TEMPORAL CHANGES OF LAND USE CAPABILITY CLASSIFICATION DEPENDING ON THE URBAN DEVELOPMENT: CASE STUDY OF TRABZON PROVINCE

Achieving high efficiency by taking advantage of agricultural land at a high level allows the continued vitality of the soil and also contributes to the country's economy. The land with the most fertilizer from agricultural land is generally the first class agricultural land (I.) followed by second (II.) and third class (III.) agricultural lands. It is accepted that all these lands are considered to be protected and various restrictions have been introduced to these lands. Soil conservation, use and development of balanced is possible to be defined in detail by exploiting the developing science and technology possibilities, determination well-defined properties and the implementation of policies by making the necessary plans. For this reason, Trabzon province is selected as the pilot region land use capability of agricultural land classes (especially urban-rural area and plateau) ongoing changes in the past years until today are examined depending on the land use first, second and third class. In this context, satellite images for 2002, 2005, 2009 and 2017 and land use data including the non-agricultural use of the province of Trabzon has been discussed and the temporal changes of agricultural areas depending on land use capability have been examined using Geographic Information Systems (GIS). In all the productive areas of Trabzon Province, the increase in urban-rural development has been examined in detail because of especially the creation of planned areas and the occurrence of construction needs. This study is a small-scale case study and the results are examined and analyzed using GIS.

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Relating environmental variables with aquatic community structure in an agricultural/urban coldwater stream

Ecological Processes ◽

10.1186/s13717-021-00312-6 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Daniel T. L. Myers ◽

Richard R. Rediske ◽

James N. McNair ◽

Aaron D. Parker ◽

E. Wendy Ogilvie

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Environmental Variables ◽

Fish Community ◽

Agricultural Land ◽

Urban Land ◽

Urban Land Use ◽

Aquatic Communities ◽

Natural Stream ◽

Longitudinal Gradients ◽

Agricultural Areas

Abstract Background Urban areas are often built along large rivers and surrounded by agricultural land. This may lead to small tributary streams that have agricultural headwaters and urbanized lower reaches. Our study objectives assessed are as follows: (1) landscape, geomorphic, and water quality variables that best explained variation in aquatic communities and their integrity in a stream system following this agricultural-to-urban land use gradient; (2) ways this land use gradient caused aquatic communities to differ from what would be expected for an idealized natural stream or other longitudinal gradients; and (3) whether the impacts of this land use gradient on aquatic communities would grow larger in a downstream direction through the agricultural and urban developments. Our study area was an impaired coldwater stream in Michigan, USA. Results Many factors structured the biological communities along the agricultural-to-urban land use gradient. Instream woody debris had the strongest relationship with EPT (Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, and Trichoptera) abundance and richness and were most common in the lower, urbanized watershed. Fine streambed substrate had the strongest relationship with Diptera taxa and surface air breather macroinvertebrates and was dominant in agricultural headwaters. Fish community assemblage was influenced largely by stream flow and temperature regimes, while poor fish community integrity in lower urban reaches could be impacted by geomorphology and episodic urban pollution events. Scraping macroinvertebrates were most abundant in deforested, first-order agricultural headwaters, while EPT macroinvertebrate richness was the highest downstream of agricultural areas within the urban zone that had extensive forest buffers. Conclusion Environmental variables and aquatic communities would often not conform with what we would expect from an idealized natural stream. EPT richness improved downstream of agricultural areas. This shows promise for the recovery of aquatic systems using well-planned management in watersheds with this agricultural-to-urban land use pattern. Small patches of forest can be the key to conserving aquatic biodiversity in urbanized landscapes. These findings are valuable to an international audience of researchers and water resource managers who study stream systems following this common agricultural-to-urban land use gradient, the ecological communities of which may not conform with what is generally known about land use impacts to streams.

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Equitable Allocation of Blue and Green Water Footprints Based on Land-Use Types: A Case Study of the Yangtze River Economic Belt

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su10103556 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 10 (10) ◽

pp. 3556 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Gang Liu ◽

Lu Shi ◽

Kevin Li

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Water Resources ◽

Agricultural Land ◽

Optimal Allocation ◽

Water Footprint ◽

Agricultural Water ◽

Land Area ◽

Lexicographic Optimization ◽

The Impact

This paper develops a lexicographic optimization model to allocate agricultural and non-agricultural water footprints by using the land area as the influencing factor. An index known as the water-footprint-land density (WFLD) index is then put forward to assess the impact and equity of the resulting allocation scheme. Subsequently, the proposed model is applied to a case study allocating water resources for the 11 provinces and municipalities in the Yangtze River Economic Belt (YREB). The objective is to achieve equitable spatial allocation of water resources from a water footprint perspective. Based on the statistical data in 2013, this approach starts with a proper accounting for water footprints in the 11 YREB provinces. We then determined an optimal allocation of water footprints by using the proposed lexicographic optimization approach from a land area angle. Lastly, we analyzed how different types of land uses contribute to allocation equity and we discuss policy changes to implement the optimal allocation schemes in the YREB. Analytical results show that: (1) the optimized agricultural and non-agricultural water footprints decrease from the current levels for each province across the YREB, but this decrease shows a heterogeneous pattern; (2) the WFLD of 11 YREB provinces all decline after optimization with the largest decline in Shanghai and the smallest decline in Sichuan; and (3) the impact of agricultural land on the allocation of agricultural water footprints is mainly reflected in the land use structure of three land types including arable land, forest land, and grassland. The different land use structures in the upstream, midstream, and downstream regions lead to the spatial heterogeneity of the optimized agricultural water footprints in the three YREB segments; (4) In addition to the non-agricultural land area, different regional industrial structures are the main reason for the spatial heterogeneity of the optimized non-agricultural water footprints. Our water-footprint-based optimal water resources allocation scheme helps alleviate the water resources shortage pressure and achieve coordinated and balanced development in the YREB.

