scholarly journals On the separate effects of soil and land cover on Mediterranean ecohydrology: Two contrasting case studies in Sardinia, Italy

2013 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 1123-1136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicola Montaldo ◽  
Roberto Corona ◽  
John D. Albertson
Keyword(s):  
Land Cover ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Soil And Land Cover

Identifying the land use and land cover change drivers: methods and case studies of two forest reserves in Northern Benin

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Séverin Biaou ◽  
Gerard Nounagnon Gouwakinnou ◽  
Honoré Samadori Sorotori Biaou ◽  
Marc Sèwanou Tovihessi ◽  
Beranger Kohomlan Awessou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Land Cover Change ◽  
Forest Reserves

scholarly journals Land Use/Land Cover Assessment over Time Using a New Weighted Environmental Index (WEI) Based on an Object-Oriented Model and GIS Data

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (24) ◽  
pp. 10234
Author(s):  
Javier Rodrigo-Ilarri ◽  
Claudia P. Romero ◽  
María-Elena Rodrigo-Clavero
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Change ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Object Oriented ◽  
Land Use Land Cover ◽  
Environmental Index ◽  
Land Occupation ◽  
Gis Data ◽  
Over Time

For the first time, this paper introduces and describes a new Weighted Environmental Index (WEI) based on object-oriented models and GIS data. The index has been designed to integrate all the available information from extensive and detailed GIS databases. After the conceptual definition of the index has been justified, two applications for the regional and local scales of the WEI are shown. The applications analyze the evolution over time of the environmental value from land-use change for two different case studies in Spain: the Valencian Region and the L’Alcora municipality. Data have been obtained from the Spanish Land Occupation Information System (SIOSE) public database and integrate GIS information about land use/land cover on an extensive, high-detailed scale. Results demonstrate the application of the WEI to real case studies and the importance of integrating statistical analysis of WEI evolution over time to arrive at a better understanding of the socio-economic and environmental processes that induce land-use change.

scholarly journals Comparison of CORINE Land Cover Data with National Statistics and the Possibility to Record This Data on a Local Scale—Case Studies from Slovakia

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (15) ◽  
pp. 2484
Author(s):  
Vladimír Falťan ◽  
František Petrovič ◽  
Ján Oťaheľ ◽  
Ján Feranec ◽  
Michal Druga ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Cover ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Hierarchical Level ◽  
Minimum Width ◽  
Corine Land Cover ◽  
The Third ◽  
National Statistics ◽  
Local Case

Monitoring of land cover (LC) provides important information of actual land use (LU) and landscape dynamics. LC research results depend on the size of the area, purpose and applied methodology. CORINE Land Cover (CLC) data is one of the most important sources of LU data from a European perspective. Our research compares official CLC data (third hierarchical level of nomenclature at a scale of 1:100,000) and national statistics (NS) of LU in Slovakia between 2000 and 2018 at national, county, and local levels. The most significant differences occurred in arable land and permanent grassland, which is also related to the recording method and the development of agricultural land management. Due to the abandonment of agricultural areas, a real recorded increase in forest cover due to forest succession was not introduced in the official records of Land register. New modification of CLC methodology for identifying LC classes at a scale of 1:10,000 and fifth hierarchical level of CLC is firstly applied for local case studies representing lowland, basin, and mountain landscape. The size of the least identified and simultaneously recorded area was established at 0.1 ha the minimum width of a polygon was established at 10 m, the minimum recorded width of linear elements such as communications was established at 2 m. The use of the fifth CLC level in the case studies areas generated average boundary density 17.2 km/km2, comparing to the 2.6 km/km2 of the third level. Therefore, when measuring the density of spatial information by the polygon boundary lengths, the fifth level carries 6.6 times more information than the third level. Detailed investigation of LU affords better verification of national statistics data at a local level. This study also contributes to a more detailed recording of the current state of the Central European landscape and its changes.

scholarly journals General principles of monitoring land cover change based on two case studies in Britain and Denmark

2002 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.J.E. Brandt ◽  
R.G.H. Bunce ◽  
D.C. Howard ◽  
S. Petit
Keyword(s):  
Land Cover ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Land Cover Change

Corine land cover change detection in Europe (case studies of the Netherlands and Slovakia)

2007 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 234-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Feranec ◽  
Gerard Hazeu ◽  
Susan Christensen ◽  
Gabriel Jaffrain
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Change Detection ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Land Cover Change ◽  
Corine Land Cover ◽  
Land Cover Change Detection

scholarly journals Mapping Potential Habitat and Range-Wide Surveying for the Texas Kangaroo Rat

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 619-630
Author(s):  
Silas L. Ott ◽  
Joseph A. Veech ◽  
Thomas R. Simpson ◽  
Ivan Castro-Arellano ◽  
Jonah Evans
Keyword(s):  
Land Cover ◽  
Land Cover Types ◽  
Potential Habitat ◽  
Kangaroo Rat ◽  
Species Of Conservation Concern ◽  
Shortgrass Prairie ◽  
Separate Point ◽  
Conservation Concern ◽  
Multiple Species ◽  
Soil And Land Cover

