scholarly journals The Role of Land Cover in the Propagation of Rainfall Into Streamflow Trends

2018 ◽  
Vol 54 (9) ◽  
pp. 5986-6004 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. B. P. Chagas ◽  
P. L. B. Chaffe
Keyword(s):  
Land Cover ◽  
Streamflow Trends

scholarly journals Ecological Connectivity in Agricultural Green Infrastructure:  Suggested Criteria for Fine Scale Assessment and Planning

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 807
Author(s):  
Simone Valeri ◽  
Laura Zavattero ◽  
Giulia Capotorti
Keyword(s):  
Land Cover ◽  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Landscape Heterogeneity ◽  
Agricultural Landscapes ◽  
Spatial Pattern Analysis ◽  
Fine Scale ◽  
Unique Type

In promoting biodiversity conservation and ecosystem service capacity, landscape connectivity is considered a critical feature to counteract the negative effects of fragmentation. Under a Green Infrastructure (GI) perspective, this is especially true in rural and peri-urban areas where a high degree of connectivity may be associated with the enhancement of agriculture multifunctionality and sustainability. With respect to GI planning and connectivity assessment, the role of dispersal traits of tree species is gaining increasing attention. However, little evidence is available on how to select plant species to be primarily favored, as well as on the role of landscape heterogeneity and habitat quality in driving the dispersal success. The present work is aimed at suggesting a methodological approach for addressing these knowledge gaps, at fine scales and for peri-urban agricultural landscapes, by means of a case study in the Metropolitan City of Rome. The study area was stratified into Environmental Units, each supporting a unique type of Potential Natural Vegetation (PNV), and a multi-step procedure was designed for setting priorities aimed at enhancing connectivity. First, GI components were defined based on the selection of the target species to be supported, on a fine scale land cover mapping and on the assessment of land cover type naturalness. Second, the study area was characterized by a Morphological Spatial Pattern Analysis (MSPA) and connectivity was assessed by Number of Components (NC) and functional connectivity metrics. Third, conservation and restoration measures have been prioritized and statistically validated. Notwithstanding the recognized limits, the approach proved to be functional in the considered context and at the adopted level of detail. Therefore, it could give useful methodological hints for the requalification of transitional urban–rural areas and for the achievement of related sustainable development goals in metropolitan regions.

scholarly journals The potential role of land cover on secular changes of the hydroclimate of Peninsular Florida

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vasubandhu Misra ◽  
Akhilesh Mishra ◽  
Amit Bhardwaj ◽  
Krishnan Viswanathan ◽  
Dan Schmutz
Keyword(s):  
Land Cover ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Secular Changes

scholarly journals Climate, Irrigation, and Land Cover Change Explain Streamflow Trends in Countries Bordering the Northeast Atlantic

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (19) ◽  
pp. 10821-10833 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. M. Vicente‐Serrano ◽  
M. Peña‐Gallardo ◽  
J. Hannaford ◽  
C. Murphy ◽  
J. Lorenzo‐Lacruz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Cover ◽  
Land Cover Change ◽  
Northeast Atlantic ◽  
Streamflow Trends

scholarly journals A novel approach of mapping landscape aesthetic value and its validation with rural tourism data

2019 ◽  
pp. 283-301
Author(s):  
Zsuzsanna Lontai-Szilágyi ◽  
Boglárka Bertalan-Balázs ◽  
Bernadett Zsiros ◽  
Mária Vasvári ◽  
Singh Sudhir Kumar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Rural Tourism ◽  
Landscape Aesthetics ◽  
Cultural Ecosystem Services ◽  
Aesthetic Value ◽  
Tourism Product

Landscape aesthetic research that emerged from the second half of the 20th century has become increasingly appreciated and popular in the last few decades. There are two main reasons for this. On the one hand, it was recognized the role of landscape aesthetics in land use and environmental planning, management and conservation. On the other hand, its definition among Cultural Ecosystem Services has made it clear that landscape aesthetics has significant impact on human well-being and there is a need to examine it in the concept of Ecosystem Services and, in particular, Cultural Ecosystem Services (CES). The mapping of landscape aesthetics is mostly based on the exclusive evaluation of objective, biophysical landscape factors. The aim of the research was to create the landscape aesthetic map of Hungary with a novel method based on human perception. For this, a questionnaire survey and a GIS approach were used. In order to better understand the role of factors influencing the aesthetic value of the landscape, value maps separately for land cover and elevation that are decisive for the landscape experience were prepared. To validate the results of the maps, and contribute a better understanding of the interrelationship between CES, a certain tourism product was chosen, and the connection between landscape aesthetics and the offer of rural tourism was examined in Hungary and in the Danube Bend priority tourism development area. Our findings show that there is a difference in the results of the objective (GIS-based) and subjective (questionnaire-based) assessment of landscape aesthetic value with the more important role of elevation in the latter. According to our tourism product-based analysis, which represents a niche approach in its kind, landscape values are higher in the areas with rural accommodation. At the same time, based on the results of the Danube Bend region, it can also be concluded that elevation and land cover together are crucial factors in landscapes considered to be the most valuable in aesthetic terms. The most direct practical application of our research is to orientate further tourism development of the new Danube Bend area designated in 2017.

scholarly journals Streamflow recession patterns can help unravel the role of climate and humans in landscape co-evolution

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 1413-1432 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick W. Bogaart ◽  
Ype van der Velde ◽  
Steve W. Lyon ◽  
Stefan C. Dekker
Keyword(s):  
Land Cover ◽  
Base Flow ◽  
Natural Soil ◽  
Model Parameters ◽  
Linear Behaviour ◽  
Forested Areas ◽  
Future Landscape ◽  
Do So

Abstract. Traditionally, long-term predictions of river discharges and their extremes include constant relationships between landscape properties and model parameters. However, due to the co-evolution of many landscape properties more sophisticated methods are necessary to quantify future landscape–hydrological model relationships. As a first step towards such an approach we use the Brutsaert and Nieber (1977) analysis method to characterize streamflow recession behaviour of  ≈  200 Swedish catchments within the context of global change and landscape co-evolution. Results suggest that the Brutsaert–Nieber parameters are strongly linked to the climate, soil, land use, and their interdependencies. Many catchments show a trend towards more non-linear behaviour, meaning not only faster initial recession but also slower recession towards base flow. This trend has been found to be independent from climate change. Instead, we suggest that land cover change, both natural (restoration of natural soil profiles in forested areas) and anthropogenic (reforestation and optimized water management), is probably responsible. Both change types are characterised by system adaptation and change, towards more optimal ecohydrological conditions, suggesting landscape co-evolution is at play. Given the observed magnitudes of recession changes during the past 50 years, predictions of future river discharge critically need to include the effects of landscape co-evolution. The interconnections between the controls of land cover and climate on river recession behaviour, as we have quantified in this paper, provide first-order handles to do so.

scholarly journals Correction: Evaluating the role of land cover and climate uncertainties in computing gross primary production in Hawaiian Island ecosystems

PLoS ONE ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. e0192041 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather L. Kimball ◽  
Paul C. Selmants ◽  
Alvaro Moreno ◽  
Steve W. Running ◽  
Christian P. Giardina
Keyword(s):  
Land Cover ◽  
Primary Production ◽  
Gross Primary Production ◽  
Hawaiian Island ◽  
Island Ecosystems
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