scholarly journals Cartographic analysis of the components of the agricultural landscape in the formation of sustainable land management in the context of land degradation Volgograd region

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 47-56
Author(s):  
Elena Denisova
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Landscape ◽  
Arable Land ◽  
Slope Angle ◽  
Test Site ◽  
T Test ◽  
Test Plot ◽  
Forest Stands ◽  
Maximum Slope ◽  
Protective Forest ◽  
The Impact

Modern geoinformation studies of the structural components of the agricultural landscape allow us to quickly assess the state, the degree of preservation and the impact of its individual elements on the environment, and the sustainability of each land use. The preservation of the quality of land resources is the most important task for agricultural production and socio-economic development of the region. Mapping of the test site “Catchment area of the Kasarka River” made it possible to determine the agricultural landscape as a typical one, with an area of 78.55 thousand square meters. ha, with a predominance of arable land—60.3 %, woodlands—11.3 % and protective forest strips of artificial origin—3.6 %. The remaining area—19.39 thousand hectares—is occupied by hayfields and pastures, lands of settlements, roads and allotments. The terrain features a height difference of 86 m and a maximum slope angle of 7.5°. 456 plots of arable land were surveyed, the system of protective forest stands includes 581 forest strips and 21 forest stands, with a total area of 11.75 thousand hectares. 74.3 % of forest strips and massifs are degraded, the share of fallen forest belts was 34.3 %, the effectiveness of the protective action of forest stands is only 67 %, and this does not ensure the integrity of the agricultural landscape. The dependence of the slope angle (X) on the value of the potential washout (M) was determined, which made it possible to calculate the soil washout for each plot of arable land, which varies from 4.8 t/ha to 34.7 t/ha. The total flushing of the soil at the maximum values of the slope angles of the test site will be 823750.3 tons. For individual test plots of arable land, the spread of the calculated value of the average nutrient flushing is also significant from 3.1 t (test plot P67, area 0.943 ha), to 1655.5 t (test plot H142, area 296.86 ha).

scholarly journals On issue of inventory of irrigated lands in Volgograd region using remote monitoring methods

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ye. V. Denisova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Landscape ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Arable Land ◽  
Slope Angle ◽  
Landsat 8 ◽  
Monitoring Methods ◽  
Maximum Slope ◽  
Erosion Processes ◽  
Volgograd Region ◽  
Irrigated Lands

Purpose: justification of the need for irrigated lands inventory and their allocation into a separate category as the main component of the agricultural landscape that forms the ecological stability and sustainability of agricultural production. Materials and methods. The research was carried out within the boundaries of Svetloyarsk district Volgograd region. The object of research is a semi-desert zone of light chestnut soils. The research was carried out using aerospace observation methods in combination with geoinformation technologies and computer modeling. As a result of computer processing and transformation of space photographs, an overview space photomap of the research region is created, on which a coordinate grid, boundaries and additional attributive information are plotted. For geoinformation analysis and implementation of data processing, the QGIS 3.12 software package was used. The images were obtained from the Sentinel-2, Landsat-8 or Landsat-7 satellites, and they make it possible to carry out the whole complex of studies related to obtaining information on the state of agricultural land. Results. The location, boundaries and actual use of 2355 plots of arable land have been determined, of which 1424 are irrigated. The features of each specific site, namely the area, minimum and maximum slope angles, elevation differences and other characteristics have been determined, which made it possible to determine the suitability of these sites for irrigation purposes more accurately. Conclusions. Clarification of the nature and intensity of the use of land plots, of which more than 60 % are irrigated, requires their detailed inventory and tracking of ongoing changes. The maximum (1071 hectares) and minimum (0.7 hectares) areas of irrigated areas, the maximum slope angle of 8.18 grade, the vertical drop up to 131 m and the configuration characterize the course of erosion processes during irrigation. The discrepancy in the areas within the boundaries of Raygorodsky rural settlement was 148.26 hectares, which reflects the real picture of the irrigated lands use and availability.

