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Multi-Scenario Simulating the Impacts of Land Use Changes on Ecosystem Health in Urban Agglomerations on the Northern Slope of the Tianshan Mountain, China Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-04-25 Ziyi Hua, Jing Ma, Yan Sun, Yongjun Yang, Xinhua Zhu, Fu Chen
It is of great significance for scientific land use planning and ecological security protection to clarify the impacts of land use changes on an ecosystem’s health. Based on the dynamic evolution of land use and ecosystem health on the Northern Slope of Tianshan Mountain (NSTM) from 2000 to 2020, this study utilized the patch-generating land use simulation (PLUS) model, the Vitality–Organization–Resilience–Services
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Perspectives on Cadastre and Land Management in Support of Sustainable Real Estate Markets Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-04-25 Chryssy Potsiou, Gerhard Navratil
Land is a limited resource and its responsible use requires administration, management, and planning [...]
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Spatiotemporal Pattern and Drivers of Ecological Quality in Inner Mongolia Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-04-24 Shouwei Li, Shufeng Qu, Guoming Zhang, Yuantao Zhou, Xuran Sun, Jiaxue Li, Shanshan Zhang
With the escalating global climate change and frequent human activities, Inner Mongolia, as a crucial ecological barrier in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, Bohai Economic Rim, and even the whole country, confronts many ecosystem issues. To reveal the intricate interplay between natural processes, human activities, and policy interventions shaping the region’s ecological landscape, we provide a comprehensive
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Early Identification and Dynamic Stability Evaluation of High-Locality Landslides in Yezhi Site Area, China by the InSAR Method Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-04-24 Baoqin Lian, Daozheng Wang, Xingang Wang, Weijia Tan
In mountainous regions, high-locality landslides have the characteristics of a latent disaster process with a wide disaster range, which can easily cause large casualties. Therefore, early landslide identification and dynamic stability evaluation are significant. We first used multi-temporal synthetic aperture radar data to detect potential landslides at Yezhi Site Area during the 2015–2020 period
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Promoting Green Transformations through Smart Engagement: An Assessment of 100 Citizen-Led Urban Greening Projects Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-04-22 Eleni Oikonomaki, Ilektra Papadaki, Christina Kakderi
In the face of challenges like heatwaves, flooding, other extreme events, as well as increasing pollution and declining quality of life in cities, there is a growing demand for the preservation and expansion of urban green spaces, often driven by citizen-led transformations. This paper examines 100 urban greening projects initiated or supported by citizens globally, categorizing them according to the
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Using Importance–Performance Analysis to Reveal Priorities for Multifunctional Landscape Optimization in Urban Parks Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-04-23 Xiaomin Xiao, Qiaoru Ye, Xiaobin Dong
In the context of urban renewal, residents have presented elevated expectations for the quality of urban parks, necessitating the optimization of parks’ multifunctional landscapes. Transforming residents’ preferences for landscape services into a prioritized index for multifunctional landscape renewal poses a significant challenge. This study addresses this research gap by integrating importance–performance
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Land Cover Dynamics in the Northwestern Virunga Landscape: An Analysis of the Past Two Decades in a Dynamic Economic and Security Context Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-04-23 Charles Mumbere Musavandalo, Kouagou Raoul Sambieni, Jean-Pierre Mate Mweru, Jean-François Bastin, Chantale Shalukoma Ndukura, Timothée Besisa Nguba, Julien Bwazani Balandi, Jan Bogaert
The Beni region in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is grappling with socioeconomic development and security challenges that have affected its natural ecosystems, especially those located in the northern Virunga National Park. This study aims to document the anthropization of the northwestern Virunga landscape from 1995 to 2021 in the context of insecurity. Using a cartographic approach and
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Challenges and Institutional Barriers to Forest and Landscape Restoration in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-04-22 Oliver Tirtho Sarkar, Sharif A. Mukul
Preventing, halting, and reversing ecosystem degradation is now a global priority, partly due to the declaration of the United Nations (UN) Decade on Ecosystem Restoration by the UN General Assembly 2021–2030 on 1 March 2019. Apart from the most recent global target to protect 30% of the natural planet by 2030 as part of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework agreed during COP15, there
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Multi-Scenario Land Use Optimization Simulation and Ecosystem Service Value Estimation Based on Fine-Scale Land Survey Data Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-04-22 Rui Shu, Zhanqi Wang, Na Guo, Ming Wei, Yebin Zou, Kun Hou
