Li Shumin1 and Ma Dandan2This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
1School of Marxism, Henan Forestry Vocational College, Henan, Luoyang 471002, China
2Department of Landscape and Horticulture, Henan Forestry Vocational College, Henan Luoyang 471002, China
Received: July 13, 2025 Accepted: August 31, 2025 Publication Date: November 30, 2025
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This study examines cultural construction within the rural revitalization strategy, highlighting the roles of moral values, folk customs, and ecological ethics in preserving local cultural heritage. It proposes an innovative ecological-cultural coupling model that integrates ecological function evaluation with cultural capital-addressing the limitations of traditional humanistic approaches. For the first time, moral values, folk customs, and ecological ethics are incorporated into the rural revitalization evaluation system. Using the theory of "ecological niche threshold response" from landscape ecology and GIS spatial analysis, the study quantifies interactions between cultural landscapes and ecological foundations. The RMA method is applied to grid landscape data, identifying 240 meters as the key ecological response threshold. Forest land percentage plays a decisive role in ecosystem service value (ESV), with a 10% increase in forest coverage resulting in an 18.6% rise in ESV and a 14.3% increase in cultural landscape scenic value-demonstrating the synergy between environmental and cultural protection. Further analysis reveals landscape indicators such as Patch Density (PD) and Landscape Shape Index (LSI) are most sensitive within the 55-240 meter range. The dual-objective optimization framework developed in this study fills a crucial gap by integrating cultural factors into ecological assessment. It offers a replicable model rooted in Chinese practice for aligning ecological protection, cultural inheritance, and sustainable land usecontributing a valuable approach to global rural revitalization strategies.
Keywords: Rural Revival Strategy; Ecological-Cultural Coupling; Ecosystem Service Value; GIS Spatial Analysis; Landscape Pattern Metrics; Dual-Objective Optimization; Cultural Landscape Sensitivity; Sustainable Land Use Planning
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