Using modeling tools for implementing feasible land use and nature conservation governance systems in small islands – The Pico Island (Azores) case-study

AbstractExtensive tall-trunk orchards, an important element of the central European landscape since the Middle Ages, conserve potential for the future regarding their biodiversity, land use policy and agricultural value. For these reasons, extensive tall-trunk orchards are interesting with regard to nature conservation. Once the management of these low-productivity vegetation sites ceases, the habitat is threatened by successive overgrowth by shrub vegetation. Taking abandoned tall-trunk cherry orchards with dry/mesophilous grassland undergrowth in the locality of Kaňk as an example, the degree of colonization of orchards by woody species and differences in the structure of vegetation cover in different periods after abandonment were monitored. The results showed that the cover of cherry trees in orchards abandoned before 1990 was approximately 30% lower than in orchards abandoned after 2000. The cover of the herb layer in orchards abandoned before 1990 was approximately 60% lower than in orchards abandoned after 2000. The species diversity of orchards abandoned before 1990 was statistically significantly lower than that of orchards abandoned after 2000. The total cover of all species in habitat in areas of medieval ore extraction was approximately 50% lower than that in land originally used for farming.

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Flood Simulation of Urbanizing Watershed by Coupling Land Use/Cover Changes with Distributed Hydrological Model: A Case Study of Buji River in Southern China

Watershed Management 2020 ◽

10.1061/9780784483060.023 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Yangbo Chen ◽

Zexing Liu

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Hydrological Model ◽

Southern China ◽

Distributed Hydrological Model ◽

Flood Simulation ◽

Urbanizing Watershed

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Impact of Urbanization on Land Use/Land Cover — Case Study: The Western Part of Khartoum State, Sudan

Modern Environmental Science and Engineering ◽

10.15341/mese(2333-2581)/04.03.2017/007 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 04 (03) ◽

pp. 272-277

Author(s):

Tawhida A. Yousif ◽

Nancy I. Abdalla ◽

El-Mugheira M. Ibrahim ◽

Afraa M. E. Adam

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Land Cover ◽

Land Use Land Cover ◽

Impact Of Urbanization

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Land Use Land Cover of an Urban Area using Remote Sensing (Texture Analysis Applications) and GIS - A Case Study of Central Region of Almadinah Almunawarah, Saudi Arabia

International Journal of Advanced Remote Sensing and GIS ◽

10.23953/cloud.ijarsg.256 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 2114-2123

Author(s):

Saleh Daqamseh ◽

Keyword(s):

Remote Sensing ◽

Land Use ◽

Saudi Arabia ◽

Land Cover ◽

Texture Analysis ◽

Urban Area ◽

Central Region ◽

Land Use Land Cover

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Land Use Planning for Development of Environmentally Sensitive Areas: Case Study of St. Martin's Island, Bangladesh

Studies in Regional Science ◽

10.2457/srs.40.1079 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 40 (4) ◽

pp. 1079-1092 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Sarwar JAHAN ◽

J.M. QUAMRUZZAMAN

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Land Use Planning ◽

Sensitive Areas ◽

Environmentally Sensitive Areas ◽

Environmentally Sensitive

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Interrelationships between municipal spatial policy strategy and airport operation and development. Lodz Airport case study

Urban Development Issues ◽

10.2478/udi-2018-0029 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 59 (1) ◽

pp. 65-79

Author(s):

Katarzyna Nikorowicz-Zatorska

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Urban Planning ◽

Cultural Development ◽

The Other ◽

Local Authorities ◽

Spatial Management ◽

The One ◽

Surrounding Areas

Abstract The present paper focuses on spatial management regulations in order to carry out investment in the field of airport facilities. The construction, upgrades, and maintenance of airports falls within the area of responsibility of local authorities. This task poses a great challenge in terms of organisation and finances. On the one hand, an active airport is a municipal landmark and drives local economic, social and cultural development, and on the other, the scale of investment often exceeds the capabilities of local authorities. The immediate environment of the airport determines its final use and prosperity. The objective of the paper is to review legislation that affects airports and the surrounding communities. The process of urban planning in Lodz and surrounding areas will be presented as a background to the problem of land use management in the vicinity of the airport. This paper seeks to address the following questions: if and how airports have affected urban planning in Lodz, does the land use around the airport prevent the development of Lodz Airport, and how has the situation changed over the time? It can be assumed that as a result of lack of experience, land resources and size of investments on one hand and legislative dissonance and peculiar practices on the other, aviation infrastructure in Lodz is designed to meet temporary needs and is characterised by achieving short-term goals. Cyclical problems are solved in an intermittent manner and involve all the municipal resources, so there’s little left to secure long-term investments.

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LAND USE TYPES AND SOIL CHARACTERISTICTS: A CASE STUDY IN HUONG VINH COMMUNE, HUONG TRA TOWN, THUA THIEN HUE PROVINCE

HUE UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE EARTH SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT ◽

10.26459/hujos-ese.v126i4b.4121 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 126 (4B) ◽

Author(s):

Trần Thanh Đức

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Sweet Potato ◽

Soil Analysis ◽

Soil Characteristics ◽

Low Ph ◽

Clay Loam ◽

Total N ◽

Land Use Types ◽

Total P

This research carried out in Huong Vinh commune, Huong Tra town, Thua Thien Hue province aimed to identify types of land use and soil characteristics. Results showed that five crops are found in Huong Vinh commune including rice, peanut, sweet potato, cassava and vegetable. There are two major soil orders with four soil suborders classified by FAO in Huong Vinh commune including Fluvisols (Dystric Fluvisols, Gleyic Fluvisols and Cambic Fluvisols) and Arenosols (Haplic Arenosols). The results from soil analysis showed that three soil suborders including Dystric Fluvisols, Gleyic Fluvisols and Cambic Fluvisols belonging to Fluvisols were clay loam in texture, low pH, low in OC, total N, total P2O5 and total K2O. Meanwhile, the Haplic Arenosols was loamy sand in texture, poor capacity to hold OC, total N, total P2O5 and total K2O

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