Assessing the effect of alternative land uses in the provision of water resources: Evidence and policy implications from southern Europe

Garmendia, Eneko; Mariel, Petr; Tamayo, Ibón; Aizpuru, Iñaki; Zabaleta, Ane

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2011.12.001

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“…In light of the trend toward a warmer and wetter climate and the implementation of new land use policies in the following years, the possible conversion from grassland to a secondary Qinghai spruce forest at low altitudes and the conversion from shrubs/grass to spruce forest at high altitudes may expand the water retention capacity of the mountain ecosystems, while reducing surface runoff. Soil moisture is part of a dynamic process, and the differences in dynamics and types of ecosystem should be considered in both land use planning and ecosystem management (Garmendia et al, 2012). Protection and management of mountain ecosystems should not concentrate solely on the Qinghai spruce forest; grassland and shrubland should be treated equally so as to promote the relationship between water and human demand.…”

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Soil moisture dynamics of typical ecosystems in response to precipitation: A monitoring-based analysis of hydrological service in the Qilian Mountains

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Wang

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Soil moisture dynamics of typical ecosystems in response to precipitation: A monitoring-based analysis of hydrological service in the Qilian Mountains

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“…In the future, with the acceleration of industrialization and urbanization, China and other developing countries will face an accelerated land use transitions and undergo a process of agricultural intensification, which will bring about foreseeable threatening for water environmental quality, and affect the regional ecological environment and economical sustainable development. As such, we should strengthen the study of land use transitions, especially on the changes of recessive land use morphology includes land use features in terms of aspects of quality, price, property rights, management mode, input and productive ability (Long, 2014a), and their relations with the groundwater and the biophysical basis that determines the land-use/water interactions (Garmendia et al, 2012;Ouyang et al, 2014), so can we use the land resource sustainably, and promote the coordinated economic, social and ecological development of the plain areas of China as well as other developing countries undergoing rapid urban-rural transformation development.…”

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Land use transitions and their effects on water environment in Huang-Huai-Hai Plain, China

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a b s t r a c tThis paper analyzes the spatio-temporal dynamic patterns of land use in Huang-Huai-Hai Plain, one of the China's most important grain production bases experiencing rapid urban-rural transformation development, using high-resolution Landsat TM (Thematic Mapper) data and series data of water environmental quality monitoring in 2000 and 2010, and related socio-economic data from government departments. After assessing the change of water environmental quality of Huang-Huai-Hai Plain during 2000-2010, three spatial econometric regression models including Spatial Lag Model (SLM), Spatial Error Model (SEM) and ordinary least squares (OLS) are used to explore the correlationships between land use transitions and water environmental changes. The outcomes indicated that, during the research period, land use pattern changes in the study area were characterized by the loss of large quantities of farmland and the increase of construction land and water body. On the whole, the water environment in the study area was obviously improved, but there also existed partial deterioration as evidenced by the increase of monitoring sections with water environmental quality below Class V. In general, the increases of grassland, forested land and water body have positive effects on water environmental quality while farmland and construction land have negative effects on that. The authors argue that construction land use and farmland use have almost equal negative effects on water environmental quality, and managing agricultural non-point source pollution is pivotal to improve local water environmental quality. Finally, some of the major implications for managing the land and water resources in the plain areas of China as well as other developing countries undergoing rapid urban-rural transformation development are discussed in the aspects of ecological farming practices, rural construction land management, land use planning and urban planning.

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“…Furthermore, following [6,22,[27][28][29][30], soil surface sealing and intensive agricultural management have significant negative impacts on the hydrological cycle, as they result in a notable increase in the superficial flow rate and volume, while soil infiltration and water-table recharge are reducing.…”

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Economic Evaluation of Hydrological Ecosystem Services in Mediterranean River Basins Applied to a Case Study in Southern Italy

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Verdiani³

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Abstract:Land use affects eco-hydrological processes with consequences for floods and droughts. Changes in land use affect ecosystems and hydrological services. The objective of this study is the analysis of hydrological services through the quantification of water resources, pollutant loads, land retention capacity and soil erosion. On the basis of a quantitative evaluation, the economic values of the ecosystem services are estimated. By assigning an economic value to the natural resources and to the hydraulic system, the hydrological services can be computed at the scale of catchment ecosystem. The proposed methodology was applied to the basin "Bonis" (Calabria Region, Italy). The study analyses four land use scenarios: (i) forest cover with good vegetative status (baseline scenario); (ii) modification of the forest canopy; (iii) variation in forest and cultivated surfaces; (iv) insertion of impermeable areas. The simulations prove that the variations of the state of forest areas has considerable influence on the water balance, and then on the provided economic value. Small economic changes derive from reducing the impermeable areas. Increasing the agricultural area to 50% of the total, and reducing the forest surface, affects soil erosion, reduces the storage capacity of the water, and consequently the water harvesting. The suggested methodology can be considered a suitable tool for land planning.

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Assessing the effect of alternative land uses in the provision of water resources: Evidence and policy implications from southern Europe

Cited by 37 publications

References 50 publications

Soil moisture dynamics of typical ecosystems in response to precipitation: A monitoring-based analysis of hydrological service in the Qilian Mountains

Soil moisture dynamics of typical ecosystems in response to precipitation: A monitoring-based analysis of hydrological service in the Qilian Mountains

Land use transitions and their effects on water environment in Huang-Huai-Hai Plain, China

Economic Evaluation of Hydrological Ecosystem Services in Mediterranean River Basins Applied to a Case Study in Southern Italy

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