The proposed indicator of fragmentation of agricultural land

Postek, Paweł; Leń, Przemysław; Stręk, Żanna

doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.04.023

Cited by 46 publications

(24 citation statements)

References 30 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…This pressure affects land-use dynamics [10]. It is a significant risk factor for habitat quality [11,12], specifically through the expansion of agriculture, which triggers fragmentation of land [13] by aggravating the destruction of natural The area has diverse topographic features, including flat land, hills, plains, gorges, and steep slopes. Several permanent rivers and a temporal stream flowing into the Omo-Gibe River.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The InVEST Habitat Quality Model Associated with Land Use/Cover Changes: A Qualitative Case Study of the Winike Watershed in the Omo-Gibe Basin, Southwest Ethiopia

et al. 2020

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The contribution of biodiversity to the global economy, human survival, and welfare has been increasing significantly, but the anthropogenic pressure as a threat to the pristine habitat has followed. This study aims to identify habitat suitability, analyze the change in habitat quality from 1988 to 2018, and to investigate the correlation between impact factors and habitat quality. The InVEST habitat quality model was used to analyze the spatiotemporal change in habitat quality in individual land-use types in the Winike watershed. Remote sensing data were used to analyze the land use/land cover changes. Nine threat sources, their maximum distance of impact, mode of decay, and sensitivity to threats were also estimated for each land-use cover type. The analysis illustrates that habitat degradation in the watershed was continuously increasing over the last three decades (1988 to 2018). Each threat impact factor and habitat sensitivity have increased for the last 30 years. The most contributing factor of habitat degradation was the 25.41% agricultural expansion in 2018. Population density, land-use intensity, elevation, and slope were significantly correlated with the distribution of habitat quality. Habitat quality degradation in the watershed during the past three decades suggested that the conservation strategies applied in the watershed ecosystem were not effective. Therefore, this study helps decision makers, particularly regarding the lack of data on biodiversity. It further looks into the conflict between economic development and conservation of biodiversity.

show abstract

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The InVEST Habitat Quality Model Associated with Land Use/Cover Changes: A Qualitative Case Study of the Winike Watershed in the Omo-Gibe Basin, Southwest Ethiopia

et al. 2020

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…The third stage of the analyses includes tasks related to the coordination of agricultural and management works (land consolidation and exchange), taking into account the order of the execution of these works in terms of specific priorities ( Figure 5). The necessity to perform such work has been demonstrated in the studies [37][38][39].…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Building a Spatial Information System to Support the Development of Agriculture in Poland and Ukraine

Szafrańska¹,

Buśko

Kovalyshyn

et al. 2020

Agronomy

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The space of rural areas is subject to constant changes in terms of structure and development. The area structure of rural areas, especially in the south and east of Poland, remains unsatisfactory. The weakness of Polish agriculture is the fragmentation of the area structure of its farms; this was due to historical, natural, economic and social factors and, to a large extent, tradition. Therefore, the current status of agricultural land in Poland requires carrying out many arrangement and agricultural operations. In Ukraine, there is also no coherent IT system that would allow for the efficient management of rural space and agriculture. In order to conduct a coherent rural development policy in the region, the self-governments in Poland and in Ukraine are facing the need to expand the existing spatial information infrastructure system. This study is a proposal to expand the spatial information system with elements related only to agricultural surveying. To this end, the concept of building the Agricultural Geodesy Module was created as an element of the region’s spatial information system. The Agricultural Land Surveying Module will be an information repository and will enable powering the region’s database. Data supplying the repository will be divided into source data, operational data, metadata and final studies, such as analyses or reports. These data will not only be used by the local government of the region, but will also be made available to external users.

show abstract

“…Cultivated land fragmentation is a common feature in both transition economies and developing countries (Liu et al 2019). Some studies have defined the fragmentation of cultivated land through multiple strategies: (1) dividing the land based on the same or different ownership; (2) distinguishing between use rights and ownership; (3) considering the utilization type and structure of adjacent cultivated land as the basis for fragmentation; and (4) considering the number, size, shape, and distribution of patches and the distance between patches (Ntihinyurwa et al 2019; Postek, Leń, and Stręk 2019). Meanwhile, current research on cultivated land fragmentation has changed from qualitative to quantitative analyzes with the characterization of methods that have been developed into the landscape configuration index.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Spatio-temporal characteristics of cultivated land fragmentation in different landform areas with a case study in Northeast China

Qian

Chi

Lal

et al. 2020

Ecosyst Health Sustain

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Assessing the temporal and spatial characteristics of cultivated land fragmentation is necessary to identify management practices that can reduce negative environmental effects. Thus, the purpose of this study was to use principal component analysis and spatial autocorrelation to analyze the dynamic characteristics of cultivated land fragmentation in different landform areas in Liaoning Province, China, in terms of time and space. An additional objective was to match the changes with the natural and social environment to support the sustainable development of fragmented cultivated land. The results indicated that the evolutionary trends of cultivated land fragmentation in the central plain area showed a weakening trend, contrary to those observed in the western hilly and eastern mountainous areas. Moreover, the spatial distribution characteristics of cultivated land fragmentation in the western hilly area were generally "external low, internal high," primarily because of the edge density of cultivated land patches. The spatial distribution characteristics of cultivated land fragmentation in the central plain area were generally "external high, internal low," primarily because of the number and division of cultivated land patches. The spatial distribution characteristics of cultivated land fragmentation in the eastern mountainous area were generally "south low, north high" because of the division of cultivated land patches. These results can provide guidelines for planners, managers, decision-makers and others to formulate regulatory policies, identify land remediation areas, and promote the sustainable development of cultivated land.

show abstract

The proposed indicator of fragmentation of agricultural land

Cited by 46 publications

References 30 publications

The InVEST Habitat Quality Model Associated with Land Use/Cover Changes: A Qualitative Case Study of the Winike Watershed in the Omo-Gibe Basin, Southwest Ethiopia

The InVEST Habitat Quality Model Associated with Land Use/Cover Changes: A Qualitative Case Study of the Winike Watershed in the Omo-Gibe Basin, Southwest Ethiopia

Building a Spatial Information System to Support the Development of Agriculture in Poland and Ukraine

Spatio-temporal characteristics of cultivated land fragmentation in different landform areas with a case study in Northeast China

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About