Impact of Landuses on Air and Water Quality- A Review

Landuse alteration is one of the primary causes of global environmental change. Changes in the landuse usually occurred regionally and globally over last few decades and will carry on in the future as well. These activities are highly influenced by anthropogenic activities and have more serious consequences on the quality of water and air. In the present study relationship between land use impact on water and air quality have been reviewed.

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Water quality of the reservoirs used for irrigation in São José dos Pinhais, Paraná State, Brazil

Ciência Rural ◽

10.1590/0103-8478cr20150420 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 46 (4) ◽

pp. 626-631

Author(s):

Tiago Miguel Jarek ◽

Jorge Luiz Moretti de Souza ◽

Nerilde Favaretto ◽

Lucimeris Ruaro

Keyword(s):

Water Quality ◽

Land Use ◽

Coliform Bacteria ◽

Environmental Preservation ◽

Quality Of Water ◽

Average Rainfall ◽

Agricultural Potential ◽

Thermotolerant Coliforms ◽

Type Of Land Use

ABSTRACT: Land use outside its agricultural potential and low vegetation cover in the watershed impair the quality of water used for irrigation and may contribute to the spread of pathogenic coliform bacteria. The objective of this study was to relate the quality of irrigation water with the intensity and type of land use and the rainfall in a vegetable-producing region of São José dos Pinhais, Paraná. Water samples were collected monthly in 2013 from two reservoirs and one preserved source. After collection, the samples were chilled in Styrofoam boxes and transported to the laboratory for analyses of the total and thermotolerant coliforms. Effect of land use was analyzed by probability estimation trees. High land use and weekly above average rainfall increased the probability of thermo tolerant coliforms exceeding the limit allowed under legislation. In regards to thermo tolerant coliforms in the analyzed period, the water from only one reservoir was in accordance with the legislation for the quality of water to irrigate vegetables that are consumed raw. Results of this study are an alert to the local government for the necessity of environmental preservation to maintain the water quality of the county.

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Modeling Land Use and Cover as Part of Global Environmental Change

Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change on Natural Resource Systems ◽

10.1007/978-94-011-0207-0_3 ◽

1994 ◽

pp. 45-64 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

William E. Riebsame ◽

William B. Meyer ◽

B. L. Turner

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Environmental Change ◽

Global Environmental Change ◽

Global Environmental ◽

Land Use And Cover

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The SYPR Integrative Assessment Model: Complexity in Development

Integrated Land-Change Science and Tropical Deforestation in the Southern Yucatan ◽

10.1093/oso/9780199245307.003.0024 ◽

2004 ◽

Author(s):

Steven Manson

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Land Cover ◽

Environmental Change ◽

Land Cover Change ◽

Integrated Assessment ◽

Global Environmental Change ◽

Global Scale ◽

Assessment Model ◽

Integrated Assessment Modeling ◽

Global Environmental

Be it global environmental change or environment and development, landuse and land-cover change is central to the dynamics and consequences in question in the southern Yucatán peninsular region. Designing policies to address these impacts is hampered by the difficulty of projecting land use and land cover, not only because the dynamics are complex but also because consequences are strongly place-based. This chapter describes an integrated assessment modeling framework that builds on the research detailed in earlier chapters in order to project land-use and land-cover change in a geographically explicit way. Integrated assessment is a term that describes holistic treatments of complex problems to assess both science and policy endeavors in global environmental change (Rotmans and Dowlatabadi 1998). The most common form of integrated assessment is computer modeling that combines socioeconomic and biogeophysical factors to predict global climate. Advanced in part by the successes of these global-scale models, integrated assessment has expanded to structure knowledge and set research priorities for a large range of coupled human–environment problems. Increasing recognition is given to the need for integrated assessment models to address regionalscale problems that are masked by global-scale assessments (Walker 1994). Such models must address two issues to project successfully land-use and land-cover change at the regional scale. First, change occurs incrementally in spatially distinct patterns that have different implications for global change (Lambin 1994). Second, a model must account for the complexity of, and relationships among, socio-economic and environmental factors (B. L. Turner et al. 1995). The SYPR integrated assessment model, therefore, has a fine temporal and spatial grain and it places land-use and landcover change at the intersection of land-manager decision-making, the environment, and socio-economic institutions. What follows is a description of an ongoing integrated assessment modeling endeavor of the SYPR project (henceforth, SYPR IA model). The depth and breadth of the SYPR project poses a challenge to the integrated assessment modeling effort since some unifying framework must reconcile a broad array of issues, theories, and data. The global change research community offers a general conception of how environmental change results from infrastructure development, population pressure, market opportunities, resource institutions, and environmental or resource policies (Stern, Young, and Drukman 1992).

