Agriculture Land Use Change and Demographic Change in Response to Decline Suspended Sediment in Južna Morava River Basin (Serbia)

This study expounds the dynamic relationships among agricultural land-use change, rural population migration, and sediment transport. The variability of suspended sediment load was detected by Mann–Kendall and Pettitt tests. From 1961 to 2007, the annual trend in suspended sediment concentration and sediment load demonstrated significant reduction (α = 0.001), with decreasing rates of 0.0144 g/L/y and 84.7 t/y, respectively. An abrupt change-point was detected in 1984 for the sediment load (p = 0.0001). The double-mass curve method and regression analysis of sediment load versus precipitation were used to quantify the effects of climate change and human activities on sediment load variations. The changes in sediment load were predominantly impacted by human activities (89%), while precipitation explained 11% of the reduction in suspended sediment. An important land-use change recorded in the Južna Morava river basin comprised the abandonment of agricultural lands due to depopulation processes, as well as economic and social changes, which was followed by significant impacts on soil erosion and sediment transport. Land abandonment was most pronounced in marginal mountain or semi-mountainous areas, where agriculture was until recent decades traditional or semi-traditional. The results of the correlation matrix were significant at the p < 0.05 level, demonstrating that the decrease of rural population, agricultural land, and arable land were directly related to the decline of suspended sediment. High correlation coefficients were found between anthropogenic indicators and sediment parameters, ranging from 0.94 to 0.97.

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Modelling the future impacts of climate and land-use change on suspended sediment transport in the River Thames (UK)

Journal of Hydrology ◽

10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.09.010 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 542 ◽

pp. 357-372 ◽

Cited By ~ 59

Author(s):

Gianbattista Bussi ◽

Simon J. Dadson ◽

Christel Prudhomme ◽

Paul G. Whitehead

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Sediment Transport ◽

Land Use Change ◽

Suspended Sediment ◽

Suspended Sediment Transport ◽

The Future ◽

River Thames

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Land Use Changes in Turkish Territories: Patterns, Directions and Socio-Economic Impacts on Territorial Management

Current World Environment ◽

10.12944/cwe.16.1.11 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 16 (1) ◽

pp. 105-122

Author(s):

Sema Yılmaz Genç ◽

Arian Behradfar ◽

Rui Alexandre Castanho ◽

Derviş Kırıkkaleli ◽

José Manuel Naranjo Gómez ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Land Use Change ◽

Human Activities ◽

Agricultural Land ◽

Land Use Changes ◽

Arable Land ◽

Regional Governance ◽

Design Development ◽

Construction Sites ◽

Landuse Change

Human activities have been changing the Earth's cover at an unparalleled scale. In this regard, and cover mapping is a decisive advantage for several kinds of research. Also, the outcomes from these investigations could be applied to plan a sustainable regional governance policy. This article studied land-use changes in the Turkish Territories in 1990, 2000, 2012, and 2018 using the Coordination of Information on the Environment (CORINE) data. The results showed a significant and gradual land-use change from agricultural to mostly artificial surfaces. The majority of land-use changes are related to industrial and commercial units and construction sites. The most degraded agricultural land uses are non-irrigated arable land and pastures, while there is an increasing trend in permanently irrigated land. This study's outcome can be considered a surveying baseline for the comparative analysis of similar works for different land-use change trends in Europe or worldwide. Landuse change studies are reliable tools to evaluate the human activities and footprint of proposed strategies and policies in a territory. This article also enables us to understand that Turkey's decisive actors should design development policies to encourage industrial investments and agricultural ventures in Turkey and adapt the land-use/land cover strategies to mitigate agricultural land fragmentation.

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Land Use Change Trends and Their Driving Forces in the Kilombero Valley Floodplain, Southeastern Tanzania

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su11020505 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 505 ◽

Cited By ~ 20

Author(s):

Nangware Msofe ◽

Lianxi Sheng ◽

James Lyimo

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Land Use Change ◽

Human Activities ◽

Agricultural Land ◽

Land Use Changes ◽

Forest Products ◽

The United States ◽

United States Geological Survey ◽

Market Demand ◽

Kilombero Valley

Land use change (LUC) driven by human activities and natural factors has resulted in the global loss of native biodiversity and the alteration of ecological processes and services across different ecosystems. It is thus necessary to analyze the trends and driving factors that influence land use changes. In this study, moderate resolution Landsat images were freely downloaded from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) archives, analyzed using the random forest (RF) algorithm and mapped in ArcGIS 10.2 software to examine the LUC trends from 1990 to 2016 in the Kilombero valley floodplain (KVFP), Tanzania. Participatory rural appraisals (PRA) and household questionnaire surveys were used to assess the potential drivers of LUC. The results show that, from 1990 to 2016, the agricultural land and grassland increased by 11.3% and 13.3%, respectively, while the floodplain wetland area decreased from 4.6% in 1990 to 0.9% in 2016. Based on a questionnaire survey, the intensification of human activities was identified as the proximate driver while population growth, a growing market demand and price incentives for agricultural and forest products coupled with improved infrastructure and biophysical factors such as soil properties, climate variability and terrain characteristics were identified as the underlying drivers of LUC. However, there is interplay among these factors acting simultaneously as well as differently that influence land use changes. Based on these findings, future sustainable land management strategies should include the introduction of the alternative environmentally friendly sources of livelihood, such as beekeeping, the promotion of community participation and education on the importance of sustainable wetland management.

