Ecological Construction Research Articles

Decomposition Analysis of Carbon Emission Drivers and Peaking Pathways for Key Sectors under China’s Dual Carbon Goals: A Case Study of Jiangxi Province, China

Clarifying the factors influencing CO2 emissions and their peaking pathways in major sectors holds significant practical importance for achieving regional dual-carbon goals. This paper takes Jiangxi, a less developed demonstration zone in central China, as an example. It pioneeringly combines the LMDI method, Tapio decoupling model, and LEAP model to multi-dimensionally analyze the driving mechanisms, evolution patterns, and dynamic relationships with the economic development of carbon emissions in Jiangxi’s key sectors from 2007 to 2021. It also explores the future carbon emission trends and peaking potentials of various sectors under different scenarios. Our results show that (1) Carbon emissions in various sectors in Jiangxi have continued to grow over the past fifteen years, and although some sectors have seen a slowdown in emission growth, most still rely on traditional fossil fuels; (2) Economic growth and industrial structure effects are the main drivers of carbon emission increases, with a general trend towards decoupling achieved across sectors, while agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery, and ferrous metal smelting have shown a decline in their decoupling status; (3) In the carbon reduction and low-carbon scenarios, the carbon emission peaks in Jiangxi are estimated to be 227.5 Mt and 216.4 Mt, respectively, and targeted strategies for high-emission industries will facilitate a phased peak across sectors and enhance emissions reduction benefits. This has significant reference value for the central region and even globally in formulating differentiated, phased, sector-specific carbon peaking plans, and exploring pathways for high-quality economic development in tandem with ecological civilization construction.

The dominant role of human activity intensity in spatial pattern of ecosystem health in the Poyang Lake ecological economic zone

Human activities are the main factors threatening ecosystems, and ecological management should place a strong emphasis on guiding their positive development. More targeted and differentiated ecological preservation strategies can be proposed with research on the regional variability of the interaction between ecosystems and human activities. Utilizing the Vigor-Organization-Resilience-Services (VORS) model and the land surface human activity intensity model, the ecosystem health index (EHI) and human activity intensity (HAI) of the Poyang Lake Ecological Economic Zone (PLEEZ) were evaluated, respectively. Furthermore, their spatial association was investigated using spatial autocorrelation analysis, and the effect of HAI on EHI was analyzed using Geographic Detector and Geographic Weighted Regress. The results revealed that in the PLEEZ, (1) The zones of intensified human activity were highly consistent with the expansion of built-up land, and the EHI here has always been the lowest; (2) The HAI and EHI showed a significant and increasing spatial negative correlation, manifested as high HAI with low EHI clustering in the central plains and the adverse in the peripheral mountainous areas. (3) The HAI has the highest explanatory power on the spatial pattern of EHI, and its influence was greatest at the lower EHI. (4) Natural ecosystems with high EHI were highly sensitive to HAI, while areas with low EHI were less sensitive. The research can offer theoretical guidance for ecological construction in the future. The adverse effects of human activities in PLEEZ can be reduced through strict regulation of natural ecological sources, intensive utilization of human gathering areas, and promotion of green production and lifestyle.

Exploring the ecological security evaluation of water resources in the Yangtze River Basin under the background of ecological sustainable development

The Yangtze River (hereafter referred to as the YZR), the largest river in China, is of paramount importance for ensuring water resource security. The Yangtze River Basin (hereafter referred to as the YRB) is one of the most densely populated areas in China, and complex human activities have a significant impact on the ecological security of water resources. Therefore, this paper employs theories related to ecological population evolution and the Driving Force-Pressure-State-Impact-Response (DPSIR) model to construct an indicator system for the ecological security of water resources in the YRB. The report evaluates the ecological security status of water resources in each province of the YRB from 2010 to 2019, clarifies the development trend of its water resource ecological security, and proposes corresponding strategies for regional ecological security and coordinated economic development. According to the results of the ecological population evolution competition model, the overall indicator of the ecological security of water resources in the YRB continues to improve, with the safety level increasing annually. Maintaining sound management of water resources in the YRB is crucial for sustainable socioeconomic development. To further promote the ecological security of water resources in the YRB and the coordinated development of the regional economy, this paper proposes policy suggestions such as promoting the continuous advancement of sustainable development projects, actively adjusting industrial structure, continuously enhancing public environmental awareness, and actively participating in international ecological construction and seeking cooperation among multiple departments.