Land optimization simulation and ecosystem service value (ESV) estimation can better serve land managers in decision-making. However, land survey data are seldom used in existing studies, and land optimization constraints fail to fully consider land planning control, and the optimization at the provincial scale is not fine enough, which leads to a disconnection between academic research and land management
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Spatial Differentiation of Ecotourist Perceptions Based on the Random Forest Model: The Case of the Gansu Section of the Yellow River Basin Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-04-22 Jing Yuan, Hang Gao, Yanlong Shen, Guoqiang Ma
Ecotourism is vital for coordinating regional ecological protection with socio-economic development. The Gansu section of the Yellow River Basin is a typical ecologically fragile area in China, and it holds a distinctive position in ecological protection and high-quality development. This study explores spatial differentiation in ecotourist perceptions and their distinct effects on ecotourist satisfaction
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Unveiling the Impact of Urbanization on Net Primary Productivity: Insights from the Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-04-22 Jing Gao, Min Liu, Xiaoping Wang
Urbanization has significantly altered the carbon cycle of the terrestrial environment, particularly in relation to net primary productivity (NPP). Gaining a more comprehensive comprehension of how NPP is affected by urbanization is crucial for obtaining fresh perspectives on sustainable urban landscape design and decision making. While there is a significant body of research examining the geographical
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Validation of Remotely Sensed Land Surface Temperature at Lake Baikal’s Surroundings Using In Situ Observations Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-04-21 Egor Dyukarev, Nadezhda Voropay, Oksana Vasilenko, Elena Rasputina
The accuracy of Land Surface Temperature (LST) products retrieved from satellite data in mountainous-coastal areas is not well understood. This study presents an analysis of the spatial and temporal variability of the differences between the LST and in situ observed air and surface temperatures (ISTs) for the southeastern slope of Lake Baikal’s surroundings. The IST was measured at 12 ground observation
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Impacts of Land Use Conversion on Soil Erosion in the Urban Agglomeration on the Northern Slopes of the Tianshan Mountains Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-04-20 Ziqi Guo, Zhaojin Yan, Rong He, Hui Yang, Hui Ci, Ran Wang
The serious problem of soil erosion not only has a profound impact on people’s lives but also results in a series of ecological and environmental challenges. To determine the impact of changes in land use type on soil erosion in the urban agglomeration on the northern slopes of the Tianshan Mountains, this study commences by employing the InVEST-SDR (integrated valuation of ecosystem services and tradeoffs–sediment
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Using Automated Machine Learning for Spatial Prediction—The Heshan Soil Subgroups Case Study Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-04-20 Peng Liang, Cheng-Zhi Qin, A-Xing Zhu
Recently, numerous spatial prediction methods with diverse characteristics have been developed. Selecting an appropriate spatial prediction method, along with its data preprocessing and parameter settings, presents a challenging task for many users, especially for non-experts. This paper addresses this challenge by exploring the potential of automated machine learning method proposed in artificial
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Measuring Deprivation and Micro-Segregation in Greek Integrated Sustainable Urban Development Strategies: Time to Apply a Common Method? Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-04-20 Nikos Karadimitriou, Stavros Spyrellis
During the Programming Period 2014–2020, dozens of Greek cities drafted Integrated Territorial Investment programmes, based on Integrated Sustainable Urban Development Strategies (ITI SUDs). The Strategies justified the selection of intervention and activity areas using socio-economic analysis. The parameters of that analysis, as specified by the National Coordination Authority, reflected the socio-economic
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Factors Influencing Ephemeral Gullies at a Regional Scale: Formation and Density Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-04-20 Lei Ma, Chunmei Wang, Yuan Zhong, Guowei Pang, Lei Wang, Yongqing Long, Qinke Yang, Bingzhe Tang
Ephemeral gully (EG) erosion is an important type of water erosion. Understanding the spatial distribution of EGs and other influencing factors at a regional scale is crucial for developing effective soil and water management strategies. Unfortunately, this area has not been sufficiently studied. The present study visually interpreted the EGs based on Google Earth images in 137 small watersheds uniformly
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Public Spaces: Socioeconomic Challenges Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Teresa de Noronha
This Special Issue, entitled ‘Public Spaces: Socioeconomic Challenges’ considers the concept of general well-being from the point of view of collective achievements and/or external conditions that can favorably impact the individual when implemented within an urban structure [...]
