scholarly journals Land Degradation and the Establishment of Sustainable Land Use System in East Asia.

1996 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 3-6
Author(s):  
Kazuhiko TAKEUCHI
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
East Asia ◽  
Land Degradation ◽  
Sustainable Land Use ◽  
Land Use System

Spatial-based assessment of land use, soil erosion, and water protection in the Jeneberang valley, Indonesia

Biologia ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sumbangan Baja ◽  
Muhamad Ramli ◽  
Syamsul Lias
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Soil Erosion ◽  
Land Degradation ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Sustainable Land Use ◽  
Water Protection ◽  
Large Area ◽  
Soil Erosion Rate ◽  
Analytical Procedures

AbstractSoil erosion by water is considered as one of the most significant forms of land degradation that affects sustained productivity of agricultural land use and water quality. It is influenced by a considerable number of factors (including climate, soil, topography, land use and types of land management), so that the information on the spatial distribution of soil erosion rate and its related effects can be effectively employed as a baseline data for land use development and water protection. The principal aim of this study is three-fold: (i) to map existing land use; (ii) to assess and map the spatial distribution of average annual rate of soil losses in the study area; (iii) to evaluate spatial matching between existing and proposed land use including a distance analysis from the water body (the Bili-Bili Dam). An analytical procedures used, respectively, include supervised classification of satellite imagery, application of RUSLE (Revised USLE), and overlay analysis in a raster GIS environment, utilising available information in the region covering some parts of Jeneberang catchment, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. The results suggest that the outputs of this study can be used for the identification of land units on a cell-basis with different land use types, rate of soil loss, inconsistency between proposed and planned land use, as well as the threat of land degradation to the main river and the dam. The analytical procedures developed in this research may be useful in other areas, particularly in the studies related to the assessment and mapping of land use and erosion for the importance of sustainable land use at a relatively large area.

Perceptions of Beef Cattle Producers and Scientists Relating to Sustainable Land Use Issues and Their Implications for Technology Transfer.

1994 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 238 ◽  
Author(s):  
ND Macleod ◽  
JA Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Technology Transfer ◽  
Beef Cattle ◽  
Land Degradation ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Postal Survey ◽  
Sustainable Land Use ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Grazing Land ◽  
Sustainable Grazing

Selected results are presented for two sub-groups drawn from a postal survey of perceptions of sustainable grazing management issues in the beef cattle-grazed rangelands of Queensland. The sub- groups include beef cattle producers and research scientists, both of which are key stakeholders for effective technology transfer from R&D projects that address sustainable grazing land management problems. Some important similarities and differences are highlighted between the sub-groups which are believed potentially to impact on the design and operation of R&D projects, the principal aim of which is to improve sustainable management practices. These relate to land use objectives and perceived sustainability of current grazing practices, and to the feasibility of rectifying present land degradation problems. Similarities are evident in the high proportions of both groups which do not believe that present practices are sustainable and with the same perceptions about the principal causes of grazing land degradation and the feasibility of rectifying present land degradation problems. Major differences relate to the perceived management objectives of beef producers, the scale at which land degradation problems occur, and the key sources of information or knowledge on which sustainable grazing systems might be developed.

Sustainable land use in Crimea

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.Yu. Melnichuck ◽  
O.V. Zackalichnaya
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Management ◽  
Sustainable Land Use ◽  
Land Use System ◽  
Analytical System

The article deals with the formation of a sustainable land use system. It is proposed to put land zoning as the basis for the formation of a sustainable land use system, reflecting the territory difference by soil, morphometric and agroclimatic conditions. The zoning of the lands of the Simferopol region was completed according to their suitability for growing grapes. The infrastructure of the regional information and analytical system of sustainable land use has been developed for this area. The authors proposed an algorithm for the formation of sustainable land use on the platform of digital land management and land use.

LAND DEGRADATION ASSESSMENT USING GEOSYSTEM ANALYSIS

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylvia Kostovska ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Degradation ◽  
Sustainable Land Use ◽  
Actual State ◽  
Anthropogenic Landscapes ◽  
Climate Parameters ◽  
Current State ◽  
Environmental Transformation

Information about the current state of territories makes it possible to trace ongoing degradation phenomena, caused by environmental transformation, and predict trends of further changes brought up by different reasons including shifts in climate parameters. Assessment of the neutral balance of land degradation (NBDZ), which is one of the criteria for sustainable land use, using the geosystem analysismethod, allows us to assess not only the actual state of natural and natural-anthropogenic landscapes, but also the speed of changes occurring in them, as well as the ability to preserve their main functions.

scholarly journals INTEGRATED LAND COVER AND TERRAIN ANALYSIS FOR SUSTAINABLE LAND USE PLANNING AT WATERSHED SCALE: A CASE STUDY OF BAN DAN NA KHAM WATERSHED OF NORTHERN THAILAND

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-42
Author(s):  
Chike Onyeke Madueke ◽  
Dhruba Pikha Shrestha ◽  
Panagiotis Nyktas
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Land Degradation ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Arable Land ◽  
Sustainable Land Use ◽  
Terrain Analysis ◽  
Northern Thailand ◽  
Arable Farming

Soil is a fundamental natural resource that is vital to the sustainable development of human societies. However, in many developing countries, increased intensity of use and inadequate land use planning has put a lot of pressure on marginal soil, leading to various forms of land degradation. The purpose of this study is to generate an integrated the land cover and terrain classification of the Ban Dan Na Kham watershed of Northern Thailand as a tool for sustainable land use planning. The watershed boundary and slope classes were delineated using the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) Digital Elevation Model (DEM). The slope was subsequently classified into gentle (<8o), moderate (8-30o) and steep (>30o). The land cover map was generated through the supervised classification of Sentinel2 satellite imagery. Both map products were then integrated to provide the basis for land allocation and land use planning. The results show that 58 % of land currently under arable farming is either marginally suitable or practically unsuitable for that purpose. This ultimately leads to increased land degradation and soil loss. The land should consequently be reforested. Nevertheless, up to 10 km2 of the watershed that is dedicated to other land use types – almost twice the current arable land area – is suitable for arable cropping. As such, given the proposed reforestation of the marginal and unsuitable arable lands, a large proportion of suitable land is still available to make up for the deficit. This will ultimately lead to increased productivity and reduced land degradation.

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