Pierre3D: a 3D stochastic rockfall simulator based on random ground roughness and hyperbolic restitution factors

2015 ◽  
Vol 52 (9) ◽  
pp. 1360-1373 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentin S. Gischig ◽  
Oldrich Hungr ◽  
Andrew Mitchell ◽  
Franck Bourrier
Keyword(s):  
Stochastic Process ◽  
Slope Angle ◽  
Test Site ◽  
Fine Tuning ◽  
Model Parameters ◽  
Observation Data ◽  
Lumped Mass ◽  
Forest Road ◽  
Rockfall Hazard ◽  
The Impact

The use of dynamic computational methods has become indispensable for addressing problems related to rockfall hazard. Although a number of models with various degrees of complexity are available, model parameters are rarely calibrated against observations from rockfall experiments. A major difficulty lies in reproducing the apparent randomness of the impact process related to both ground and block irregularities. Calibration of rigorous methods capable of explicitly modeling trajectories and impact physics of irregular blocks is difficult, as parameter spaces become too vast and the quality of model input and observation data are insufficient. The model presented here returns to the simple “lumped-mass” approach and simulates the characteristic randomness of rockfall impact as a stochastic process. Despite similarities to existing approaches, the model presented here incorporates several novel concepts: (i) ground roughness and particle roughness are represented as a random change of slope angle at impact; (ii) lateral deviations of rebound direction from the trajectory plane at impact are similarly accounted for by perturbing the ground orientation laterally, thus inducing scatter of run-out directions; and (iii) a hyperbolic relationship connects restitution factors to impact deformation energy. With these features, the model is capable of realistically accounting for the influence of particle mass on dynamic behaviour. The model only requires four input parameters, rendering it flexible for calibration against observed datasets. In this study, we calibrate the model against observations from the rockfall test site at Vaujany in France. The model is able to reproduce observed distributions of velocity, jump heights, and runout at observation points. In addition, the spatial distribution of the trajectories and landing points has been successfully simulated. Different parameter sets have been used for different ground materials such as an avalanche channel, a forest road, and a talus cone. Further calibration of the new model against a range of field datasets is essential. This study is part of an extensive calibration program that is still in progress at this first presentation of the method, and focuses on fine-tuning the details of the stochastic process implemented both in two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) versions of the model.

scholarly journals Comparison of the Effect of Perennial Energy Crops and Agricultural Crops on Weed Flora Diversity

Agronomy ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 695 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beata Feledyn-Szewczyk ◽  
Mariusz Matyka ◽  
Mariola Staniak
Keyword(s):  
Invasive Species ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Agricultural Landscape ◽  
Arable Land ◽  
Energy Crops ◽  
Perennial Grasses ◽  
Agricultural System ◽  
Weed Flora ◽  
Perennial Energy Crops ◽  
The Impact

The cultivation of perennial energy crops is a new agricultural system and so there is limited information available on its effects on biodiversity. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of the cultivation of energy crops on the diversity of weed flora and to compare this diversity with that found in crop production systems on arable land. The best habitats for weed flora were created by willow (Salix viminalis), poplar (Populus sp.), false acacia (Robinia pseudoacacia), and perennial grasses (25–30 species), with the exception of reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea) (20 species). The lowest diversity and abundance of weed flora were observed on plantations of Virginia mallow (Sida hermaphrodita) and Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus). Weed communities in energy crops included more perennial species (by 11%), ruderal species (by 10%), and those typical for grassland (by 7%) and forests (by 4%), in comparison to arable land. The plantations of energy plants promoted an increase in the density of the invasive species Solidago gigantea (from 1.9 to 6.3 plants m−2 over six years). The introduction of perennial energy crops into an agricultural landscape causes quantitative and qualitative changes in weed flora communities and, therefore, control of the spread of some non-native and invasive species is needed.