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Insights from 30 Years of Land Use/Land Cover Transitions in Jakarta, Indonesia, via Intensity Analysis Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Faizal Rachman, Jinliang Huang, Xiongzhi Xue, Muh Aris Marfai
Here, we assess land use/land cover (LULC) transitions over the last 30 years in Jakarta, Indonesia. Land cover maps were prepared for 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015, and 2020 using seven categories of Landsat satellite image: bare land, built-up, cropland, green area, mangrove, water body, and pond. LULC changes were assessed through intensity analyses at the interval and transition levels. LULC
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Spatiotemporal Analysis of Soil Quality Degradation and Emissions in the State of Iowa (USA) Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Elena A. Mikhailova, Hamdi A. Zurqani, Lili Lin, Zhenbang Hao, Christopher J. Post, Mark A. Schlautman, Gregory C. Post
The concept of soil quality (SQ) is defined as the soil's capacity to function, which is commonly assessed at the field scale. Soil quality is composed of inherent (soil suitability) and dynamic (soil health, SH) SQ, which can also be analyzed using geospatial tools as a SQ continuum (SQC). This study proposes an innovative spatiotemporal analysis of SQ degradation and emissions from land developments
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Research Progress in the Field of Peatlands in 1990–2022: A Systematic Analysis Based on Bibliometrics Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Jianzong Shi, Wenhao Liu, Ren Li, Xiaodong Wu, Tonghua Wu, Lin Zhao, Junjie Ma, Shenning Wang, Yao Xiao, Guojie Hu, Yongliang Jiao, Dong Wang, Xianhua Wei, Peiqing Lou, Yongping Qiao
Peatlands are major natural carbon pool in terrestrial ecosystems globally and are essential to a variety of fields, including global ecology, hydrology, and ecosystem services. Under the context of climate change, the management and conservation of peatlands has become a topic of international concern. Nevertheless, few studies have yet systematized the overall international dynamics of existing peatland
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Leveraging Reed Bed Burnings as Indicators of Wetland Conversion in Modern Greece Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Cleo Maria Gaganis, Andreas Y. Troumbis, Themistoklis Kontos
This study explores the historical occurrence of wetland ecosystems in Greece by using recurring Phragmites australis (common reed) burnings as an indicator. Phragmites australis, a plant closely associated with wetlands, provides excellent insights into wetland distribution. We establish a substantial association between reed fires and historical wetland existence in Greece using geographical and
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Local Perspectives on Agrosilvofishery in Peatlands: A Case Study of Perigi Village, South Sumatra, Indonesia Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Eunho Choi, Jaehui Jeong, Yustina Artati, Hyunyoung Yang, Dessy Adriani, A-Ram Yang
As the need for sustainable use peatlands increases, the aim of this study is to identify ways to increase the application of agrosilvofishery as an alternative to the traditional sonor system. Herein, the researchers investigate the perception of peatland degradation and the willingness to participate in agrosilvofishery among peatland residents. The researchers interviewed 228 households in Perigi
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Importance of Soil Health for Coffea spp. Cultivation from a Cooperative Society in Puebla, Mexico Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Carol Meritxell Molina-Monteleón, Amparo Mauricio-Gutiérrez, Rosalía Castelán-Vega, José Victor Tamariz-Flores
The cultivation systems of Coffea spp. in a cooperative society in Puebla, Mexico, include Rustic, Traditional Polyculture, Commercial Polyculture, Unshaded Monoculture and Shaded Monoculture. In this work, the properties of the soil were analyzed through physical, chemical and biological analyses to determine its nutritional status. Composite sample analyses were conducted to determine physical, chemical
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The Contribution of Cultivated and Semi-Natural Patches to the Beta Diversity of Nocturnal Lepidoptera within an Organic Century-Old Olive Grove in a Fragmented Landscape Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Giada Zucco, Sara La Cava, Giuseppe Rijllo, Stefano Scalercio
The simplification of agricultural landscapes that has occurred in recent decades has led to a consequent decline in biodiversity. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of cultivated and semi-natural areas to sustain the beta diversity of nocturnal Lepidoptera. A dataset available for an organic century-old olive farm was analysed. Sampling was carried out from July 2018 to June 2019 within
