Land Degradation and Sustainable Land Management
A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 May 2022) | Viewed by 33238
Special Issue Editors
2. Institute for Soil Sciences, Agricultural Research Centre, 1139 Budapest, Hungary
Interests: land degradation; soil functions; sustainable intensification
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Interests: land use; land use intensity; land take; land recycling; habitats segmentation; carbon sequestration; land and ecosystem degradation
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Interests: soil functions and ecosystem services; soil properties; land degradation; sustainable management of agricultural soils
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Land degradation is a major threat to ecosystem functioning and services. Its negative impact locally coupled with off side environmental and social effects presents a major challenge for communities both on local and global levels. Climate change brings additional uncertainty to the dynamics of the land system, regarding biophysical transformations as well as social impacts.
Causes and forms of land degradation are diverse and answers have to be tailor-made accordingly. Site-specific solutions to achieve sustainable management of land span from conservation tillage practices on arable land to best practices of green infrastructure installation in urban and peri-urban environments, just to name some examples.
To this special issue, we invite to submit original papers dealing with land degradation and sustainable land management in local, regional continental or global scale. Concept papers with case study demonstrations and review articles are also welcome.
Papers presenting research results on the following topics are particularly welcome:
- Land degradation neutrality: mapping, measuring, monitoring
- Soil threats and land amelioration
- Soil sealing, land take and optimization of land use along with alternative solutions
- Land recycling
- Sustainable soil management practices
- Sustainable intensification
- Climate change and land degradation including LULUCF
- Spatial decision support systems for land use and land management
- Economic and societal aspects of land degradation
Prof. Dr. Gergely Tóth
Dr. Eva Ivits
Prof. Dr. Bozena Smreczak
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- LDN
- land take
- soil threats
- land use planning
- climate
- sustainable land use
- economic impact, social challenges
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