Study on the Strength of Rural Ecological Civilization Construction in the Context of Rural Revitalization

In the context of rural revitalization strategy, it is of great theoretical and practical significance to study the path of rural ecological civilization construction. In this regard, based on the connotation of ecological civilization, this paper analyzes the current situation of rural ecological civilization construction and existing problems, and explores the path of rural ecological civilization construction in the context of rural revitalization from the aspects of strengthening ecological civilization propaganda, protecting the ecological environment and realizing green development, with a view to providing useful reference for accelerating the construction of rural ecological civilization.

Learning from disability studies to introduce the role of the individual to naturalistic accounts of disease

Disability studies have been successfully focusing on individuals' lived experiences, the personalization of goals, and the constitution of the individual in defining disease and restructuring public understandings of disability. Although they had a strong influence in the policy making and medical modeling of disease, their framework has not been translated to traditional naturalistic accounts of disease. I will argue that, using new developments in evolutionary biology (Extended Evolutionary Synthesis [EES] about questions of proper function) and behavioral ecology (Niche conformance and construction about the questions of reference classes in biostatistics accounts), the main elements of the framework of disability studies can be used to represent life histories at the conceptual level of the two main “non-normative” accounts of disease. I chose these accounts since they are related to medicine in a more descriptive way. The success of the practical aspects of disability studies this way will be communicated without causing injustice to the individual since they will represent the individuality of the patient in two main naturalistic accounts of disease: the biostatistical account and the evolutionary functional account. Although most accounts criticizing the concept of disease as value-laden do not supply a positive element, disability studies can supply a good point for descriptive extension of the concept through inclusion of epistemic agency.

Research on green supply chain finance risk identification based on two-stage deep learning

As a resonance product between financial services and the upgrading of the green industry, green supply chain finance has garnered extensive attention in the process of ecological civilization construction. Effectively promoting the green transformation of small and medium-sized enterprises and achieving the "dual carbon" goals necessitate the avoidance of corporate green risks. However, the complex interdependence and information asymmetry among green supply chain finance enterprises result in data characteristics such as multi-source small samples and high-dimensional imbalance. To address these issues, this paper proposes a risk assessment model based on two-stage deep learning. In the first stage, we employ Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) to generate minority class default samples, and utilize Stacked Auto-Encoder (SAE) to extract data features with closed-form parameter calculation capability. In the second stage, the obtained features are input into a Deep Neural Network (DNN), and parameter learning and model optimization are conducted through joint training. Finally, to model low-order feature interactions, we integrate the Support Vector Machine (SVM) algorithm. The paper is grounded in the green innovation production of enterprises, collecting financial data of 176 upstream and downstream enterprises and corresponding core enterprise green indicators from 2013 to 2022. Experimental results demonstrate that GAN oversampling technique not only enhances the model's AUC metric but also significantly improves the F1 score. Compared with traditional deep learning methods, the proposed two-stage deep integration model effectively reduces training loss and exhibits superiority in identifying green supply chain finance risks.

A dataset of spatial distribution of tea plantations at 10 m resolution in Fujian Province from 2000 to 2020

Being a major tea producing province in China, Fujian Province is badly in need of quick and accurate spatial distribution of tea plantation for decision-making in both the agricultural economic development and the ecological environment construction for the province. This study retrieved and processed Sentinel-1 (S1) radar data and Sentinel-2 (S2) multispectral data on the GEE cloud platform; and it extracted 98 features, such as spectral features, texture features, and terrain features from the terrain data. The recursive elimination support vector machine algorithm (SVM RFE) is used to screen the characteristic variables, resulting in the creation of 4 feature combination schemes. Using a support vector machine (SVM) classifier to extract the distribution data of tea plantations and assessing the accuracy of the 4 feature combination schemes, we obtained the spatial distribution data of tea plantations at 10 m resolution in Fujian Province in 2020. On this basis, we used the GEE cloud platform to access the vegetation disturbance information in Fujian Province from 2000 to 2020. We finally obtained a dataset of spatial distribution of tea plantations at 10 m resolution in Fujian Province from 2000 to 2020 by excluding the non-tea plantation areas from the images between 2000 and 2015 with the mask generated from the 2020 tea garden extraction results. This dataset has been manually validated using sample points from key tea-producing counties and townships. The results indicate an extraction accuracy of over 92% for tea plantations in 2020. The extraction accuracy of tea plantations obtained using interference data removal method in 2000, 2005, 2010, and 2015 was all above 80%. The dataset with a high accuracy in tea plantation extraction can provide support for relevant departments in tea plantation management.

