Assessment of land-use changes and their impacts on ecosystem services in two Slovenian rural landscapes

Ribeiro, Daniela; Hribar, Mateja Šmid

doi:10.3986/ags.6636

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“…This finding is in a good agreement with those of Syrbe, R.-U. and Grunewald, K. (2013), and Ribeiro, D. and Šmid Hribar, M. (2019), who accredit high ecological importance to semi-natural line elements in the management of excess storm water. According to Guerrero, B. et al (2017), in harmony with our findings, also suggest that natural agricultural water conservation strategies are capable to limit the decline of water and soil moisture supplies at regional scales.…”

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confidence: 91%

“…A carefully chosen type of land use on hillslopes can be the best tool for run-off regulation (Leitinger, G. et al 2010;Zucco, G. et al 2014;Ribeiro, D. and Šmid Hribar, M. 2019). The modelling of run-off generation and water conservation under different agricultural land uses, modified by the spatial and temporal variability of soil physical properties, is a common topic of research in Europe (e.g.…”

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Soil moisture retention on slopes under different agricultural land uses in hilly regions of Southern Transdanubia

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Increasingly severe weather extremes are predicted as one of the consequences of climate change. According to climatic models, weather extremities induce higher risks for both flood and drought in the Carpathian Basin. Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, flood control relied on cost-intensive engineering structures, but recently ecological solutions have come to the fore. Flood hazard on major rivers could be mitigated if multiple and cumulative water retention opportunities are exploited on the upper sections of tributary catchments. Appropriate land use and landscape pattern changes can shift the infiltration to run-off ratio to the benefit of the former. In the Transdanubian Hills of Southwest Hungary three study areas with different agricultural land use types had been selected and investigated for the impact of landscape micro-features on soil moisture retention capacity with the purpose of conserving water from wet periods for the times of drought. Marked differences in moisture dynamics have been detected between arable land, grasslands and orchards. This fact underlines the need for integrated soil and water conservation. Drought risk was found to be the highest on ploughland. Favourable soil water budgets have been observed in the fields as a function of land use: less intensive types, like grazing land and orchards (particularly tree rows), were identified as places of high water retention capacity. Although serious water stress conditions were also reached in the orchard, it markedly mitigated drought conditions compared to the ploughland.

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Soil moisture retention on slopes under different agricultural land uses in hilly regions of Southern Transdanubia

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“…It is relevant to mention the importance of development projects, such as [80], to promote business opportunities and benefits for investment and employment in the study region. Thus, the development of Bela krajina must be based on strengthening the multifunctional role of the landscape, based on the principles of sustainable development and management of renewable natural resources, preservation of the cultural landscape, protection of the karst environment and biodiversity [81].…”

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Sustainability and Slovenian Karst Landscapes: Evaluation of a Low Karst Plain

Ribeiro

Zorn

2021

Sustainability

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The purpose of this study was to identify the influence of karst landscape on the sustainable development of the Bela krajina region, southeast Slovenia. In order to better understand the influence of karst landscape on sustainable development we used three approaches: (1) the Karst Disturbance Index, (2) a quantitative analysis by using sustainable development indicators and (3) a qualitative analysis using structured interviews. The Karst Disturbance Index classified the degree of disturbance in Bela krajina as low. According to sustainable development indicators we found differences in the structure related to economy, population and environment within the region. And, according to the qualitative analysis, the negative impacts of the karst landscape on sustainable development are mainly associated with hampered agriculture and the positive with tourism; thus, karst landscape cannot only be seen as a limiting factor, since it also has development potential. Regional development in karst areas should therefore be adapted to their specificities and take into account their vulnerability.

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“…An extensive volume researching Bukovina was published in 2015 [51]. In the last years, a large number of studies and articles related to the data provided by the cadastre material were published, among others, also a special issue of the Geographical Journal (published in 2018) [40,[52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62]. The studies of historians explained the political and economic situation in which the cadastre was created.…”

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Cultural landscape of the Gorica Hills in the nineteenth century: Franciscean land cadastre reports as the source for clarification of the classification of cultivable land types

Gomiršek

2020

Open Geosciences

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The Gorica Hills (Slovene Goriška brda and also Brda) represent a part of the hilly cultural landscapes in the northern Mediterranean. Because of the historical development of the states, the Gorica Hills are situated on the Slovenian western border. The Gorica Hills have been a synonym for a cultivated landscape since the Middle Ages. New studies have changed the pre-existing belief that the cultivation method and crop types have not changed through the centuries, except for the introduction of corn and potatoes. However, detailed descriptions of the cultivation methods and the types of predominant crops in the cadastre show that during the nineteenth century, and especially in the period after World War I, the cultivation method of the vine and the types of crops, in fact, changed significantly. At this point, the nineteenth century can be seen as the period of the final introduction of corn and potatoes. Thus, the cultural landscape of the Gorica Hills is the result of the responses to inside and outside economic and cultural pulses. The paper will point out the advantages of the land cadastre reports that were used in the reconstruction of the cultural landscape. It will also present the questions that have remained unanswered and are left open for further research.

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Assessment of land-use changes and their impacts on ecosystem services in two Slovenian rural landscapes

Cited by 24 publications

References 27 publications

Soil moisture retention on slopes under different agricultural land uses in hilly regions of Southern Transdanubia

Soil moisture retention on slopes under different agricultural land uses in hilly regions of Southern Transdanubia

Sustainability and Slovenian Karst Landscapes: Evaluation of a Low Karst Plain

Cultural landscape of the Gorica Hills in the nineteenth century: Franciscean land cadastre reports as the source for clarification of the classification of cultivable land types

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