Applying geospatial tools to assess the agricultural value of Lower Illinois River floodplain levee districts

Guida, Ross J.; Remo, Jonathan W.F.; Secchi, Silvia

doi:10.1016/j.apgeog.2016.07.002

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“…() suggest these revenues would be approximately two to three times less than corn and soybean profits net of land costs as estimated by Guida et al . () for the ILR.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…For this discussion, we couple the suitability assessment results from this study with the agricultural profits estimates for the levee systems within our study segment from Guida () and Guida et al . () to demonstrate how such an evaluation of tradeoffs may be performed.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Therefore, biomass crop suitable areas area are defined as follows: (i) all wetness patches between the 0.97% and 40% exceedance probabilities; and (ii) low productive areas, as defined by a NCCPI value <0.6, located within the 5‐year floodplain. Soils with a NCCPI value of <0.6 are within the lower quarter of soil productivity within the LGS (Guida et al ., ).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…(), Guida (), and Guida et al . () to illustrate how to combine our ESs screening framework with economic analyses to assess tradeoffs between current and alternative floodplain land uses. Guida's () methodology for calculating agricultural profit includes extracting the total corn and soybean land use by levee district from the National Agricultural Statistical Service's 30‐m Cropscape data layer.…”

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confidence: 97%

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Screening the Suitability of Levee Protected Areas for Strategic Floodplain Reconnection Along the LaGrange Segment of the Illinois River, USA

Remo

Guida

Secchi

2016

River Research & Apps

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Levee‐protected floodplains along the 125‐km LaGrange Segment (LGS) of the Illinois River were screened for their abiotic suitability for alternative ecosystem services (ESs), including wetland creation, habitat, floodwater denitrification and flood‐tolerant agriculture. The suitability framework developed for this study builds upon the Land Capability Potential Index and is informed by the current understanding of the linkages between river hydrology, hydraulics, floodplain soils, floodplain vegetation and floodplain nutrient cycling. In addition to screening these floodplain areas for alternative ESs, we demonstrate how this framework can be combined with economic assessments of current floodplain services to inform how strategic floodplain reconnection (i.e. restoration of hydrologic linkages between river and floodplain for the purpose of flood mitigation and provisioning of alternative ESs) could be used to work towards sustainable floodplain management. Results show that ESs increase with upstream distance from the LaGrange Lock and Dam. This is attributed to the operation of the lock and dam generating a water level that would result in the inundation of a substantial portion of floodplain (>70 km2) up to ˜60 km upstream if the levees were to be removed or set back. Comparison of the profits from current floodplain agriculture with the potential profits of flood‐tolerant agriculture suggests that overcoming the economic costs of floodplain reconnection within the LGS will likely require both conversion of reconnected floodplain lands to flood‐tolerant agriculture and payments for ESs. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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“…() suggest these revenues would be approximately two to three times less than corn and soybean profits net of land costs as estimated by Guida et al . () for the ILR.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 98%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Study Segmentmentioning

confidence: 97%

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Screening the Suitability of Levee Protected Areas for Strategic Floodplain Reconnection Along the LaGrange Segment of the Illinois River, USA

Remo

Guida

Secchi

2016

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“…An example is climate change at the close of the last ice age and the resulting species extinctions and spread of species into new geographic ranges, which has implications for the preservation of biodiversity in the face of 21st century anthropogenic climate change (MacDonald et al, 2012; Pearson, 2006). On the other hand, people are directly part of the processes studied and the questions posed for much of physical geography research, as in investigations of the dynamics of river channels that consider rip-rap use, levee construction, and general restoration, with questions of where and how dependent on people’s needs and perceptions (Guida et al, 2016; Kenney et al, 2012; Smith et al, 2014).…”

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Physical geography is a process, conducted by people, of integration and synthesis of ideas and observations to advance scientific understanding of Earth’s surface and atmosphere and to apply this knowledge to the greater good of the planet and its people. Therefore, physical geography matters; that is, physical geography makes a difference to people and contributes to environmental decision making at various scales. Based upon presentations and discussion at the 2019 AAG Annual Meeting (see editorial above in this issue), we provide here a historical perspective and distillation of how and why, in our opinions, physical geography matters. Although we provide several specific examples, these represent only a small portion of the large body of excellent and relevant physical geography research.

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Tradeoffs of strategically reconnecting rivers to their floodplains: The case of the Lower Illinois River (USA)

Guida

Remo

Secchi

2016

Science of The Total Environment

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Applying geospatial tools to assess the agricultural value of Lower Illinois River floodplain levee districts

Cited by 7 publications

References 24 publications

Screening the Suitability of Levee Protected Areas for Strategic Floodplain Reconnection Along the LaGrange Segment of the Illinois River, USA

Screening the Suitability of Levee Protected Areas for Strategic Floodplain Reconnection Along the LaGrange Segment of the Illinois River, USA

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Tradeoffs of strategically reconnecting rivers to their floodplains: The case of the Lower Illinois River (USA)

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