approaches
Addressing the diverse array of ecological security issues
3.3.1. Ensuring precision in addressing ecological impacting the ecological protection red line requires a
security issues
focused, step-by-step approach. These issues encompass
Efforts must be directed toward precisely delineating the both local and global challenges, each varying in
spatial location and scope of ecological security issues to complexity and difficulty to resolve. By adhering to the
be mitigated. Achieving precision entails visualizing the principle of “easy first, then difficult” and “first local, then
entire process of identifying, diagnosing, and analyzing global,” tailored countermeasures can be devised in phases.
ecological security issues to bolster their spatial relevance This systematic approach enables continuous exploration,
and targeting specificity. Ambiguities in defining the technological refinement, experiential accumulation,
problems and unclear spatial indications of control targets cost-effectiveness, and gradual enhancement of ecological
must be avoided to prevent significant deviations in protection red-line management and control effectiveness
addressing these issues (Liu et al., 2020). (Wang et al., 2023).

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