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Assessing Neighbourhood Preference: An Evaluation of Environmental Features within Small-Scale Open Spaces Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Shuyan Han, Dexuan Song, Feng Shi, Hu Du, Yuhao Zhang, Mingjun Yang
Well-designed urban public spaces often attract residents and play a critical role in improving people’s wellbeing. Many studies have examined the importance of one or a few environmental features in urban public spaces, such as the size of the space, greenery coverage, seating arrangements, recreational facilities, etc. However, there is a lack of systematic understanding regarding (1) which environmental
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Research on the Impact of Climate Change and Human Activities on the NDVI of Arid Areas—A Case Study of the Shiyang River Basin Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Xing Li, Yong Wang, Yong Zhao, Jiaqi Zhai, Yuan Liu, Shuying Han, Kuan Liu
Arid zone ecosystems, integral to terrestrial systems, exhibit relatively low stability and are prone to influences from human activities and climate change. To elucidate the influence on the ecological environment of the arid zone by climate change and human activities, the paper takes normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) as an evaluation index of the ecosystem and uses trend analysis to
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Planning for Deer-Hunting Management at the Local and Regional Scales: Reconciling Economic, Social and Ecological Functions Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Cláudio Bicho, Rui Machado, Russell Alpizar-Jara, Pedro Santos
Game species with home ranges exceeding the area of the management units may entail conflicts over hunting rights and cause damage to crops and forest stands in surrounding areas. This is currently the case in the Mendro Mountain Range (Portugal), inhabited by free-ranging red (Cervus elaphus) and fallow deer (Dama dama) populations. This study’s primary goal was to uncover the processes underlying
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Factors Affecting the Land Investment Decisions in the Old Members of the European Union: A Systematic Literature Review Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Silvia Russo, Rino Ghelfi, Meri Raggi, Davide Viaggi
In response to concerns over land concentration and access within the European Union, this study seeks to elucidate the factors influencing farmers’ decisions to invest in land and the consequent growth of farm size. Employing a systematic literature review utilizing the PRISMA method, we delve into theoretical and empirical studies to bridge the gap between agricultural management practices and land
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Navigating the Terrain of Digital Transition: Ghana’s Journey of Developing a Digital Land Information System Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Rosemond Owusu Ansah, Zaid Abubakari, Benjamin Quaye, Dimo Todorovski, Chipofya Malumbo, Christiaan Lemmen
This paper explores Ghana’s two-decade journey in developing a digital land information system (LIS), exemplified by Ghana Enterprise Land Information System (GELIS) and Enterprise Land Information System (ELIS). Despite advancements by Ghana’s Lands Commission, manual processes persist and coexist with digital ones. Our study uses a qualitative approach to assess the effectiveness of the LIS implemented
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Nature-Based Solutions in Spatial Planning: How to Adapt Land Use to Natural Heterogeneity in Agroforest Landscapes in Russia Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Alexander V. Khoroshev, Lyudmila G. Emelyanova
We propose a land use planning protocol which integrates criteria for both the intrinsic properties of a unit and its significance in a broad spatial context. The purpose was to develop a methodology, represented as a questionnaire, that allows thorough consideration of the static and dynamic attributes of a landscape for making land use decisions. The methodology involves: (1) identification of landscape
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Seasonal Response of the NDVI to the SPEI at Different Time Scales in Yinshanbeilu, Inner Mongolia, China Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Sinan Wang, Xigang Xing, Yingjie Wu, Jianying Guo, Mingyang Li, Bin Fu
Recently, the frequent occurrence of droughts has caused a serious impact on vegetation growth and progression. This research is based upon the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) from 2001 to 2020. The correlation between the NDVI and standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index (SPEI) at disparate time scales was used to assess the response of vegetation growth to drought in the