A Study on Research Course Design of Cuiyunlang Ancient Shudao Kindergarten Based on Ecological Civilization Education

With the deepening of ecological civilization construction, the role of ecological civilization education in kindergarten education is increasingly pivotal. As the cradle of children's growth, kindergarten is of far-reaching influence on cultivating children's environmental awareness and ecological responsibility through its education contents and methods. The purpose of this paper is to explore the integration of ecological civilization education and the research course of Cuiyunlang Ancient Shudao Kindergarten. Through literature analysis, field investigations, and questionnaire surveys, this paper has explored the educational value of the cultural resources of Cuiyunlang ancient Shudao, and has probed into the design and evaluation of the research courses in kindergartens in the view of enabling the kids to experience the beauty and fragility of nature firsthand, to understand the impact of human activities on the natural environment, so as tostimulate their sense of responsibility and mission in protecting the environment. This integration approach not only enhances kid’s learning interest and participation, but also promotes their sense of harmonious symbiosis with nature. The research results indicate that this integrated education is of great significance for cultivating a new generation of well-rounded individuals with ecological civilization literacy. Under such integrated education, children's interest and participation in ecological civilization education have increased, their environmental awareness and behavior. habits have been improved, and their creativity and problemsolving ability have been enhanced. Therefore, kindergartens should actively explore and practice this kind of integration method, combining local ecological environment and cultural characteristics to design rich and diverse research courses, and lay a solid foundation for the comprehensive development of young children. At the same time, parents and society should actively participate and support to jointly promote the in-depth development of ecological civilization education.

Exploration of Water Resource Protection and Utilization in Tibet from the Perspective of Ecological Civilization

Tibet, known as the “roof of the world” in China's southwest border region, is not only rich in water resources, but also regarded as an important national energy reserve base. However, on a global scale, Tibet is also one of the few places in the world that faces the challenge of water scarcity. In order to cope with this challenge, it is necessary to deeply understand and grasp the connotation, essential characteristics and basic requirements of the concept of ecological civilization, and on this basis, combined with the current situation of water resources in Tibet, analyze the existing problems and put forward improvement measures in the light of the concept of ecological civilization, to promote the sustainable development and management of water resources in Tibet. As one of the core elements of ecological civilization construction, the protection and rational utilization of water resources are directly related to the stability of the ecological environment and the sustainable development of human society. Therefore, it is necessary to curb water pollution from the source and strengthen the protection of water environment. In view of the shortage of water resources in Tibet, it is necessary to scientifically plan and manage water resources, rationally allocate water resources, and improve the efficiency of water resources utilization. At the same time, it is also necessary to use modern scientific and technological means, such as remote sensing technology and big data analysis, to carry out real-time monitoring and management of water resources in Tibet to better cope with the challenge of water shortage. Finally, it is necessary to adhere to the concept of harmonious coexistence between man and nature, respect nature, adapt to nature, and protect nature, in order to achieve the goal of harmonious coexistence between man and water, man and nature. In general, through the in-depth study of water resources in Tibet, we can better understand the connotation, essential characteristics and basic requirements of the concept of ecological civilization, so as to propose more scientific and reasonable improvement measures to promote the sustainable development and management of water resources in Tibet and to realize the harmonious coexistence between human beings and nature.

Can the natural resource balance sheet system promote ecological civilization? --Empirical evidence from panel data of prefecture-level cities in China

As a crucial carrier of natural resource and environmental information, the natural resources balance sheet is important in enhancing ecological governance capabilities and advancing ecological civilization construction. Utilizing panel data from Chinese prefecture cities spanning 2012 to 2018, we employ a Difference-in-Differences (DID) model to examine the policy effects of the natural resources balance sheet system. The findings indicate that compiling the natural resources balance sheet significantly promotes local ecological civilization construction, and local government environmental governance efficiency partially mediates this relationship. Further analysis indicates that the outgoing audit of natural resources and public environmental concern positively moderates the relationship between the two. Drawing on the principal-agent theory, we provide in-depth analysis and elucidation of the mechanisms through which the natural resources balance sheet promotes ecological civilization construction, offering theoretical guidance and empirical data support for strengthening the compilation and application of the natural resources balance sheet.