scholarly journals Agro-landscape arrangement of agricultural lands

2020 ◽  
pp. 23-27
Author(s):  
Andrey Vladimirovich Panfilov ◽  
Valery Genadievich Popov ◽  
Yuriy Vyacheslavovich Bondarenko ◽  
Konstantin Mikhailovich Doronin ◽  
Lyudmila Mikhailovna Kornilova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Crop Rotation ◽  
Agricultural Landscape ◽  
Farming Systems ◽  
Optimal Shape ◽  
Adaptive Landscape ◽  
Forest Plantations ◽  
Water Reclamation ◽  
Forest Stands ◽  
Mixing Schemes ◽  
Protective Forest

The article deals with adaptive landscape farming systems focused on differentiated use of land, taking into account their degradation hazard. These systems include optimization of technologies for crop rotation and pasture use, creation of protective forest stands and objects of anti-erosion hydrotechnical and irrigation-water reclamation. The microclimate of the surrounding fields changes under the influence of protective forest stands, as well as the ecological structure of field associations. This increased the phytomass of cultural agrocenoses. The optimal shape of the area of protective forest plantations, the location and nature of their location, as well as the width of forest strips and mixing schemes that determine the design, must be made taking into account the type of agricultural landscape.

The Impact of Shariah Governance and Corporate Governance on the Risk Management Practices: Evidence from Local and Foreign Islamic Banks in Malaysia

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Sabri Embi ◽  
Zurina Shafii
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
T Test ◽  
The Body ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Islamic Banks ◽  
Shariah Governance ◽  
The Impact

The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of Shariah governance and corporate governance (CG) on the risk management practices (RMPs) of local Islamic banks and foreign Islamic banks operating in Malaysia. The Shariah governance comprises the Shariah review (SR) and Shariah audit (SA) variables. The study also evaluates the level of RMPs, CG, SR, and SA between these two type of banks. With the aid of SPSS version 20, the items for RMPs, CG, SR, and SA were subjected to principal component analysis (PCA). From the PCA, one component or factor was extracted each for the CG, SR, and RMPs while another two factors were extracted for the SA. Primary data was collected using a self-administered survey questionnaire. The questionnaire covers four aspects ; CG, SR, SA, and RMPs. The data received from the 300 usable questionnaires were subjected to correlation and regression analyses as well as an independent t-test. The result of correlation analysis shows that all the four variables have large positive correlations with each other indicating a strong and significant relationship between them. From the regression analysis undertaken, CG, SR, and SA together explained 52.3 percent of the RMPs and CG emerged as the most influential variable that impacts the RMPs. The independent t-test carried out shows that there were significant differences in the CG and SA between the local and foreign Islamic banks. However, there were no significant differences between the two types of the bank in relation to SR and RMPs. The study has contributed to the body of knowledge and is beneficial to academicians, industry players, regulators, and other stakeholders.

Impact Of Transurethral Resection Of Prostate On International Prostate Symptom Score And Peak Urinary Flow Rate

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-15
Author(s):  
Md Waliul Islam ◽  
Md Abul Hossain ◽  
Md Nurul Hooda ◽  
Kazi Rafiqul Abedin ◽  
Husne Ara
Keyword(s):  
Flow Rate ◽  
Transurethral Resection ◽  
Urine Volume ◽  
T Test ◽  
Urinary Symptoms ◽  
Urinary Flow Rate ◽  
Transurethral Resection Of Prostate ◽  
Urinary Flow ◽  
Paired Student ◽  
The Impact

