Alex M Lechner
Biographic Data
| ID | 6017026 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alex M Lechner |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alex M |
| FAMILY NAME | Lechner |
| SIGNATURE | LECHNER A M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2050-9480 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 77 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 24 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Divergent benefits of urban nature
Urban nature provides essential ecosystem services, but their use and perception vary based on socio‐demographic factors, including settlement type, which reflects differences in socio‐economic and environmental conditions. This study compares how residents of new town developments (master‐planned areas) and unplanned settlements (organically developed) use and perceive ecosystem services in South Tangerang city, Indonesia. A social survey of 403…
Monitoring nature-based solutions is key for compliance, co-creation and practice improvement
Beyond coping strategies
Climate change significantly threatens vulnerable populations in the Global South, particularly older people. This study explores the climate resilience strategies employed by older people in Eastern Indonesia, examining their transformative potential in responding to unequal community needs. This descriptive qualitative study employed focus groups, interviews, and observations over three months in Eastern Indonesia, and involving 46 older partic…
The rise of brownfield mining is reshaping global mineral supply and intensifying social and environmental risk
A holistic framework for examining complex problems in energy transition solutions
Balancing landscape values and tourism choices
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Biosphere Reserves aim to balance nature and human coexistence, but increasing tourism challenges landscape management. The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) stresses the importance of understanding stakeholder values for effective management of natural spaces through a typology of intrinsic, instrumental, and relat…
Systematic Review of GIS and Remote Sensing Applications for Assessing the Socioeconomic Impacts of Mining
As the mining industry expands, a comprehensive understanding of its socioeconomic risks and benefits is urgently needed. This paper systematically reviews 71 studies (1996–2021) that utilized spatially integrated approaches to evaluate socioeconomic mining impacts. The number of studies that utilize geographic information systems and remote sensing to study mining impacts increased from 2014 onwards. A framework was used to classify the mining i…
Mapping public support for urban green infrastructure policies across the biodiversity-climate-society -nexus
Urban green infrastructure can help cities tackle biodiversity loss and support well-being, but also contribute to climate change mitigation. This can be enhanced with green infrastructure policies that favor biodiversity, residential well-being, or climate benefits such as carbon sequestration. However, assessing public support for policies favoring specific green infrastructure outcomes, or potential trade-offs between them, is vital to underst…
Ecological connectivity in environmental impact assessments
Road building is one of the greatest threats to biodiversity globally. This study addressed common challenges for spatially explicit ecological assessments of linear infrastructure EIAs, by first providing an overview of existing approaches and then applying a connectivity model with scenario analysis of alternative road alignments for a road bypass in Beaufort, Australia. The application included an expert-based connectivity model using a combin…
Planning for green infrastructure using multiple urban ecosystem service models and multicriteria analysis
Unprecedented urban growth and extensive land use change especially in the Global South has placed increasing pressure on urban ecosystem services (UES). While there are numerous studies modelling and mapping ecosystem services, integrating the outputs of multiple ecosystem service assessments to provide recommendations for nature-based planning remains a challenge. The objective of this study is to characterise the spatial distribution of multip…
Biodiversity risks and safeguards of China’s hydropower financing in Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) countries
Energy transition minerals and their intersection with land-connected peoples
Rapidly transitioning the global energy system to renewables is considered necessary to combat climate change. Current estimates suggest that at least 30 energy transition minerals and metals (ETMs) form the material base for the energy transition. The inventory of ETMs indicates a high level of intersectionality with territories less impacted by the historic forces of industrialization. To identify the current global footprint, 5,097 ETM project…
Fast track to failure? Energy transition minerals and the future of consultation and consent
Energy transition mineral and metals (ETM) are being widely discussed for their utility in combating climate change. However, their contribution with respect to social and environmental impact does not feature prominently in contemporary debates. In this paper we present findings showing the extent to which the world's ETM projects will intersect with Indigenous Peoples' and Peasant lands – the lands of people who under existing United Nations-le…
Attitudes and willingness of local communities towards natural urban forest conservation in a rapidly developing Southeast Asia city
Workshop processes to generate stakeholder consensus about post-mining land uses
A major challenge in post-mining land use planning is identifying areas of consensus among engaged stakeholders about major concerns and suitable post-mining land use and land management. This paper takes as an example, the Bowen Basin, a major coal-mining region in Australia where several mines are approaching closure stages but consensus on post-mining land use in this region is yet to be established. This paper examines the use of workshop pro…
Mitigating the risks of indirect land use change (Iluc) related deforestation from industrial palm oil expansion by sharing land access with displaced crop and cattle farmers