Habitat Protection in Urban–Rural Fringes through Coordinated Ecological Network Construction and Territorial Planning

Habitat Protection in Urban–Rural Fringes through Coordinated Ecological Network Construction and Territorial Planning

The Construction of Chinese Ecological Discourse Power from the Multimodal Translation Perspective: A Case Study of the Documentary Amazing China

The global contest for discourse power over environmental and ecological issues has a long history, with nations vying to establish their own paths in the global competition for a voice on ecological civilization. Ecological documentary, by virtue of its authenticity, narrative feature, and communicative superiority, has emerged as effective vehicles for constructing ecological discourse. This paper, focusing on the documentary Amazing China, examines China's efforts in building its ecological discourse power through a multimodal translation perspective. It not only dissects the multimodal relationships and translation strategies employed in Amazing China, but also analyzes the constructed ecological discourse of China presented in Amazing China from three dimensions: the practices of China’s ecological civilization construction, the harmonious coexistence between humans and nature, and the concept of a community of life. This study contributes a fresh perspective to the creation of ecological documentaries and the advancement of multimodal translation theory, while also offering new insights into establishing China's ecological discourse power.

Human Activities Have Altered Sediment Transport in the Yihe River, the Longest River Originating from Shandong Province, China

Climate change and human activities affect regional sediment transport and ecological environment construction. Investigating sediment transport and its influencing factors in the Yihe River Basin (YHRB) will provide guidance for regional soil and water conservation and sustainable development. We analyzed the chronological changes, cycles, spatial distribution and influencing factors using Mann–Kendall (M-K) trend analysis, wavelet analysis, and the Pettitt mutation point (PMP) test, then quantified the role of precipitation and human activities in sediment transport changes. The results showed that annual precipitation decreased marginally, whereas sediment load has noticeably declined. Four precipitation cycles were observed: 4–8a, 9–14a, 16–19a, and 20–28a, where 9–14a was dominant; sediment transport cycles were tracked: 3–5a, 9–15a, and 30a, where 30a was dominant with a decreasing trend. The sediment load was higher in the central, northern, and southwestern sub-basins of the YHRB, while it was lower in the southeast. The contribution of human activities and precipitation changes to sediment transport was 73.14% and 26.86% in transitional phase I (1965–1980) and 71.97% and 28.03% in transitional phase II (1981–2020), respectively. Hydraulic engineering construction, water resource development, land-use changes, and soil and water conservation measures intercepted precipitation and sediment, making them the primary factor affecting sediment transport changes in the YHRB.

Construction of Multiple Paths for the Living Protection and Utilization of Traditional Villages: A Case Study of the Zhoutie Traditional Village in the Taihu Lake Area

China is a vast country with a wide range of geographical and cultural differences, unbalanced economic development of traditional villages and housings, shortages in infrastructure and people’s living conditions, prominent environmental and ecological problems, and an urgent need to improve the overall level of rural development. For a long time, the protection and utilization of traditional villages have mostly been based on the cognitive views of “frozen protection”and “one-sided protection”, prompting difficulties and resistance in practice. Meanwhile, the result is not effective. At present, traditional villages encounter the situation of declining, hollowing out, and aging. Therefore, it is the theoretical frontier of traditional village research to get rid of the traditional one-sided and frozen protection model. Research should explore the living protection and utilization methods adapted to the characteristics of traditional villages and promote the close integration of traditional village protection and utilization with new development and construction.Under the background of rural revitalization strategy and solving the critical problems of a lack of vitality, the decline and hollowing out of traditional villages are caused by “frozen”protection strategies. This is based on the extensive research and continuous study conducted by the “Key Technology and Integrated Demonstration for the Living Protection and Utilisation of Traditional Villages”of the “13th Five-Year Plan”key research project, especially the in-depth study of traditional villages around Taihu Lake. From the perspective of integrated development, it recogni zes the dynamic interactions among the industrial status (production), regional natural resource (ecology), and historical living conditions (living) . This can help fully coordinate industrial development and improvement of the living environment and ecological construction. Thus, traditional vil lages can obtain endogenous power for sustainable development. It also reveals that living protection and utilization are embodied in a systematic and orderly protection system under the simultaneous development of spatial dimension and temporal dimensions.In the protection system, the coordinated development of spatial and temporal dimensions attaches importance to both the overall protection of the material space of traditional villages and the synergistic development of intangible culture and traditional villages in the time dimension. Its objective is to make the protection and utilization of traditional villages and the peoples ’daily lives mutually promote each other, enhance the villagers ’happiness and sense of achievement, and realize the sustainable development of traditional villages. For the theoretical approach, a multi-level path of living protection and utilization is constructed by combining spatial and temporal dimensions. Among them, the multi-level path in the spatial dimension is composed of three levels: the overall village layout, the individual building, and the indoor environment. The ephemeral path in the temporal dimension is progressively promoted by combining the immediate, medium, and long term, with intertwined interactions of the paths in temporal and spatial dimensions to achieve the living protection of traditional villages. Finally, the practical application of the above-mentioned multiple paths is elaborated by taking the Zhoutie traditional village demonstration project in the Taihu Lake area as an example. Both perspective and practical explorations are conducted.This study is on the construction of multiple paths of traditional villages in temporal and spatial dimensions with an elaboration of the Zhoutie traditional village in the Taihu Lake area. It is an example that will be a positive reference for the research and practical application of the protection and utilization of traditional villages in different regions of China towards an overall and dynamic ‘living ’protection and utilization model. Therefore, this study contributes to building traditional villages to gain continuous endogenous power and promote the sustainable development of traditional villages.