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Land use and its impacts on the water quality of the Cachoeirinha Invernada Watershed, Guarulhos (SP)

Ambiente e Agua - An Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Science ◽

10.4136/ambi-agua.2131 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

pp. 1 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Dhisney Gonçalves de Oliveira ◽

Reinaldo Romero Vargas ◽

Antonio Roberto Saad ◽

Regina De Oliveira Moraes Arruda ◽

Fabrício Bau Dalmas ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Water Quality ◽

Land Use ◽

Waste Treatment ◽

Oxygen Demand ◽

Trophic State Index ◽

Microbiological Analysis ◽

Urban Centers ◽

E Coli ◽

Quality Of Water

The urbanization process through which large urban centers have been passing has drastically affected the availability and especially the quality of water. The Cachoeirinha Invernada Watershed (CIW), located in the municipality of Guarulhos (State of São Paulo, Brazil), includes areas with different land use classes. This paper aims to correlate the spatial and temporal effects of land use and land cover on the water quality of the Cachoeirinha Invernada Watershed. In a period of 12 months and at six sampling points along the watershed, the physicochemical parameters temperature (T), pH, turbidity (TU), total solids (TS), electrical conductivity (EC), total phosphorus (TP), biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), as well as microbiological analysis (E. coli) were measured. Water quality was assessed using a modified version (WQIM) of the Water Quality Index (WQI) and the Trophic State Index (TSI). The areas surrounded by urban development presented a marked worsening in water quality, with the downstream point most affected and ranked as ‘POOR’. From the evaluated parameters, what contributed most to water quality degradation of the Cachoeirinha Invernada Watershed (CIW) was E. coli, followed by BOD, and TP, all parameters related to the presence of sewage in the water. The need for the construction of sewerage and waste treatment, protection and recovery of riparian forests, and environmental education regarding waste disposal are necessary to significantly improve the environmental quality of the Cachoeirinha Invernada Watershed.

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Modeling land use and cover as part of global environmental change

Climatic Change ◽

10.1007/bf01094100 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 28 (1-2) ◽

pp. 45-64 ◽

Cited By ~ 91

Author(s):

William E. Riebsame ◽

William B. Meyer ◽

B. L. Turner

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Environmental Change ◽

Global Environmental Change ◽

Global Environmental ◽

Land Use And Cover

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LIMNOLOGY AND WATER QUALITY IN AN URBAN WATERSHED IN NORTH PANTANAL

HOLOS - ISSN 1807-1600 ◽

10.15628/holos.2016.3235 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 2 ◽

pp. 166

Author(s):

Paulo Alexandre Jesus Gomes-Silva ◽

Suzy Darley De Lima ◽

Rossean Golin ◽

Zoraidy Marques De Lima ◽

Eduardo Beraldo De Morais ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Water Quality ◽

Anthropogenic Activities ◽

Longitudinal Gradient ◽

Water Stream ◽

E Coli ◽

Vegetation Removal ◽

Quality Of Water ◽

Negative Impacts ◽

The Town

Studies focused on limnology and quality of water bodies are essential to produce data that support the planning and management, diagnose the current situation and propose measures to minimize the possible negative impacts on water resources. The Tereza Botas creek drains the town of Poconé-MT, situated in the Pantanal border. In this sense, the objective of this study was to verify the variations in limnological characteristics along the longitudinal gradient and evaluate the water quality of the Tereza Botas watershed, identifying the impacts from anthropogenic activities of this important Pantanal watershed. Four sampling points along the longitudinal gradient of the water stream have been defined, and physical, chemical and microbiological variables were analyzed. The results indicated that the changes in limnological and water quality derive from the riparian vegetation removal, erosion and discharge of sewage in natura. In addition, high density of E. coli was observed in most of the sampled points, demonstrating that the lack of proper sanitation as well as the presence of rudimentary cesspit are negatively affecting water quality in the headwaters region.

