Impacts of land consolidation on land degradation: A systematic review

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Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.117026" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.117026</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.117026" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.117026</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Impacts of land consolidation on land degradation: A systematic review
Original language description
Land consolidation (LC) is a widespread form of rural planning and is often presented as an important tool for mitigating land degradation. We therefore decided to make a systematic review of the effects of LC projects implemented under different natural and socio-economic conditions. Our results show that there is a major dichotomy in the understanding of LC. Studies from some parts of the world, e.g., Africa and South-east Asia, mostly report on LC projects aimed principally at creating larger fields to facilitate management. Studies from other regions, notably from Europe and China, describe LC as a complex form of planning that includes various types of land management measures. The effects of LC projects on land degradation are strongly linked to the type of project. Within the sample of reviewed studies, the effect of LC projects on land degradation was ambivalent, and projects not including land management measures even tended to contribute to land degra-dation. Conversely, in studies where LC projects involved specific land management measures, LC had a positive effect on most land degradation types. The results of our study indicate that LC projects can help significantly to mitigate land degradation.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)

Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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