Land-use planning in the Valencian Mediterranean Region: Using LUPIS to generate issue relevant plans

Recatalá, L.; Ive, J R; Baird, I.A.; Hamilton, Neil T. M.; Sánchez, Joaquín Fernández

doi:10.1006/jema.2000.0350

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“…Consequently, land-use conflicts (agrarian uses vs. industrial-urban uses vs. conservation uses) and environmental issues (surface and underground water pollution, soil and air pollution, soil erosion and Stalinization, landscape degradation and deterioration of areas of high conservation value) are emerging increasingly in this region. Comprehensive land-use planning can play a vital role in solving land-use conflicts in the region (Recatala et al 2000). In the Netherlands, a debate continues to take place on how to allocate the available space among several types of land use.…”

Section: Optimization Of Electricity Usementioning

confidence: 99%

Conceptual Modelling of Sustainable Vilnius Development

Kaklauskas

Zavadskas

Šaparauskas

2009

Technological and Economic Development of Economy

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Abstract. This research consists of 5 stages: comparative description of the sustainable urban development in developed countries and in Vilnius; a comparison and contrast of sustainable urban development in developed countries and Vilnius; a development of some of the general recommendations as how to improve the efficiency levels for a sustainable Vilnius; submission of particular recommendations for the city of Vilnius; a multiple criteria analysis of sustainable urban development's components and a selection of the most efficient version of sustainable urban development life cycle. The obtained results have partially confirmed the available data, and interesting trends of the development of established cities have been noted. In order to demonstrate the application of the above research, concrete examples of Vilnius will be considered in this paper.

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Section: Optimization Of Electricity Usementioning

confidence: 99%

Conceptual Modelling of Sustainable Vilnius Development

Kaklauskas

Zavadskas

Šaparauskas

2009

Technological and Economic Development of Economy

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“…Particularly, in the European Mediterranean region, where the land-use pattern has seen an intensification of agrarian activity and an expansion of industrial-urban uses (Coccossis 1991;Recatalá et al 2000) over recent decades, only few studies have been carried out at regional level in some countries such as Greece (e.g. Stalikas et al 1999), Italy (e.g.…”

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Increasing the Knowledge of Heavy Metal Contents and Sources in Agricultural Soils of the European Mediterranean Region

Peris

Recatalá

Micó

et al. 2008

Water Air Soil Pollut

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This paper contributes to increase the knowledge of the contents and sources of heavy metals (Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn) to agricultural soils in Castellón province (Spain), a representative area of the European Mediterranean region. The surface horizons of 77 agricultural soils under vegetable crops were sampled and heavy metals were analysed by atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) after microwave extraction using the USEPA 3051A method. Mean heavy metal contents were similar to those obtained in other areas of this region. However, heavy metal contents (e.g. Cr, Pb) in some soils were above the maximum limit set in the 86/278/CEE Directive. Multivariate analysis (correlation analysis and principal component analysis -PCA) was performed so as to identify the sources of heavy metals to soils. Co, Fe and Ni were highly correlated amongst them (r>0.800; p<0.01), whereas Cr and Mn were less correlated with Co, Fe and Ni (r>0.500; p<0.01). Other relationships among heavy metals (i.e. Cu, Pb and Zn) were also identified, although correlation coefficients were not so high as those among Co, Fe and Ni (r<0.500; p<0.01).Contents of Co, Fe, Mn and Ni were interpreted to be mainly associated with parent rocks corresponding to the first principal component (PC1). On the other hand, Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn were interpreted to be mainly related to anthropogenic activities and comprised the second (Pb and Zn) and the third (Cd and Cu) principal components (PC2 and PC3, respectively), designated as anthropogenic components. Remarkably, Cr appears to be related in the study area to both the lithogenic and the anthropogenic components. Lithogenic elements were highly correlated with soil properties. Positive relationships with CEC (r>0.200; p<0.05) and clay (r>0.400; p<0.01), and negative relationships with carbonates (r > −0.400; p < 0.01) and sand (r>−0.300; p<0.01) were observed. Anthropogenic elements were less correlated with soils properties, since these elements are generally more mobile because they form more soluble chemical species associated to anthropogenic sources. Particularly, no correlation was found between Cd and Zn and soil properties. These findings extend results achieved in other parts of the region, highlighting the need to set soil quality standards in order to declare soils affected by anthropogenic pollution, particularly in the case of anthropogenic metals such as Cd, Cu and Pb, and also Cr and Zn in some areas. Further knowledge from other areas in this region would improve the basis for proposing such standards at regional level, which is a priority objective in Europe according to the European Thematic Strategy for Soil Protection.

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“…The results also showed a successful linkage between socioeconomic aspects and environmental outcomes at the watershed scale as emphasized by Sadeghi et al [43] [7], and Recatala et al [46]. In addition, application of SWAT for hydrological analysis of different land use scenarios, as explored in other studies [47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54], could assist in a deterministic computation of environmental variables.…”

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Integration of analytic hierarchy process and weighted goal programming for land use optimization at the watershed scale

Memarian¹,

Balasundram²,

Abbaspour³

et al. 2014

Turkish J Eng Env Sci

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Abstract:In recent decades, the Hulu Langat Basin in Malaysia has been exposed to extensive changes in land use pattern and consequently hydrological conditions. Maintaining a reasonable balance between environmental currents and governmental/population demands is a difficult task. In this work, 3 land use scenarios were defined, which are the present (baseline), future, and water conservation plans. Weighted goal programming (WGP), integrated with the analytic hierarchy process (AHP), was used to optimize the baseline land use scenario with consideration of water conservation outcomes and future development trend. Three types of objectives were involved in the AHP-WGP approach, i.e. social, economic, and environmental. The values of environmental objectives were estimated using the optimized Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT). Four planning alternatives were defined and formulated, i.e. A1, A2, B1, and B2.The AHP-WGP approach resulted in 4 optimized land development alternatives. In terms of the water conservation objective, alternatives A1 and B1 were more desirable than alternatives A2 and B2, respectively. However, due to the existing socioeconomic-environmental circumstances within the Hulu Langat Basin, alternatives B1 and B2 were more appropriate.

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Land-use planning in the Valencian Mediterranean Region: Using LUPIS to generate issue relevant plans

Cited by 39 publications

References 17 publications

Conceptual Modelling of Sustainable Vilnius Development

Conceptual Modelling of Sustainable Vilnius Development

Increasing the Knowledge of Heavy Metal Contents and Sources in Agricultural Soils of the European Mediterranean Region

Integration of analytic hierarchy process and weighted goal programming for land use optimization at the watershed scale

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