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Integration of Acceptability Analyses into an Adaptive Landscape Co-Design and Management Approach—The Acceptability and Landscape Design Cycle (ALDC) Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-04-13 Maria Busse, Jana Zscheischler, Nico Heitepriem, Rosemarie Siebert
Acceptability analyses of place-based innovations provide crucial in-depth knowledge (e.g., perceptions and values on landscapes) for the social–ecological transformation of landscapes. However, previous acceptability analyses often neglected complex and ongoing processes. We argue that, for the design of a sustainability-oriented transformation and to address spatial and temporal dynamics in landscapes
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Comparison of the Economic and Environmental Sustainability for Different Peatland Strategies Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-04-14 Lauma Balode, Dagnija Blumberga
Previous studies of the literature show that there are great uncertainties regarding costs and gains for peatland restoration strategies and that the monetary estimation of peatland restoration and possible alternatives can be complicated. The research aims to compare the economic costs and benefits of existing peatland restoration strategies and alternative use of peat and peatlands. A core method
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Comparison and Evaluation of Five Global Land Cover Products on the Tibetan Plateau Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-04-14 Yongjie Pan, Danyun Wang, Xia Li, Yong Liu, He Huang
The Tibetan Plateau (TP) region contains maximal alpine grassland ecology at the mid-latitudes. This region is also recognized as an ecologically fragile and sensitive area under the effects of global warming. Regional climate modeling and ecosystem research depend on accurate land cover (LC) information. In order to obtain accurate LC information over the TP, the reliability and precision of five
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The Landscape of Tranquility in Sweden: Lessons for Urban Design from Crowdsourced Data and Deep Learning Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-04-12 Yijun Zeng, Brian Deal, Susan Ask, Tianchen Huang
Tranquility is typically associated with low noise levels and remote natural areas. Various methods for preserving potentially tranquil places have been proposed, although these typically involve setting aside places with low noise levels located in remote areas. To gain the benefits of tranquility in accessible urban areas, we need to identify the characteristics of tranquil spaces. This study focuses
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Land Titling and Microcredit in Cambodia: Examining the Reality of Hernando de Soto’s ‘Three Steps to Heaven’ Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-04-12 Milford Bateman
Starting with the work of Hernando de Soto in the 1980s, the role of land tenure soon attracted the attention of the international development community as a neoliberal-oriented theory of change rooted in the possession and use of private individual land titles by the poor. One of the central mechanisms proposed by de Soto was a three-step process that involves the poor (1) “securing” their tenure
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The Impact of Urbanization on Environmental Quality in Ecologically Fragile Areas: Evidence from Hengduan Mountain, Southwest China Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-04-12 Jue Wang, Rui Wang
The impact of urbanization on the environmental quality of ecologically fragile areas has long been ambiguous. With a focus on the human–environment interaction in 95 counties of Hengduan Mountain, an ecologically fragile region in southwestern China, in this study, we clarify the impact and mechanism of urbanization on environmental quality through the environmental regulation effect, using econometric
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Analysis of Spatio-Temporal Evolution and Driving Factors of Eco-Environmental Quality during Highway Construction Based on RSEI Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-04-12 Yanping Hu, Xu Yang, Xin Gao, Jingxiao Zhang, Lanxin Kang
One essential part of transportation infrastructure is highways. The surrounding eco-environment is greatly impacted by the construction of highways. However, few studies have investigated changes in eco-environmental quality during highway construction, and the main impact areas of the construction have not been clarified. The highway from Sunit Right Banner to Huade (Inner Mongolia–Hebei border)
