A dynamic factor analysis of ecological stability and the role of territorial gradients in Czech Republic
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15310%2F23%3A73621396" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15310/23:73621396 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10661-023-11391-7" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10661-023-11391-7</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10661-023-11391-7" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10661-023-11391-7</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
A dynamic factor analysis of ecological stability and the role of territorial gradients in Czech Republic
Original language description
In light of global change, research on ecosystem dynamics and the related environmental policies are increasingly required to face with the inherent polarization in areas with low and high human pressure. Differential levels of human pressure are hypothesized to reflect development paths toward ecological stability of local systems vis a vis socioeconomic resilience. To delineate the latent nexus between socioeconomic development paths and ecological stability of local systems, we proposed a multidimensional, diachronic analysis of 28 indicators of territorial disparities, and ecological stability in 206 homogeneous administrative units of Czech Republic over almost 30 years (1990-2018). Mixing time-invariant factors with time-varying socio-environmental attributes, a dynamic factor analysis investigated the latent relationship between ecosystem functions, environmental pressures, and the background socioeconomic characteristics of the selected spatial units. We identified four geographical gradients in Czech Republic (namely elevation, economic agglomeration, demographic structure, and soil imperviousness) at the base of territorial divides associated with the increased polarization in areas with low and high human pressure. The role of urbanization, agriculture, and loss of natural habitats reflective of rising human pressure was illustrated along the selected gradients. Finally, policy implications of the (changing) geography of ecological disturbances and local development paths in Czech Republic were briefly discussed.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT
ISSN
0167-6369
e-ISSN
1573-2959
Volume of the periodical
195
Issue of the periodical within the volume
7
Country of publishing house
NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
Number of pages
21
Pages from-to
"819-1"-"819-21"
UT code for WoS article
001003009000008
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85161095699