Rethinking tourism conflict potential within and between groups using participatory mapping
Tourism on small tropical islands in the Global South is a balancing act between development to improve local livelihoods and the conservation of fragile coastal and coral ecosystems. The objective of our study is to develop a series of new spatial metrics to support sustainable development through assessing the direction and magnitude of tourism development support and conflict between groups. We surveyed 317 individuals out of an estimated tota…
Perceived contributions of multifunctional landscapes to human well‐being
Multifunctional landscapes provide critical benefits and are essential for human well‐being. The relationship between multifunctional landscapes and well‐being has mostly been studied using ecosystem services as a linkage. However, there is a challenge of concretizing what human well‐being exactly is and how it can be measured, particularly in relation to ecosystem services, landscape values and related discussions. In this paper, we measure self…
Applications in Remote Sensing to Forest Ecology and Management
Remote sensing provides valuable insights into pressing environmental challenges and is a critical tool for driving solutions. In this Primer, we briefly introduce the important role of remote sensing in forest ecology and management, which includes applications as diverse as mapping the distribution of forest ecosystems and characterizing the three-dimensional structure of forests. We describe six key reasons why remote sensing has become an imp…
Best-practice biodiversity safeguards for Belt and Road Initiative’s financiers
A contested transition toward a coal-free future
Mapping cumulative impacts of mining on sediment retention ecosystem service in an Australian mining region
Mining development can potentially lead to cumulative impacts on ecosystems and their services across a range of scales. Site-specific environmental impact assessments are commonly assessed for mining projects; however, large-scale cumulative impacts of multiple mines that aggregate and interact in resources regions have had little attention in the literature and there are few examples where regional-scale mining impacts have been assessed on eco…
A proposal for engaging a stakeholder panel in planning post-mining land uses in Australia’s coal-rich tropical savannahs
Using social data in strategic environmental assessment to conserve biodiversity
Fast track to failure? Energy transition minerals and the future of consultation and consent
Energy transition mineral and metals (ETM) are being widely discussed for their utility in combating climate change. However, their contribution with respect to social and environmental impact does not feature prominently in contemporary debates. In this paper we present findings showing the extent to which the world's ETM projects will intersect with Indigenous Peoples' and Peasant lands – the lands of people who under existing United Nations-le…
Energy transition minerals and their intersection with land-connected peoples
Rapidly transitioning the global energy system to renewables is considered necessary to combat climate change. Current estimates suggest that at least 30 energy transition minerals and metals (ETMs) form the material base for the energy transition. The inventory of ETMs indicates a high level of intersectionality with territories less impacted by the historic forces of industrialization. To identify the current global footprint, 5,097 ETM project…
A contested transition toward a coal-free future
Using social data in strategic environmental assessment to conserve biodiversity
Best-practice biodiversity safeguards for Belt and Road Initiative’s financiers
A proposal for engaging a stakeholder panel in planning post-mining land uses in Australia’s coal-rich tropical savannahs
Attitudes and willingness of local communities towards natural urban forest conservation in a rapidly developing Southeast Asia city
Using social data in strategic environmental assessment to conserve biodiversity
Mapping cumulative impacts of mining on sediment retention ecosystem service in an Australian mining region
Mining development can potentially lead to cumulative impacts on ecosystems and their services across a range of scales. Site-specific environmental impact assessments are commonly assessed for mining projects; however, large-scale cumulative impacts of multiple mines that aggregate and interact in resources regions have had little attention in the literature and there are few examples where regional-scale mining impacts have been assessed on eco…
A proposal for engaging a stakeholder panel in planning post-mining land uses in Australia’s coal-rich tropical savannahs
A contested transition toward a coal-free future
Rethinking tourism conflict potential within and between groups using participatory mapping
Tourism on small tropical islands in the Global South is a balancing act between development to improve local livelihoods and the conservation of fragile coastal and coral ecosystems. The objective of our study is to develop a series of new spatial metrics to support sustainable development through assessing the direction and magnitude of tourism development support and conflict between groups. We surveyed 317 individuals out of an estimated tota…
Perceived contributions of multifunctional landscapes to human well‐being
Multifunctional landscapes provide critical benefits and are essential for human well‐being. The relationship between multifunctional landscapes and well‐being has mostly been studied using ecosystem services as a linkage. However, there is a challenge of concretizing what human well‐being exactly is and how it can be measured, particularly in relation to ecosystem services, landscape values and related discussions. In this paper, we measure self…
Applications in Remote Sensing to Forest Ecology and Management
Remote sensing provides valuable insights into pressing environmental challenges and is a critical tool for driving solutions. In this Primer, we briefly introduce the important role of remote sensing in forest ecology and management, which includes applications as diverse as mapping the distribution of forest ecosystems and characterizing the three-dimensional structure of forests. We describe six key reasons why remote sensing has become an imp…
