Methods for land use impact assessment: A review

Perminova, Tatiana; Sirina, Natalia; Laratte, Bertrand; Baranovskaya, N. V.; Рихванов, Леонид Петрович

doi:10.1016/j.eiar.2016.02.002

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“…Globally, improper management in land use and farmland is the main driver of land degradation (Foley et al, ). With an increasingly dry climate and resource pressure, land degradation has become an important issue that continues to have a negative impact on human beings and natural ecosystems in some regions of the world (Perminova, Laratte, Sirina, Baranovskaya, & Rikhvanov, ).…”

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Soil organic carbon increment sources and crop yields under long‐term conservation tillage practices in wheat‐maize systems

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Long-term tillage and straw incorporation significantly affect soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration and crop yield. However, the studies on the SOC sources under multicropping system are relatively few. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of conservation tillage on SOC and crop yields and distinguish the SOC sources from wheat (C3) and maize (C4). Therefore, the dynamics of SOC, SOC sequestration, and crop yield were evaluated during 15 years of conservation agriculture under conventional tillage (CT), subsoiling (ST), rotary tillage (RT), and zero tillage (ZT) without or with straw incorporation (CTS, STS, RTS, and ZTS, respectively). The results indicated that the highest mean SOC concentration in the 0-to 30-cm soil was found under STS (11.80 g kg −1 ), which increased by 2.29 g kg −1 than that under CT, whereas RT had the lowest mean SOC concentration (8.10 g kg −1 ). The increases in annual yield ranged from 0.58 (ZT) to 4.93 (ST) Mg ha −1 during 2005-2017. In comparison with the annual yield of CT, that of STS increased by 2 Mg ha −1 and was significantly higher than other treatments (p < .05) except ZTS and CTS. In comparison with CT, the SOC stock and carbon sequestration rate of STS were the highest and increased by 15.64 Mg ha −1 and 1.05 Mg ha −1 yr −1 , respectively, in the 0-to 30-cm soil. Moreover, the relative contribution of wheat residues to SOC was higher than maize residues under all treatments. Thus, subsoiling combined with C3 straw incorporation was more suitable for restoring degraded land and increasing yields. K E Y W O R D S 13 C, carbon sequestration, crop yield, soil carbon source, soil degradation

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Soil organic carbon increment sources and crop yields under long‐term conservation tillage practices in wheat‐maize systems

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“…Together with climate aridity [15], land-use change and increased human pressure, environmental processes emerged with global warming [16][17][18][19][20][21][22]. For instance, Land Degradation (LD) was increasingly associated with climate change and its effects negatively impact soil quality determining a decrease in land productivity, biodiversity and ecosystem services [23][24][25][26][27].…”

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A Time-Series Analysis of Climate Variability in Urban and Agricultural Sites (Rome, Italy)

Salvati¹,

Zambon

Pignatti³

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Agriculture

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Identifying early signals of climate change and latent patterns of meteorological variability requires tools analyzing time series data and multidimensional measures. By focusing on air temperature and precipitation, the present study compares local-scale climate regimes at two sites in Central Italy (urban Rome and a peri-urban cropland 10 km west of Rome), using descriptive and inferential statistics on both variables and a drought index (the Standardized Precipitation Index, hereafter SPI) recorded over the last 60 years (1958–2017). The present work assumes the importance of urban-rural gradients shaping local-scale climate regimes and spatial variability, with differential impacts on individual variables depending on territorial background and intrinsic biophysical characteristics. Considering together precipitations and minimum/maximum air temperature at month and year scale, the analysis developed here illustrates two coexisting climatic trends at distinctive spatial scales: A general trend toward warming—specifically influencing temperature regimes—and a more specific pattern evidencing changes in local-scale climate regime along the urban gradient, with a more subtle impact on both precipitations and temperatures. Empirical results indicate that climate variability increased over the study period, outlining the low predictability of dry spells typical of Mediterranean climate especially in the drier season (spring/summer). On average, absolute annual differences between the two sites amounted to 70 mm (more rainfall in the peri-urban site) and 0.9 °C (higher temperature in the urban site). A similar trend toward warming was observed for air temperature in both sites. No significant trends were observed for annual and seasonal rainfalls. SPI long-term trends indicate high variability in dry spells, with more frequent (and severe) drought episodes in urban Rome. Considering together trends in temperature and precipitation, the ‘urban heat’ effect was more evident, indicating a clearer trend toward climate aridity in urban Rome. These findings support the adoption of integrated strategies for climate change adaptation and mitigation in both agricultural systems and relict natural ecosystems surrounding urban areas.

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“…Laws and legislative decrees require mining companies to ensure environmental safety and return disturbed lands to an acceptable state. Nevertheless, some approaches to restoration of technogenic landscapes have shown their inefficiency, as they did not ensure the stable development of ecosystems and often cause environmental damage (Berger, 1990;Maczkowiack et al, 2012;Perminova et al, 2016). The Land Code of the Russian Federation states that entities and persons whose activities have led to pollution or soil disturbance are required to ensure their reclamation, i.e., to take measures preventing further land degradation and restore their fertility by bringing it into a condition suitable for use under the permitted purpose.…”

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Assessment and abatement of the eco-risk caused by mine spoils in the dry subtropical climate

Alekseenko

Drebenstedt

Bech

2021

Environ Geochem Health

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The highly rugged mountainous land topography of the Novorossiysk industrial agglomeration (NW Caucasus, Krasnodar Krai, Russia) and arid climate limit the restoration abilities of disturbed mine lands. Abandoned waste-rock dumps of a marl quarry occupy an area of ca. 150,000 m2 next to the cement plant, residential districts, and a commercial seaport. To assess the eco-risk, topsoil horizons of urban and mine-site Technosols and background Rendzinas were sampled and analyzed; measurements of particulate matter fractions PM1, PM2.5, PM4, and PM10 were conducted throughout the agglomeration. Fugitive dust emission from the unreclaimed marl dumps raises the PM2.5 content in the air by a factor of 2.68 on average. The high sorption capacity of the fine eluvium results in the accumulation of urban emissions by the dust and contributes to the subsequent soil pollution; the Cumulative Pollution Index of pedochemical anomalies reaches the high-risk level over the areas of up to 5 km2. Environmental threats caused by the mine dumps can be assessed more reliably by means of land zoning based on accumulated environmental damage indicators and the debris flow and waterspout risk calculation. To abate the technogenic impact caused by the mine spoils, reclamation actions must be taken including soil stabilization on sensitive sites by application of geosynthetic cover, hydroseeding of the mixture of soil improvers and seeds of herbaceous plants on the slopes, and anti-erosion plantation of cades (Juniperus oxycedrus L.) and smoke trees (Cotinus coggygria Scop.) at subhorizontal surfaces.

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Methods for land use impact assessment: A review

Cited by 53 publications

References 72 publications

Soil organic carbon increment sources and crop yields under long‐term conservation tillage practices in wheat‐maize systems

Soil organic carbon increment sources and crop yields under long‐term conservation tillage practices in wheat‐maize systems

A Time-Series Analysis of Climate Variability in Urban and Agricultural Sites (Rome, Italy)

Assessment and abatement of the eco-risk caused by mine spoils in the dry subtropical climate

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