Perception of Human Well-Being and Ecosystem Services by Tibetans in the Dry Valleys of the Three-Parallel-Rivers Area
Human well-being,from the view of individual's quality of life and satisfaction,can be used to assess the effectiveness of social development and government decision-making.Assessing stakeholders'perception of human well-being and ecosystem services and determining the relationship between well-being and ecosystem services is an important basis for ecological protection and planning the updating of rural well-being.However,little attention was paid to the perceptions of well-being and ecosystem services in mountainous areas,and the relationships between various types of ecosystem services and dimensions of well-being had not been fully elaborated,particularly no effects to be made to the rural well-being in dry valleys of the three-parallel-rivers area of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau,China.In this study,it conducted face-to-face questionnaires and semi-structured interviews to collect the perception of human well-being and ecosystem services by Tibetan residents in the dry valleys of the three-parallel-rivers area of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau,China,and then quantitatively analyzed the correlation between the two.(1)Overall well-being among Tibetan residents in the dry valleys of the three-parallel-rivers area was 3.95,with the highest dimension being good social relationships(4.42),followed by security(4.07),basic materials demand for a good life(4.06),and health(3.93),while freedom of choice and action(3.43)scored the lowest.(2)Local Tibetan residents were particularly satisfied with regulating services and cultural services,mostly concerning about provisioning services:water supply and water quality.(3)Among the varied dimensions of well-being,freedom of choice and action were most strongly and positively related to the perceptions of ecosystem services,but the weakest to the basic materials for a good life.(4)Efforts,such as promoting regional industrial development,creating diverse job opportunities,and enhancing residents'perception of ecosystem services contributed to improving the freedom of choice and action dimension of well-being.The study can provide a scientific basis for policy formulation of improving residents'well-being and rural revitalization in dry valleys of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
three-parallel-rivers areathe Qinghai-Tibet Plateauinterviewsubjective well-beingperception of ecosystem services
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