Exploring the Driving Factors of the Land Use Structure in Traditional Villages of Enshi Prefecture—A New Perspective on Coupling Residents’ Perception
Randomized trial explores land-use changes in traditional villages, indicating ecological and economic dynamics.
Key Points
The aim is to understand the mechanisms driving land-use structure changes in traditional villages of Enshi Prefecture.
Integrated spatial analysis and landscape pattern indices with field surveys
Utilized structural equation modeling (SEM) to analyze relationships among variables
Examined the impact of topographic heterogeneity, human activities, and economic development
Villages predominantly located at 800–1200 m elevation, showing a multi-core, west-dense east-sparse pattern
From 1990–2020, Dong villages saw an increase in cultivated and forest land but more fragmentation (patch density up 8.55%)
SEM analysis shows topographic heterogeneity negatively impacts human activities (−0.694) and economic development (−0.686), while both drive social level positively (0.829 and 0.837 respectively).