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Impacts of Anthropogenic Factors on Urban Air Quality in Lagos Metropolis

Journal of Geography and Geology ◽

10.5539/jgg.v11n2p35 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 35

Author(s):

Peter Nkashi AGAN

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Air Quality ◽

Raw Materials ◽

Anthropogenic Activities ◽

Anthropogenic Factors ◽

Land Uses ◽

Residential Areas ◽

Industrial Land ◽

The City

Land use is the utilization and reordering of land cover for human comfort. This process disrupts the pristine state of the environment reducing the quality of environmental receptors like water, air, vegetation etc. Air pollution is introduced into the environment as a result of anthropogenic activities from commercial, industrial and residential areas. These activities are burning of fossil fuels for power generation, transport of goods and services, valorization of raw materials into finished products, bush burning, use of gas cookers, generators and electric stove etc. The introduction of pollutants into the planetary layer of the atmosphere has impacted negatively on the quality of the environment posing threat to humans and the survival of the ecosystem. In Lagos metropolis, commercial activities and high population densities have caused elevated levels of pollution in the city. This study aimed to investigate the spatial distribution of pollutant in Lagos metropolis with a view to revealing the marked spatial/temporal difference in pollutants levels over residential, commercial and industrial land uses. Commercial and industrial land uses revealed higher levels of pollutants than the residential areas. Pearson product moment correlation coefficients revealed strong positive relationship between land use and air quality in the city.

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Assessing the impact of land use and land cover dynamics on water quality of Dal Lake, NW Himalaya, India

Applied Water Science ◽

10.1007/s13201-020-01300-5 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (10) ◽

Author(s):

Ishtiyaq Ahmad Rather ◽

Abdul Qayoom Dar

Keyword(s):

Water Quality ◽

Land Use ◽

Land Cover ◽

Water Body ◽

Anthropogenic Activities ◽

Well Being ◽

Water Bodies ◽

Conservation Strategy ◽

Dal Lake

Abstract A dynamic process like land use, if anthropogenically unsustainable, adversely affects the well-being of the land system. Worldwide, water bodies are facing imminent threat due to unsustainable anthropogenic activities. Water quality and ecology are the two characteristics of water bodies, if not preserved, shall have a direct consequence on the well-being of the human systems. Hence it is essential to understand the causes and consequences of the deteriorating water body systems. The condition is particularly grim in Himalayan water body ecosystems, where unplanned and unchecked urbanization has threatened their very existence. In the present study, the dynamics of land use/land cover (LULC) and its impact on the water quality of Dal Lake in Kashmir Himalaya, India has been assessed. We carried out a detailed study wherein changing LULC is analyzed against the deteriorating trophic status of the Dal Lake using time-series of satellite imagery of the lake’s catchment and its water quality data. Results indicated that the water quality of Dal Lake has remarkably deteriorated due to increased nutrient and sediment loads from the catchment, attributed to significant anthropogenic activities in the catchment. Due to unprecedented LULC changes in the catchment, the forest class shows a significantly negative change since the last four decades (1980–2018), corroborating with the ongoing deterioration of physicochemical characteristics of the lake. The analysis shows an increase in all the agents of eutrophication, such as NO3–N, TP, and COD, from 1990 to 2018. The decrease in forest, agriculture, and floating gardens was observed to show a significant negative correlation with the increase in the decadal average values of the COD, NO3–N, and TP for the same corresponding period. Similarly, a positive correlation was found between the increase in built-up, aquatic vegetation, bare surfaces, and these water quality parameters, establishing a strong relationship between the deteriorating condition of the lake and changing LULC. Our findings indicate that changing LULC of the lake’s catchment is one of the critical factors that has significantly contributed toward the deteriorating ecology and water quality of the Dal Lake. This study shall contribute toward the development of the robust conservation strategy in order to save this urban lake from its untimely death.

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The impact of land use on the water quality of foothill microcatchment areas

Annals of Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW Land Reclamation ◽

10.2478/v10060-008-0034-1 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 40 (1) ◽

pp. 27-37

Author(s):

Andrzej Misztal ◽

Marcin Kuczera

Keyword(s):

Water Quality ◽

Land Use ◽

Water Samples ◽

Negative Influence ◽

Rural Settlements ◽

Quality Of Water ◽

Catchment Areas ◽

Forested Areas ◽

The Impact

The impact of land use on the water quality of foothill microcatchment areas The impact of land use on the water quality of foothill microcatchment areas. In this paper a comparison is made between the impact of land use methods on the quality of water in the streams which drain various catchment areas. For this purpose three microcatchments were selected which are located in agricultural, rural settlements, and forested areas. Water samples were physically and chemically analysed in order to determine: nitrates, nitrites, ammonia, phosphates, sulphates, chlorides, calcium, magnesium, dissolved oxygen, reaction and conductivity. The above studies were conducted in the 2006 and 2007. Our analysis of the collected materials allows us to affirm that land use methods have a significant impact on the water quality of the streams which drain the area. Rural settlement has the most negative influence on the water quality, followed by typical agricultural use. Based on the direct quality evaluations of single water samples, it has been found that only water from forested areas can be qualified as belonging to the 1st cleanness class.

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