Objectives: To evaluate urinary symptoms and quality of life in patient with BPH before and after TURP. To determine the impact of TURP on the urinary symptoms (IPSS) and peak urinary flow rate. Methods: This study is prospective study carried out between 2010 and 2011 in the department of Urology, National Institute of Kidney Diseases & Urology. Total 102 cases were selected purposively according to selection criteria. Each patient was observed and followed up at 8 weeks (1st visit), 16 weeks (2nd visit) 24 weeks (3rd visit) after transurethral resection of prostate (TURP). IPSS score, QOL score also recorded and uroflowmetry was done to see the peak urinary flow rate (Qmax) of urine and voiding time. USG was done to see post voidal residual urine volume and DRE also done in selected cases. Data was complied and statistical analysis were done using computer based software, Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS), using paired ‘t’ test. A P value <0.05 was taken as significance. Results: Before TURP, IPSS range 17-25 and mean 21.61+2.43, after TURP, range 0-7 and mean 4.27+1.71). Hence a significant improvement of IPSS was found from 2 months to 6 months follow up after TURP. The change was tested using “paired student ‘t’ test”. Before TURP Qmax range 7-12.2 and mean was 9.96+1.69, which became range 18-25 and mean was 22.61+2.28 after TURP and therefore change of mean Qmax was 12.64+2.69. The change was tested using “paired student ‘t’ test”. The change was found significant (P<0.001). Conclusion: Transurethral resection of prostate resolves obstructive symptoms, rapid improvement of urinary flow rate Bangladesh Journal of Urology, Vol. 16, No. 1, Jan 2013 p.11-15

scholarly journals Deterministic approach for multiple-source tsunami hazard assessment for Sines, Portugal

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (11) ◽  
pp. 2557-2568 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Wronna ◽  
R. Omira ◽  
M. A. Baptista
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level ◽  
Wave Height ◽  
Hazard Assessment ◽  
Test Site ◽  
Tsunami Hazard ◽  
Deterministic Approach ◽  
Flow Depth ◽  
Mean Sea Level ◽  
Tsunami Hazard Assessment ◽  
The Impact

Abstract. In this paper, we present a deterministic approach to tsunami hazard assessment for the city and harbour of Sines, Portugal, one of the test sites of project ASTARTE (Assessment, STrategy And Risk Reduction for Tsunamis in Europe). Sines has one of the most important deep-water ports, which has oil-bearing, petrochemical, liquid-bulk, coal, and container terminals. The port and its industrial infrastructures face the ocean southwest towards the main seismogenic sources. This work considers two different seismic zones: the Southwest Iberian Margin and the Gloria Fault. Within these two regions, we selected a total of six scenarios to assess the tsunami impact at the test site. The tsunami simulations are computed using NSWING, a Non-linear Shallow Water model wIth Nested Grids. In this study, the static effect of tides is analysed for three different tidal stages: MLLW (mean lower low water), MSL (mean sea level), and MHHW (mean higher high water). For each scenario, the tsunami hazard is described by maximum values of wave height, flow depth, drawback, maximum inundation area and run-up. Synthetic waveforms are computed at virtual tide gauges at specific locations outside and inside the harbour. The final results describe the impact at the Sines test site considering the single scenarios at mean sea level, the aggregate scenario, and the influence of the tide on the aggregate scenario. The results confirm the composite source of Horseshoe and Marques de Pombal faults as the worst-case scenario, with wave heights of over 10 m, which reach the coast approximately 22 min after the rupture. It dominates the aggregate scenario by about 60 % of the impact area at the test site, considering maximum wave height and maximum flow depth. The HSMPF scenario inundates a total area of 3.5 km2.

scholarly journals Dynamics of soil organic carbon in the steppes of Russia and Kazakhstan under past and future climate and land use

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanne Rolinski ◽  
Alexander V. Prishchepov ◽  
Georg Guggenberger ◽  
Norbert Bischoff ◽  
Irina Kurganova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Organic Carbon ◽  
Land Use Change ◽  
Soil Organic Carbon ◽  
Arable Land ◽  
Future Climate ◽  
Future Climate Change ◽  
Climate Scenarios ◽  
The Impact