Best-practice biodiversity safeguards for Belt and Road Initiative’s financiers
Workshop processes to generate stakeholder consensus about post-mining land uses
A major challenge in post-mining land use planning is identifying areas of consensus among engaged stakeholders about major concerns and suitable post-mining land use and land management. This paper takes as an example, the Bowen Basin, a major coal-mining region in Australia where several mines are approaching closure stages but consensus on post-mining land use in this region is yet to be established. This paper examines the use of workshop pro…
Mitigating the risks of indirect land use change (Iluc) related deforestation from industrial palm oil expansion by sharing land access with displaced crop and cattle farmers
Planning for green infrastructure using multiple urban ecosystem service models and multicriteria analysis
Unprecedented urban growth and extensive land use change especially in the Global South has placed increasing pressure on urban ecosystem services (UES). While there are numerous studies modelling and mapping ecosystem services, integrating the outputs of multiple ecosystem service assessments to provide recommendations for nature-based planning remains a challenge. The objective of this study is to characterise the spatial distribution of multip…
Biodiversity risks and safeguards of China’s hydropower financing in Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) countries
Energy transition minerals and their intersection with land-connected peoples
Rapidly transitioning the global energy system to renewables is considered necessary to combat climate change. Current estimates suggest that at least 30 energy transition minerals and metals (ETMs) form the material base for the energy transition. The inventory of ETMs indicates a high level of intersectionality with territories less impacted by the historic forces of industrialization. To identify the current global footprint, 5,097 ETM project…
Fast track to failure? Energy transition minerals and the future of consultation and consent
Energy transition mineral and metals (ETM) are being widely discussed for their utility in combating climate change. However, their contribution with respect to social and environmental impact does not feature prominently in contemporary debates. In this paper we present findings showing the extent to which the world's ETM projects will intersect with Indigenous Peoples' and Peasant lands – the lands of people who under existing United Nations-le…
Attitudes and willingness of local communities towards natural urban forest conservation in a rapidly developing Southeast Asia city
Systematic Review of GIS and Remote Sensing Applications for Assessing the Socioeconomic Impacts of Mining
As the mining industry expands, a comprehensive understanding of its socioeconomic risks and benefits is urgently needed. This paper systematically reviews 71 studies (1996–2021) that utilized spatially integrated approaches to evaluate socioeconomic mining impacts. The number of studies that utilize geographic information systems and remote sensing to study mining impacts increased from 2014 onwards. A framework was used to classify the mining i…
Mapping public support for urban green infrastructure policies across the biodiversity-climate-society -nexus
Urban green infrastructure can help cities tackle biodiversity loss and support well-being, but also contribute to climate change mitigation. This can be enhanced with green infrastructure policies that favor biodiversity, residential well-being, or climate benefits such as carbon sequestration. However, assessing public support for policies favoring specific green infrastructure outcomes, or potential trade-offs between them, is vital to underst…
Ecological connectivity in environmental impact assessments
Road building is one of the greatest threats to biodiversity globally. This study addressed common challenges for spatially explicit ecological assessments of linear infrastructure EIAs, by first providing an overview of existing approaches and then applying a connectivity model with scenario analysis of alternative road alignments for a road bypass in Beaufort, Australia. The application included an expert-based connectivity model using a combin…
A holistic framework for examining complex problems in energy transition solutions
Balancing landscape values and tourism choices
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Biosphere Reserves aim to balance nature and human coexistence, but increasing tourism challenges landscape management. The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) stresses the importance of understanding stakeholder values for effective management of natural spaces through a typology of intrinsic, instrumental, and relat…
Divergent benefits of urban nature
Urban nature provides essential ecosystem services, but their use and perception vary based on socio‐demographic factors, including settlement type, which reflects differences in socio‐economic and environmental conditions. This study compares how residents of new town developments (master‐planned areas) and unplanned settlements (organically developed) use and perceive ecosystem services in South Tangerang city, Indonesia. A social survey of 403…
Monitoring nature-based solutions is key for compliance, co-creation and practice improvement
Beyond coping strategies
Climate change significantly threatens vulnerable populations in the Global South, particularly older people. This study explores the climate resilience strategies employed by older people in Eastern Indonesia, examining their transformative potential in responding to unequal community needs. This descriptive qualitative study employed focus groups, interviews, and observations over three months in Eastern Indonesia, and involving 46 older partic…
The rise of brownfield mining is reshaping global mineral supply and intensifying social and environmental risk
Geography (16 works) · Environmental resource management (14 works) · Business (13 works) · Ecology (13 works) · Environmental Science (13 works) · Environmental planning (11 works) · Mining and Resource Management (9 works) · Political science (9 works) · Land Use and Ecosystem Services (8 works) · Ecosystem (7 works)