Developing a Synthetic Index of Land Vulnerability to Drought and Desertification

Salvati, Luca; Zitti, Marco; Ceccarelli, T.; Perini, Luigi

doi:10.1111/j.1745-5871.2009.00590.x

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“…More recently, Salvati et al (2009) introduced a time-series multivariate analysis of some environmental indicators grounded in data collected at the municipal level and preliminarily applied over a restricted area. The procedure, applied to various spatial scales and tested for robustness by using different datasets, has Salvati L., Venezian Scarascia M.E., Zitti M., Ferrara A., Urbano V., Sciortino M., Giupponi C. …”

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confidence: 99%

“…The increasing climate variability is causing higher frequency of flood and erosion processes and longer drought periods. The knowledge of the quantity of renewable and available water resources at different times of the year (and at the adequate spatial resolution) is essential for the assessment of the economic and environmental impact induced by changes in regional hydrology and for integrated land/water use planning (Salvati et al, 2009).…”

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“…It is also advisable to elaborate separately socio-economic indicators and bio-physical indicators in relation to their different nature and information content. Perini et al (2009) apply the DPSIR framework in Italy by following indications from the existing literature (see Ceccarelli et al, 2006 for a review). The authors selected 73 indicators covering all degradation systems (including 18 for climate change, 5 for soil sealing/urbanisation, 5 for soil salinisation, 23 for soil erosion, 4 for soil pollution, and 18 for agriculture).…”

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“…The circumstances described above show that desertification concerns not only arid and/or marginal areas, but it can affect also agro-ecosystem with relevant role for agricultural productions (Salvati and Zitti, 2009).…”

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The Integrated Assessment of Land Degradation

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This paper reviews recent findings on the complex field of land degradation (LD) with focus on the Mediterranean Basin and Italy, in particular. The LD definition and assessment methods are examined in the light of the most important natural and human driving forces of the phenomenon, such as land use and climate changes. Various methodological issues are dealt with from multidisciplinary perspective with the aim of providing the ground for the development of integrated approaches: monitoring needs, assessment of costs, development of mitigation strategies, etc. Factors affecting land vulnerability to degradation are classified into bio-physical and socio-economic drivers with some examples of applications in Italy. The role of determinants such as agricultural development, population growth, and urban sprawl is recognised as important but still ambiguous and thus needs further studies. Based on these findings, policy responses aimed at mitigating LD and thus reducing desertification risk are discussed and methodological proposal are presented.

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“…VOLUME 11(2): [45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56] Determination and application of drought vulnerability index decision making as a method to develop an evaluative framework of priorities related to the drought, based in a set of preferences, criteria and indicators. Salvati et al (2009) A more complex strategy was adopted by Antwi-Agyei (2012), who used multi-scale models and multimethod indicators to assess drought vulnerability of agricultural production in national and regional scope.…”

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Determination and application of drought vulnerability indexes in the semi-arid region of Brazil

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-The Northeast of Brazil has been affected, since the beginning of its colonization, by the droughts. However, most of the studies on drought phenomenon usually deal with physical aspects, such as its severity, extension, and periodicity, neglecting other aspects of the region such as its social, economic, cultural, and production characteristics. Considering how important it is to analyze these factors to gethering studies that investigate the vulnerabilities in the Brazilian semiarid region, this study aimed to evaluate the vulnerability to drought in the municipalities of Picuí, Sumé, and Sousa in Paraíba State, Northeast of Brazil. It was performedby adapting the vulnerability index proposed by Bhattacharya and Dass (2007), which calculates the exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capability factors based on data of the municipalities, mainly those from 2010. The results obtained in this study shows that the municipality of Picuí had the highest exposure (index of 0.390), and the worst performance in sensitivity (index of 0.251). Regarding the indicator of Adaptive Capability, Sumé stood out in a negative way, with an index of 0.315. In general terms, Picuí presented the highest Vulnerability Index (0.346), followed by Sumé (0.297) and Sousa (0.287). The Vulnerability Index proved to be an adequate instrument to develop a holistic study on risk management of social and environmental disasters, and it could be used by managers and decision makers to develop public policies and to create preparation and coexistence local plans to mitigate the problems caused by the drought. KeyworDs: Risk ManageMent; DRought; inDicatoRs. Determinação e aplicação De ínDices De vulnerabiliDaDe à seca na região semi-áriDa Do brasilresumo -O Nordeste Brasileiro tem sido afetado, desde a sua colonização, pelos efeitos da seca. Entretanto, a maioria dos estudos sobre a seca normalmente analisam somente os aspectos físicos, como severidade, extensão e periodicidade, porém negligenciam outros aspectos da região, como o social, econômico, cultural e caraterísticas produtivas. Considerando a importância de se analisar estes fatores em conjunto em estudos que investiguem as vulnerabilidades na região semiárida brasileira, este estudo visou avaliar a vulnerabilidade à seca nos municípios de Picuí, Sousa e Sumé no estado da Paraíba. Determination and application of drought vulnerability index para desenvolver um estudo holístico sobre o gerenciamento de riscos de desastres sociais e ambientaise que poderia ser utilizado por gestores e tomadores de decisão para desenvolver políticas públicas e criar planos locais de preparação e coexistência para mitigação dos problemas causados pela seca. palavras-chave: gestão De Risco; seca; inDicaDoRes.Determinación y aplicación De los ínDices De vulnerabiliDaD a la sequía en la región semiáriDa De brasil resumen -El nordeste de Brasil ha sido afectado desde su colonización por los efectos de la sequía. Sin embargo, la mayoría de los estudios sobre la sequía normalmente investigan solamente los a...

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Scientific concepts for an integrated analysis of desertification

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The Global Drylands Observing System proposed in this issue should reduce the huge uncertainty about the extent of desertification and the rate at which it is changing, and provide valuable information to scientists, planners and policy-makers. However, it needs careful design if information outputs are to be scientifically credible and salient to the needs of people living in dry areas. Its design would benefit from a robust, integrated scientific framework like the Dryland Development Paradigm to guide/inform the development of an integrated global monitoring and assessment programme (both directly and indirectly via the use of modelling). Various types of dryland system models (e.g. environmental, socioeconomic, land-use cover change, and agent-based) could provide insights into how to combine the plethora of monitoring information gathered on key socioeconomic and biophysical indicators to develop integrated assessment models. This paper shows how insights from models can help in selecting and integrating indicators, interpreting synthetic trends, incorporating cross-scalar processes, representing spatio-temporal variation, and evaluating uncertainty. Planners could use this integrated global monitoring and assessment programme to help implement effective policies to address the global problem of desertification.

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Developing a Synthetic Index of Land Vulnerability to Drought and Desertification

Cited by 41 publications

References 52 publications

The Integrated Assessment of Land Degradation

The Integrated Assessment of Land Degradation

Determination and application of drought vulnerability indexes in the semi-arid region of Brazil

Scientific concepts for an integrated analysis of desertification

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