Abstract The Texas kangaroo rat Dipodomys elator is considered a species of conservation concern by state and federal agencies. There have been a limited number of sightings in only seven counties in northern Texas during the past 30 y. The apparent decline of the species has been attributed to habitat loss due to increasing conversion of natural areas into cropland. The magnitude and exact cause of the decline are difficult to determine because of insufficient data on the distribution of the species and its habitat within its relatively small geographic range. Habitat studies have focused on the microhabitat of burrows rather than a coarser-scale identification of habitat and its distribution within the species' historic range. Multiple species of Dipodomys have demonstrated strong associations with certain soil and land-cover types. Therefore our goal was to develop a range-wide map of potential habitat on the basis of the association of D. elator with specific soil and land-cover types. We used the map to guide roadside surveys and also updated the map with information on D. elator distribution obtained during the surveys. Over the course of two summers (2016 and 2017) we documented D. elator at 138 separate point locations in five counties. A geographic information system-based analysis of soil and land-cover data revealed that the species is associated with clay-loam and loam soils and mixed-grass/shortgrass prairie. We also found an unexpected association with cropland, although we do not know the exact extent to which D. elator actually uses cropland. The surveys provide an updated assessment of the species distribution and the maps of potential habitat indicate areas where the species may still exist.

scholarly journals Modeling the Effects of Anthropogenic Land Cover Changes to the Main Hydrometeorological Factors in a Regional Watershed, Central Greece

Climate ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. 129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angeliki Mentzafou ◽  
George Varlas ◽  
Elias Dimitriou ◽  
Anastasios Papadopoulos ◽  
Ioannis Pytharoulis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Air Temperature ◽  
River Discharge ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Actual Evapotranspiration ◽  
Land Cover Changes ◽  
Central Greece ◽  
The Impact

In this study, the physically-based hydrological model MIKE SHE was employed to investigate the effects of anthropogenic land cover changes to the hydrological cycle components of a regional watershed in Central Greece. Three case studies based on the land cover of the years 1960, 1990, and 2018 were examined. Copernicus Climate Change Service E-OBS gridded meteorological data for 45 hydrological years were used as forcing for the model. Evaluation against observational data yielded sufficient quality for daily air temperature and precipitation. Simulation results demonstrated that the climatic variabilities primarily in precipitation and secondarily in air temperature affected basin-averaged annual actual evapotranspiration and average annual river discharge. Nevertheless, land cover effects can locally outflank the impact of climatic variability as indicated by the low interannual variabilities of differences in annual actual evapotranspiration among case studies. The transition from forest to pastures or agricultural land reduced annual actual evapotranspiration and increased average annual river discharge while intensifying the vulnerability to hydrometeorological-related hazards such as droughts or floods. Hence, the quantitative assessment of land cover effects presented in this study can contribute to the design and implementation of successful land cover and climate change mitigation and adaptation policies.

scholarly journals The Role of Small Farm Activities for the Sustainable Management of Agricultural Landscapes: Case Studies from Europe

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (21) ◽  
pp. 5966 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martina Slámová ◽  
Ingrid Belčáková
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Agricultural Landscape ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Agricultural Landscapes ◽  
Landscape Types ◽  
Traditional Land Use

In Europe, a broad variety of agricultural landscape types have originated as a result of traditional farming activities and landscape diversity maintenance over centuries. The rapid development of socio-economic activities during the twentieth century caused significant loss of traditional rural landscapes. Traditional/historical European agricultural landscape types (EALs) represent a type of cultural landscape with many specific unique cultural, historical, and biodiversity patterns. Despite their high value, maintenance in practice is lacking. European farmers and landowners need to learn how to implement innovative multifunctional farming techniques within these landscapes. An online interactive educational tool of the ERASMUS+ FEAL project (FEAL: multifunctional Farming for the sustainability of European Agricultural Landscapes) deals with these topics. Case studies from the FEAL project showed the best examples of sustainable agricultural management practices in different types of EALs. The aim of this article was to evaluate case studies within coordination of information on the environment (CORINE) Land Cover (CLC) 2012 classes representing traditional land use forms, nature and landscape protection areas, and ecologically important areas, as well as High Nature Value (HNV) farmland. Results based on 28 case studies from five European countries interpreted the positive external effects of farms on values of EALs. A prevailing number of farms exhibited a coincidence between CLC 2012 classes with traditional land use forms and HNV farmland and protected areas. Regarding land cover classes with traditional land use forms, key words selected by farmers gave importance to recreation and tourism, furthering of biodiversity, direct sale, social farming, renewable energy, and traditional building. The highest frequencies of the key words were achieved in CLC 2012 classes concerning (to some degree) natural and semi-natural ecosystems.

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