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Consideration of biotic nature conservation targets in agricultural land use—a case study from the Biosphere Reserve Schorfheide-Chorin

Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment ◽

10.1016/s0167-8809(03)00111-7 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 98 (1-3) ◽

pp. 529-539 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Andreas Meyer-Aurich ◽

Peter Zander ◽

Mathias Hermann

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Nature Conservation ◽

Agricultural Land ◽

Biosphere Reserve ◽

Agricultural Land Use ◽

Conservation Targets

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Investigation of Changing in Agricultural Land Use after Land Consolidation Projects: A Case Study of Konya/Turkey

International Journal of Environment and Geoinformatics ◽

10.30897/ijegeo.306489 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 25-35

Author(s):

Fatih İşcan ◽

Ceren Yağcı

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Agricultural Land ◽

Land Consolidation ◽

Agricultural Land Use

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New Perspectives on the Urban–Rural Dichotomy and Dialect Contact in the Arabic gələt Dialects in Iraq and South-West Iran

Languages ◽

10.3390/languages6040198 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 6 (4) ◽

pp. 198

Author(s):

Bettina Leitner

Keyword(s):

Comparative Analysis ◽

Urban Space ◽

Native Speakers ◽

Small Scale ◽

Alternative Analysis ◽

Dialect Contact ◽

New Approach ◽

Geographic Context ◽

Urban Rural

This paper reevaluates the ground on which the division into urban and rural gələt dialects, as spoken in Iraq and Khuzestan (south-western Iran), is built on. Its primary aim is to describe which features found in this dialect group can be described as rural and which features tend to be modified or to emerge in urban contexts, and which tend to be retained. The author uses various methodical approaches to describe these phenomena: (i) a comparative analysis of potentially rural features; (ii) a case study of Ahvazi Arabic, a gələt dialect in an emerging urban space; and (iii) a small-scale sociolinguistic survey on overt rural features in Iraqi Arabic as perceived by native speakers themselves. In addition, previously used descriptions of urban gələt features as described for Muslim Baghdad Arabic are reevaluated and a new approach and an alternative analysis based on comparison with new data from other gәlәt dialects are proposed. The comparative analysis yields an overview of what has been previously defined as rural features and additionally discusses further features and their association with rural dialects. This contributes to our general understanding of the linguistic profile of the rural dialects in this geographic context.

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Traditional land-use planning regulation and agricultural land conservation: A case study from the USA

Planning Practice and Research ◽

10.1080/02697450601173348 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 21 (4) ◽

pp. 407-421 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Michael D. Smith ◽

Deborah Giraud

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Land Use Planning ◽

Agricultural Land ◽

Land Conservation ◽

The Usa ◽

Traditional Land Use

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Measuring Smart Land Use in Urban-Rural Regions of China: A Case Study of Pukou, Nanjing City

Growth and Change ◽

10.1111/grow.12225 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 49 (1) ◽

pp. 189-202 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Cao Wei ◽

Zhou Shenglu ◽

Wu Shaohua

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Rural Regions ◽

Nanjing City ◽

Urban Rural

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Urban-rural spatial transformation process and influences from the perspective of land use: A case study of the Pearl River Delta Region

Habitat International ◽

10.1016/j.habitatint.2020.102234 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 104 ◽

pp. 102234 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ren Yang ◽

Jing Zhang ◽

Qian Xu ◽

Xiuli Luo

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Pearl River Delta ◽

Transformation Process ◽

Pearl River ◽

Spatial Transformation ◽

Pearl River Delta Region ◽

The Pearl River Delta ◽

Urban Rural ◽

The Pearl River

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Preliminary Research on Planning of Decentralizing Ancient Towns in Small-Scale Famous Historic and Cultural Cities with a Case Study of Tingchow County, Fujian Province

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su11102911 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (10) ◽

pp. 2911 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Min Yin ◽

Jiangang Xu ◽

Zhongyuan Yang

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Urban Landscape ◽

Small Scale ◽

Rapid Urbanization ◽

Resident Population ◽

Administrative Functions ◽

Residential Land Use ◽

Resource Space ◽

Historic Cities

The urban planning industry has always been concerned about conserving and developing historic cities in a sustainable and balanced way. However, unreasonable planning and accumulative effects brought by rapid urbanization prevent the conservation of small-scale famous historic and cultural cities. Taking Tingchow county as an example, this paper focused on sustainable development and the Historic Urban Landscape Approach, and determined the urban functions and specific tasks of various planning of its ancient town with the help of public opinions. This paper mainly aimed at providing guidance on urban decentralization from two perspectives. Firstly, it compared the types of land use and its ratio among famous cities of similar scales, and results showed that it is advisable to reduce three-class residential land use and unnecessary administrative functions. Secondly, it estimated the moderate resident population in different degrees of development, and calculated the upper limit of resource space bearing capacity (REBC) of scenic spots under the guidance of sustainable tourism. Results showed that it is recommended to decentralize and resettle 20%~30% of the resident population, and to control the tourist population below 12,000 per day. As the preliminary work of planning, this paper focused on the scientific planning and availability of decentralization, and reflected an expectation for the mode of public participation and quantitative planning.

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