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Temperature Mainly Determined the Seasonal Variations in Soil Faunal Communities in Semiarid Areas Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-04-12 Zhiyong Li, Xi Yang, Wei Long, Ranran Song, Xuchao Zhu, Tongchuan Li, Ming’an Shao, Mingyu Chen, Miao Gan
The implementation of the Grain for Green Project has increased vegetation coverage and provided suitable habitats and food resources for soil fauna, thereby promoting the development of soil faunal communities. Studying seasonal variations in soil fauna communities in different vegetation areas can improve our understanding of the mechanisms that drive soil fauna recovery. We selected five typical
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Optimizing Parameters in the Common Land Model by Using Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Satellite Observations Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-04-12 Yuan Su, Shupeng Zhang
Terrestrial water storage (TWS) is pivotal in understanding environmental dynamics, climate change, and human impacts. Despite the utility of land surface models, uncertainties persist in their parameterization schemes. This study employs GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment) satellite data to optimize the runoff parameterization scheme within the Common Land Model by a data assimilation
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Spatial–Temporal Pattern of Coordination between the Supply and Demand for Ecosystem Services in the Lhasa River Basin Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-04-13 Jingyang Liu, Jia Wan, Shirong Li, Yuzhe Shen, Wangya Han, Guohua Liu
Quantifying the spatiotemporal patterns of the coordination between ecosystem service supply and demand is vital for regional sustainable development. To reveal the dynamic pattern of the coordination of ecosystem service (ES) supply and demand in the Lhasa River Basin, we quantified the supply of the following four ESs using the InVEST model from 2000 to 2018: carbon sequestration (CS), water conservation
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Revealing the Spatial Interactions and Driving Factors of Ecosystem Services: Enlightenments under Vegetation Restoration Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-04-13 Ting Li, Yu Ren, Zemin Ai, Zhihong Qiao, Yanjiao Ren, Liyang Ma, Yadong Yang
Large-scale vegetation restoration has caused complex changes in ecosystem service (i.e., ES) interactions. However, current analysis on the spatial interactions of ESs and their driving mechanisms remains deficient, limiting the adaptive management in vegetation restoration areas. This study focused on a representative restoration area (Yan’an) to analyze the relationships among carbon sequestration
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Urban Matrices Threaten Patch Occurrence of Howler Monkeys in Anthropogenic Landscapes Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-04-13 Carmen Galán-Acedo, Gabriela Pacheco Hass, Vinícius Klain, Pedro Bencke Ermel da Silva, Júlio César Bicca-Marques
Habitat modification due to human activities threatens species survival. While some species can inhabit habitat patches in anthropogenic landscapes, their occurrence often depends on landscape structure. We assessed the effects of landscape structure on brown howler monkey (Alouatta guariba clamitans) occurrence in an urban scenario. We conducted censuses in 59 forest patches from 2014 to 2016 in Rio
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Change Patterns between 1993 and 2023 and Effects of COVID-19 on Tourist Traffic in Tatra National Park (Poland) Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-04-13 Joanna Fidelus-Orzechowska, Magdalena Sitarz, Maria Król
Tatra National Park (TNP) is one of the most popular national parks in Poland. The purpose of this study was to examine changes in the number of tourists visiting the Park each year from 1993 with a special focus on the COVID-19 period. The main part of this study focused on tourist traffic data for the period from 1993 to 2023. Daily, monthly, and annual data were examined. The source of most of the
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The Formation of the Urban–Rural Fringe Space in the San Cayetano Area: The Transformation of a Peripheral Urban Landscape in Ecuador Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 Karina Monteros, Valentina Dall’Orto, Cecilia Cempini
The transition between the urban and the rural in intermediate Andean cities has been consolidated, presenting a close relationship between socioeconomic dynamics and urban configuration. The peripheral neighborhood of San Cayetano, located in the city of Loja in southwestern Ecuador, presents multiple contradictory scenarios. Located on a hillside, the forms of adaptation to the challenging topography