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Divergent response of heavy metal bioavailability in soil rhizosphere to agricultural land use change from paddy field to various drylands

Environmental Science Processes & Impacts ◽

10.1039/d0em00501k ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Yujuan Gao ◽

Jianli Jia ◽

Beidou Xi ◽

Dongyu Cui ◽

Wenbing Tan

Keyword(s):

Heavy Metals ◽

Heavy Metal ◽

Land Use ◽

Land Use Change ◽

Agricultural Land ◽

Rhizosphere Soil ◽

Agricultural Land Use ◽

Metal Bioavailability ◽

Soil Rhizosphere ◽

Divergent Response

The heavy metal pollution induced by agricultural land use change has attracted great attention. In this study, the divergent response of bioavailability of heavy metals in rhizosphere soil to different...

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Agricultural land-use change and rotation system exert considerable influences on the soil antibiotic resistome in Lake Tai Basin

The Science of The Total Environment ◽

10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144848 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 771 ◽

pp. 144848

Author(s):

Wei-Guo Zhang ◽

Tao Wen ◽

Li-Zhu Liu ◽

Jiang-Ye Li ◽

Yan Gao ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Land Use Change ◽

Agricultural Land ◽

Agricultural Land Use ◽

Rotation System

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Vegetation Effects on Soil Properties in the Monteagle Sandy Loam Series: Implications for Land‐use Change

Inquiry@Queen's Undergraduate Research Conference Proceedings ◽

10.24908/iqurcp.7470 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Allison Neil

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Organic Matter ◽

Land Use Change ◽

Soil Properties ◽

Soil Carbon ◽

Sugar Maple ◽

Agricultural Land ◽

Deciduous Forest ◽

Coniferous Forest ◽

The Impact

Soil properties are strongly influenced by the composition of the surrounding vegetation. We investigated soil properties of three ecosystems; a coniferous forest, a deciduous forest and an agricultural grassland, to determine the impact of land use change on soil properties. Disturbances such as deforestation followed by cultivation can severely alter soil properties, including losses of soil carbon. We collected nine 40 cm cores from three ecosystem types on the Roebuck Farm, north of Perth Village, Ontario, Canada. Dominant species in each ecosystem included hemlock and white pine in the coniferous forest; sugar maple, birch and beech in the deciduous forest; grasses, legumes and herbs in the grassland. Soil pH varied little between the three ecosystems and over depth. Soils under grassland vegetation had the highest bulk density, especially near the surface. The forest sites showed higher cation exchange capacity and soil moisture than the grassland; these differences largely resulted from higher organic matter levels in the surface forest soils. Vertical distribution of organic matter varied greatly amongst the three ecosystems. In the forest, more of the organic matter was located near the surface, while in the grassland organic matter concentrations varied little with depth. The results suggest that changes in land cover and land use alters litter inputs and nutrient cycling rates, modifying soil physical and chemical properties. Our results further suggest that conversion of forest into agricultural land in this area can lead to a decline in soil carbon storage.

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800 Years of Agricultural Land-use Change in Asian (Eastern) Russia

KULUNDA: Climate Smart Agriculture - Innovations in Landscape Research ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-15927-6_6 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 67-87 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

A. V. Prishchepov ◽

F. Schierhorn ◽

N. Dronin ◽

E. V. Ponkina ◽

D. Müller

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Land Use Change ◽

Agricultural Land ◽

Agricultural Land Use ◽

Eastern Russia

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Modeling Soil Erosion and Sediment Load for Red River Basin (Vietnam): Impact of Land Use Change and Reservoirs Operation

2018 IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering and 2018 IEEE Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Europe (EEEIC / I&CPS Europe) ◽

10.1109/eeeic.2018.8494392 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Thinh Le Van ◽

Roberto Ranzi ◽

Maria Cristina Rulli

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Soil Erosion ◽

Land Use Change ◽

River Basin ◽

Sediment Load ◽

Red River ◽

Red River Basin

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The Long-Term Effects of Land Use and Climate Changes on the Hydro-Morphology of the Reno River Catchment (Northern Italy)

Water ◽

10.3390/w11091831 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (9) ◽

pp. 1831 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Donatella Pavanelli ◽

Claudio Cavazza ◽

Stevo Lavrnić ◽

Attilio Toscano

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Suspended Sediment ◽

Flow Rate ◽

Sediment Yield ◽

River Flow ◽

Agricultural Land ◽

Single Channel ◽

Northern Italy ◽

Lulc Changes ◽

Suspended Sediment Yield

Anthropogenic activities, and in particular land use/land cover (LULC) changes, have a considerable effect on rivers’ flow rates and their morphologies. A representative example of those changes and resulting impacts on the fluvial environment is the Reno Mountain Basin (RMB), located in Northern Italy. Characterized by forest exploitation and agricultural production until World War II, today the RMB consists predominantly of meadows, forests and uncultivated land, as a result of agricultural land abandonment. This study focuses on the changes of the Reno river’s morphology since the 1950s, with an objective of analyzing the factors that caused and influenced those changes. The factors considered were LULC changes, the Reno river flow rate and suspended sediment yield, and local climate data (precipitation and temperature). It was concluded that LUCL changes caused some important modifications in the riparian corridor, riverbed size, and river flow rate. A 40–80% reduction in the river bed area was observed, vegetation developed in the riparian buffer strips, and the river channel changed from braided to a single channel. The main causes identified are reductions in the river flow rate and suspended sediment yield (−36% and −38%, respectively), while climate change did not have a significant effect.

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