AbstractChanges in land use and climate are the main drivers of change in soil organic matter contents. We investigated the impact of the largest policy-induced land conversion to arable land, the Virgin Lands Campaign (VLC), from 1954 to 1963, of the massive cropland abandonment after 1990 and of climate change on soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks in steppes of Russia and Kazakhstan. We simulated carbon budgets from the pre-VLC period (1900) until 2100 using a dynamic vegetation model to assess the impacts of observed land-use change as well as future climate and land-use change scenarios. The simulations suggest for the entire VLC region (266 million hectares) that the historic cropland expansion resulted in emissions of 1.6⋅ 1015 g (= 1.6 Pg) carbon between 1950 and 1965 compared to 0.6 Pg in a scenario without the expansion. From 1990 to 2100, climate change alone is projected to cause emissions of about 1.8 (± 1.1) Pg carbon. Hypothetical recultivation of the cropland that has been abandoned after the fall of the Soviet Union until 2050 may cause emissions of 3.5 (± 0.9) Pg carbon until 2100, whereas the abandonment of all cropland until 2050 would lead to sequestration of 1.8 (± 1.2) Pg carbon. For the climate scenarios based on SRES (Special Report on Emission Scenarios) emission pathways, SOC declined only moderately for constant land use but substantially with further cropland expansion. The variation of SOC in response to the climate scenarios was smaller than that in response to the land-use scenarios. This suggests that the effects of land-use change on SOC dynamics may become as relevant as those of future climate change in the Eurasian steppes.

scholarly journals Evaluating Cultural Impact in Discursive Space through Digital Footprints

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 4043 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesús López Baeza ◽  
Jens Bley ◽  
Kay Hartkopf ◽  
Martin Niggemann ◽  
James Arias ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Language Processing ◽  
Social Activity ◽  
Test Site ◽  
Cultural Discourse ◽  
Discursive Space ◽  
Topic Identification ◽  
Small Test ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City

The research presented in this paper describes an evaluation of the impact of spatial interventions in public spaces, measured by social media data. This contribution aims at observing the way a spatial intervention in an urban location can affect what people talk about on social media. The test site for our research is Domplatz in the center of Hamburg, Germany. In recent years, several actions have taken place there, intending to attract social activity and spotlight the square as a landmark of cultural discourse in the city of Hamburg. To evaluate the impact of this strategy, textual data from the social networks Twitter and Instagram (i.e., tweets and image captions) are collected and analyzed using Natural Language Processing intelligence. These analyses identify and track the cultural topic or “people talking about culture” in the city of Hamburg. We observe the evolution of the cultural topic, and its potential correspondence in levels of activity, with certain intervention actions carried out in Domplatz. Two analytic methods of topic clustering and tracking are tested. The results show a successful topic identification and tracking with both methods, the second one being more accurate. This means that it is possible to isolate and observe the evolution of the city’s cultural discourse using NLP. However, it is shown that the effects of spatial interventions in our small test square have a limited local scale, rather than a city-wide relevance.

scholarly journals Natural and Managed Grasslands Productivity during Multiyear in Ex-Arable Lands (in the Context of Climate Change)

Agriculture ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 215
Author(s):  
Liudmila Tripolskaja ◽  
Asta Kazlauskaite-Jadzevice ◽  
Virgilijus Baliuckas ◽  
Almantas Razukas
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Soil Properties ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
Arable Land ◽  
Rainfall Amount ◽  
Rainfall Variation ◽  
Global Issue ◽  
Term Change ◽  
The Impact

Ex-arable land-use change is a global issue with significant implications for climate change and impact for phytocenosis productivity and soil quality. In temperate humid grassland, we examined the impact of climate variability and changes of soil properties on 23 years of grass productivity after conversion of ex-arable soil to abandoned land (AL), unfertilized, and fertilized managed grassland (MGunfert and MGfert, respectively). This study aimed to investigate the changes between phytocenosis dry matter (DM) yield and rainfall amount in May–June and changes of organic carbon (Corg) stocks in soil. It was found that from 1995 to 2019, rainfall in May–June tended to decrease. The more resistant to rainfall variation were plants recovered in AL. The average DM yield of MGfert was 3.0 times higher compared to that in the AL. The DM yields of AL and MG were also influenced by the long-term change of soil properties. Our results showed that Corg sequestration in AL was faster (0.455 Mg ha−1 year−1) than that in MGfert (0.321 Mg ha−1 year−1). These studies will be important in Arenosol for selecting the method for transforming low-productivity arable land into MG.

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