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Coupling Changes in Runoff and Sediment and Their Relationships with Erosion Energy and Underlying Surface in the Wuding River Basin, China Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 Qiannan Yang, Haidong Gao, Yong Han, Zhanbin Li, Kexin Lu
Investigating the changes in the runoff and sediment coupling relationship in the Middle Yellow River Basin of China can not only deepen the understanding of soil loss control in arid areas, but also help solve key issues of regional ecological protection. Since the 1960s, soil- and water-conservation projects have been implemented in the Middle Yellow River Basin, inducing a significant reduction
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Exploring the Climate and Topography of Olive Orchards in Extremadura, Southwestern Spain Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 Fulgencio Honorio, Cristina Aguirado, Luis L. Paniagua, Abelardo García-Martín, Lourdes Rebollo, Francisco J. Rebollo
The olive tree is a significant woody crop in the Mediterranean basin, with the primary olive-growing areas located in the south and southwest of the Iberian Peninsula. Climate plays a crucial role in crop distribution, viability, production, and yield. The climatic and topographical conditions of Extremadura in southwestern Spain, were analysed to characterise and group the olive-growing areas. To
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Development of Activity Data for Greenhouse Gas Inventory in Settlements in South Korea Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 Sol-E Choi, Moonil Kim, Yowhan Son, Seong-Woo Jeon, Kyeong-Hak Lee, Whijin Kim, Sun-Jeoung Lee, Woo-Kyun Lee
In South Korea, Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land Use (AFOLU) collates greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories. However, the settlement category lacks a clear definition of land use and activity data. This study proposed a method for examining the settlement spatial extent and constructing activity data to estimate GHG emissions and absorption as a pilot calculation, as well as to provide data for land
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Evaluation of Soil Quality and Analysis of Barriers of Protection Forests along Tarim Desert Highway Based on a Minimum Data Set Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 Wenhe Liu, Lin Li, Xuemin He, Guanghui Lv
To gain a thorough grasp of the soil quality conditions in the preservation forests along the Tarim Desert Highway, a detailed assessment of the research area’s soil quality is necessary, along with the identification of any potential obstacles. This evaluation should identify any potential obstacles and provide a theoretical basis for the sustainable utilization and precise management of protection
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Adaptive Responses and Resilience of Small Livestock Producers to Climate Variability in the Cruz Verde-Sumapaz Páramo, Colombia Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 Julio C. Postigo, Victoria-Eugenia Guáqueta-Solórzano, Edna Castañeda, Cesar Enrique Ortiz-Guerrero
Enhanced anthropogenic climatic variability challenges small farmers. In the Sumapaz páramo (Colombia), higher irregularity in precipitation and temperature reduces the quality of pasture and cattle health. Data from surveys, semi-structured interviews, and focus groups were analyzed to understand livestock farmers’ responses to the impacts of climatic variability. To estimate the communities’ resilience
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Infrastructure Impact Assessment through Multi-Hazard Analysis at Different Scales: The 26 November 2022 Flood Event on the Island of Ischia and Debris Management Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 Sergio Cappucci, Maurizio Pollino, Maria Giuseppina Farrace, Lorenzo Della Morte, Valerio Baiocchi
A multi-hazard analysis (seismic, landslide, flood) is conducted to verify the impact on the road network. The ENEA CIPCast platform is an innovative Decision Support System (DSS) that is used to implement the analyses using GIS. Using analytical and geoprocessing tools, the hazards were assessed and mapped. The overlapping of different geospatial layers allowed the implementation of a specific hazard
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Correction: Săgeată et al. Deindustrialization, Tertiarization and Suburbanization in Central and Eastern Europe. Lessons Learned from Bucharest City, Romania. Land 2023, 12, 1731 Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Radu Săgeată, Bianca Mitrică, Andreea-Loreta Cercleux, Ines Grigorescu, Tamás Hardi
In the original publication [...]
