Social media data for environmental sustainability: A critical review of opportunities, threats, and ethical use

A Ghermandi, J Langemeyer, D Van Berkel, F Calcagni… - One Earth, 2023 - cell.com
Social media data are transforming sustainability science. However, challenges from
restrictions in data accessibility and ethical concerns regarding potential data misuse have …

Uses and limitations of social media to inform visitor use management in parks and protected areas: A systematic review

EJ Wilkins, SA Wood, JW Smith - Environmental Management, 2021 - Springer
Social media are being increasingly used to inform visitor use management in parks and
protected areas. We review the state of the scientific literature to understand the ways social …

Aesthetic quality assessment of landscapes as a model for urban forest areas: A systematic literature review

R Mundher, S Abu Bakar, S Maulan, MJ Mohd Yusof… - Forests, 2022 - mdpi.com
Aesthetic experience in a forest can typically be associated with attractive forest scenery that
gives people a sense of visual pleasure. Characterized as a visual product based on …

Cultural ecosystem services evaluation using geolocated social media data: A review

H Zhang, R Huang, Y Zhang, D Buhalis - Tourism Geographies, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Cultural Ecosystem Service (CES) evaluation is the basis for various environmental
management and policymaking for nature-based tourism destinations including national …

Social media and deep learning capture the aesthetic quality of the landscape

I Havinga, D Marcos, PW Bogaart, L Hein, D Tuia - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Peoples' recreation and well-being are closely related to their aesthetic enjoyment of the
landscape. Ecosystem service (ES) assessments record the aesthetic contributions of …

Landscape aesthetics: Spatial modelling and mapping using social media images and machine learning

AS Gosal, G Ziv - Ecological Indicators, 2020 - Elsevier
Cultural ecosystem services such as aesthetic value are highly context-specific and often
present difficulties in their assessment. Here we present a case study in the northern English …

Advancing the study of driving forces of landscape change

M Bürgi, E Celio, V Diogo, AM Hersperger… - Journal of Land Use …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Over the past 25 years, the study of driving forces of landscape change has developed into a
central theme in land change science by contributing to theory development, promoting the …

Visual Aesthetic Quality Assessment of Urban Forests: A Conceptual Framework

R Mundher, S Abu Bakar, M Al-Helli, H Gao… - Urban Science, 2022 - mdpi.com
Visual aesthetic quality is the visual pleasure level that attracts people and makes them
prefer certain areas. Visual aesthetic quality is valued and considered for urban forests but …

Beyond land cover: How integrated remote sensing and social media data analysis facilitates assessment of cultural ecosystem services

O Karasov, S Heremans, M Külvik, A Domnich… - Ecosystem …, 2022 - Elsevier
Coupled usage of remote sensing and geotagged social media data responds to the
growing interest in the spatially explicit operationalisation of cultural ecosystem services …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing scenic beauty of hilly and mountain villages: an approach based on landscape indicators

K Long, N Wang, Z Lin - Ecological Indicators, 2023 - Elsevier
With the growing demand for cultural ecosystem services around the world, many countries
and regions have recognized the importance of the scenic beauty of villages and have …