Assessing the impact of multiple drivers of land sensitivity to desertification in a Mediterranean country

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2021.106594" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.eiar.2021.106594</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Assessing the impact of multiple drivers of land sensitivity to desertification in a Mediterranean country

Original language description

Experiencing climate changes and increased human pressure, Mediterranean regions are considered representative hotspots of desertification. However, relatively few studies have been devoted to quantify the individual impact of different factors shaping land sensitivity to desertification in these contexts. Our study contributes to this deserving (positive and normative) issue with a diachronic analysis of the impact of multiple drivers of desertification risk on six indicators of land sensitivity based on the Environmentally Sensitive Area (ESA) approach. Indicators (average and maximum ESA score, coefficient of variation and normalized range in the ESA scores, share of 'fragile' and 'critical' areas in total landscape) were calculated in 777 rural districts of Italy at three time points (early-1960s, early-1990s, and early-2010s). Multivariate models were used to determine the impact of 12 predictors (climate, soil, vegetation, and land management quality) on each indicator of land sensitivity. Results of the analysis identified two non-redundant dimensions respectively associated with the average level of land sensitivity and its intrinsic variability across space. Impacts of climate and vegetation qualities on the level of land sensitivity were high, decreasing over time, and more intense respectively in Northern and Southern Italy. Impacts of soil and land management qualities were moderate, increasing over time, and involving almost all the country's area. Our study emphasizes the role of context-based measures promoting sustainable land management. The 'local' dimension proved to be crucial in any strategy of risk mitigation undertaken at disaggregated spatial scales.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - 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)

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

ISSN

0195-9255

e-ISSN

1873-6432

Volume of the periodical

89

Issue of the periodical within the volume

JUL

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

106594

UT code for WoS article

000653734100004

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85103685820