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Carbon Sequestration Dynamics in Peri-Urban Forests: Comparing Secondary Succession and Mature Stands under Varied Forest Management Practices Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Cosmin Ion Braga, Stefan Petrea, Gheorghe Raul Radu, Alexandru Bogdan Cucu, Tibor Serban, Alexandru Zaharia, Stefan Leca
This study examines the impact of silvicultural and land-use management practices on carbon sequestration in peri-urban forest ecosystems, with a particular focus on human-induced carbon dynamics. The study area’s complex profile spans from a compact native forest to varying degrees of fragmentation. This included areas undergoing secondary succession forest without silvicultural interventions (No-SI)
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Impact of Cropland Management on Invertebrate Richness and Abundance in Agroforestry Systems in Bali, Indonesia Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Marco Campera, Jessica Chavez, Coral Humber, Vinni Jain, Hannah Cioci, Fadilla Aulia, Kristiana Aurel Alua, Desak Ayu Diah Prawerti, Sabarian Riskinto Ramadani Ali, I Wayan Swastika, Putu Gede Bayu Janardhana Dusak, I Putu Ade Priatama, Andrew K. Jones, Matthew W. Bulbert, Nyoman Gede Maha Putra, Kuntayuni, Desak Ketut Tristiana Sukmadewi, Vincent Nijman, I Made Setiawan, Sophie Manson
The intensive management of cropland refers to a reduction in habitat complexity (i.e., shade tree cover, tree species richness, crop species richness) to gain more profits. This usually entails a decrease in biodiversity, but agroforestry systems have been shown to provide a solution to the need for profits while maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services. Invertebrates are important bioindicators
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Evolution of Landscapes and Land Cover in Old Villages of Ziz Oasis (East Morocco) and SWOT Analysis for Potential Sustainable Tourism Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Kaoutare Amini Alaoui, Hassan Radoine
This study aimed to investigate the changes in the landscapes and land cover in the villages of the Ziz Valley from 1965 to 2023. Equally, we evaluated the potential of sustainable tourism in these rural regions with a SWOT analysis. The obtained results showed that the landscapes were deeply changed, with a dominance of farmlands and the appearance of the Ziz reservoir. Rural villages near Errachidia
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Application of Time Series INSAR (SBAS) Method Using Sentinel-1 for Monitoring Ground Deformation of the Aegina Island (Western Edge of Hellenic Volcanic Arc) Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Ioanna-Efstathia Kalavrezou, Ignacio Castro-Melgar, Dimitra Nika, Theodoros Gatsios, Spyros Lalechos, Issaak Parcharidis
This study employs advanced synthetic aperture radar (SAR) techniques, specifically the small baseline subset (SBAS) method, to analyze ground deformation dynamics on Aegina, a volcanic island within the Hellenic Volcanic Arc. Using Sentinel-1 satellite data spanning January 2016 to May 2023, this research reveals different deformation behaviors. The towns of Aegina and Saint Marina portray regions
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Performance of a Set of Soil Water Retention Models for Fitting Soil Water Retention Data Covering All Textural Classes Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Ali Rasoulzadeh, Javad Bezaatpour, Javanshir Azizi Mobaser, Jesús Fernández-Gálvez
A clean environment is an essential component of sustainable development, which is based on a comprehensive understanding of the behavior of water, soil, and air. The soil water retention (SWR) curve is a crucial function that describes how soil retains water, playing a fundamental role in irrigation and drainage, soil conservation, as well as water and contaminant transport in the vadose zone. This
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Diversity Levels under Different Grazing Intensities in Semi-Wet Grasslands Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Eleni Avramidou, Ioanna Karamichali, Ioannis Tsiripidis, Eleni M. Abraham
The biodiversity of grasslands has been shaped by long-time interaction between natural processes and human activities, such as grazing. Traditional grazing management by animals contributes to the maintenance of high biodiversity in grasslands. However, changes in land use in recent years such as the abandonment of animal husbandry or intensification of grazing, pose a threat to grasslands biodiversity
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Bridging Sustainable Development Goals and Land Administration: The Role of the ISO 19152 Land Administration Domain Model in SDG Indicator Formalization Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Mengying Chen, Peter Van Oosterom, Eftychia Kalogianni, Paula Dijkstra, Christiaan Lemmen
This study illustrates the linkages between the ISO’s Land Administration Domain Model (LADM) and the UN’s sustainable development goals (SDGs), highlighting the role of the LADM in promoting effective land administration suitable for efficient computation of land/water (space)-related SDG indicators. The main contribution of this study is the formalization of SDG indicators by using the ISO standard
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Land Fragmentation and Heirs Property: Current Issues and Policy Responses Land (IF 3.905) Pub Date : 2024-04-05 Kurt Smith, Frederick Cubbage
Land fragmentation continues to be a challenge throughout the world, the United States, and particularly in the rapidly growing Southeast, as well as every state with a metropolitan area that abuts rural lands. With a United States population expected to grow to more than 500 million by 2060, it will present exceptional challenges for planners and policy makers to preserve important agricultural lands