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Table 1 KWHS’s OUV conservation evaluation index system and weights

From: Exploring the synergy between Karst World Heritage site's OUV conservation and buffer zone’s tourism industry development: a case study of the Libo-Huanjiang Karst

Dimension

No

Indicator items

Indicator definition

Indicator properties

Weight

Natural ecological elements

C1

NDVI

Elements of aesthetic value representation

 + 

0.0480

C2

Temperature

 + 

0.0477

C3

Precipitation

 + 

0.0520

C4

Humidity

 + 

0.1400

C5

Degree of rocky desertification (rocky desertification area above potential level)

Degree of protection of geomorphological values

0.1386

C6

Degree of conservation of geology and geomorphology

Degree of disturbance by tourism activities

 + 

0.0484

Aesthetic elements of the landscape

C7

Degree of landscape fragmentation

Aesthetic value integrity

0.0615

C8

Degree of landscape dominance

 + 

0.1243

C9

Degree of landscape separation

0.1154

C10

Degree of landscape degradation

0.1301

C11

The uniqueness of landscape beauty

Aesthetic value characterization elements

 + 

0.0472

C12

The richness of landscape beauty

Aesthetic value integrity

 + 

0.0468