Urban biodiversity conservation: A framework for ecological network construction and priority areas identification considering habit differences within species

The construction of ecological networks within the context of urbanization is an effective approach to cope with the challenges of urban biodiversity decline, representing a crucial goal in urban planning and development. However, existing studies often overlook the richness and uniqueness within species communities by homogenizing traits of species in the same class. This study proposes a framework for constructing and optimizing ecological networks focused on differential conservation within the same class. By classifying birds into three groups (specialists of water, forest or urban areas) based on their ecological requirements and urbanization tolerance, we constructed an ecological network tailored to their distinct migratory dispersal patterns. We then identified strategic areas including pinch points, barriers, and breakpoints specific to each bird group. Our findings reveal notable variations in suitable habitat distribution among different bird groups in urban environments. Corridor layouts varied according to habitat preferences and migratory dispersal patterns. Despite these differences, urban built-up areas persist as central hubs for the distribution of suitable habitats for 75% of bird species, with peripheral mountain-plain transition areas constituting 63% of crucial dispersal corridors. This emphasizes the critical role of urban built-up areas in maintaining biodiversity and ecological connectivity. Prioritizing connectivity between central urban areas and distant natural spaces is imperative. Our approach innovatively classifies and constructs networks to identify strategic areas with diverse species-specific attributes, providing valuable spatial information for land planning and guiding solutions to enhance target species. While the primary focus is on bird conservation in Beijing, our framework is broadly applicable to global biodiversity management and green planning under urbanization challenges. Overall, this study offers innovative insights for urban planning development and serves as decision support for prioritizing urban actions.

Enterprise green entrepreneurship orientation: research review and outlook

With the rapid development of economy, excessive resource consumption, environmental pollution, ecological civilization construction has become a global common theme, green development concept become the topic of attaches great importance to today's society, enterprises also realized that the enterprise development not at the expense of the environment, from the traditional economy to green economy is imperative. The academic and practical circles began to pay attention to the potential of green entrepreneurship in environmental protection, and green entrepreneurship, as the premise of green entrepreneurship, is the active strategic tendency of enterprises to deal with environmental problems, emphasizing the identification and grasp of eco-friendly opportunities, which reflects the active attitude of enterprises towards environmental issues. Although existing research has made some progress, but few systematic summary to clarify the development of green entrepreneurial orientation, based on this, this study from the connotation, dimension, driving factors and influencing factors combed the green entrepreneurship oriented research progress, and put forward the future outlook, in order to provide support for subsequent green entrepreneurship research.

Problem Analysis and Effective Strategies of Ecological Civilization Education for Undergraduates in the New Age

The ecological civilization in the new age is one important aspect for undergraduates. We must enhance the concept of their civilization and improve the quality of civilization. Carrying out ecological civilization education in colleges and universities has a practical significance for enriching the contents of ideological and political education to realize their all-round development. Nowadays, some undergraduates lack awareness of ecological civilization and ignore its importance. For this reason, undergraduates need to pay attention to ecological civilization and improve their own ecological civilization literacy to promote the all-round development in qualities in the new age. This paper mainly analyzes the current problems in undergraduates’ ecological civilization education and explores effective strategies to solve the current problems in undergraduates’ ecological civilization education. The strategies include integrating ecological civilization resources, innovating methods of ecological civilization, strengthening ecological educator team construction, embodying ecological culture in campus construction and creating the atmosphere, emphasizing innovative practices for ecological civilization, strengthening publicity of social-ecological civilization, and attaching importance to family education of ecological civilization.

What Drives the Spatial Variation of Interregional Ancient Trees? A Geoinformatics–Based Approach in Henan, Central China

In the context of ecological civilization construction in China, interregional ancient trees are important natural and cultural resources, and it is vital that they are effectively protected and utilized according to their spatial distribution and regional conditions in order to provide a balance between local economic development and the ecological environment. This article analyzes the spatial heterogeneity of 26,842 ancient trees and explores the underlying natural and human factors by using geoinformatics–based techniques (i.e., the nearest neighbor index, kernel density, spatial autocorrelation, and the geographically weighted regression model) in Henan Province, Central China. The research findings conclude that: (1) The interregional ancient trees show positive spatial autocorrelation, and the aggregation effect in Western Henan is the most significant. (2) The growing environment and elevation exert a more obvious influence on the spatial pattern of interregional ancient trees. (3) The main influencing factors per region are different, for example, historical culture in Western Henan, water source and elevation in Southern Henan, and the growing environment in Eastern Henan, while ancient trees in Northern Henan have a weak relationship with each factor. This research facilitates political strategy making for sustainable development and the protection of interregional ancient trees.

Suitable habitat evaluation and ecological security pattern optimization for the ecological restoration of Giant Panda habitat based on nonstationary factors and MCR model

Enhancing the regional connectivity, coordination, and integrity of Giant Panda National Park can protect giant pandas. The construction and optimization of the ecological security pattern in giant panda habitat can effectively promote the information exchange among giant panda populations of Giant Panda National Park in Ya'an area. Based on climate change, geographic location, human activities, and other factors, the Maxent model was used to evaluate the non-stability of giant panda habitat suitability, and the minimum cumulative resistance (MCR) model was used to construct the ecological security pattern. Based on the gravity model and relevant image verification analysis, we proposed an optimal solution to the ecological problem of giant panda corridor groups. From our research, good habitat suitability of giant pandas was detected, with a high degree of local fragmentation. The areas of the most suitable habitat, the more suitable habitat, and the generally suitability were 1970.12 km2, 2346.51 km2, and 1902.37 km2, respectively. Suitable habitat was located between 2100 m and 3400 m in elevation, with a less than 30° slope. The average temperature of the coldest season in the suitable area was around - 2 ∼ 2 °C, the precipitation of the wettest month was between 140 ∼ 160 mm, and the mean diurnal range was between 9 ∼ 14 °C. Valuation results for nonstationary factors beyond these ranges will not fall within the Habitat Suitability Zone. In total, 13 ecological sources, 13 ecological corridors, 6 ecological barrier points, and 4 ecological pinch points were identified and divided into 4 ecological corridor groups to locate and repair ecological problems, achieving the purpose of building and optimizing ecological security patterns. The integrated technical frame work proposed in this work, which combined the suitability evaluation, ecological safety pattern construction and ecological restoration, considered the nonstationary variations in factors and the actual species ranges. It also emphasized the importance of the relationship between the species’ suitability and the ecological security pattern. The results of this work have important implications for examining the habitat modifications, gene exchange between giant panda populations, and habitat conservation of giant pandas.

The Practice Characteristics of Authorized Heritage Discourse in Tourism: Thematic and Spatial

Under the influence of tourism and globalization, heritage production presents a new landscape. As a crucial framework for interpreting heritage, Authorized Heritage Discourse (AHD) has profound significance in discussing its practice characteristics in this context. Taking cities along the Jiangsu–Zhejiang section of the Grand Canal as a case study and drawing upon policy text, this study explores the practice characteristics of AHD in the tourism context. Results indicate that the thematic practices of AHD encompass protection and management, ecological construction, cultural production and inheritance, touristification, infrastructure and services, and marketing and cooperation, forming a clustering pattern with touristification as the central theme. The spatial characteristics manifest as multi-scale practices ranging from global to regional to local, each corresponding to diverse thematic characteristics. This study deepens the understanding of AHD in tourism and advances the research progress of heritage tourism. It also provides practical references for the utilization of urban heritage and the management of heritage tourism.