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Moving toward the north: A country-level classification of land sensitivity to degradation in Czech Republic
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SYSNO ASEP 0545630 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title Moving toward the north: A country-level classification of land sensitivity to degradation in Czech Republic Author(s) Pechanec, V. (CZ)
Prokopová, Marcela (UEK-B) SAI, RID, ORCID
Salvati, L. (IT)
Cudlín, Ondřej (UEK-B) SAI, RID
Procházka, J. (CZ)
Samec, Pavel (UEK-B) RID, SAI, ORCID
Včeláková, Renata (UEK-B) SAI, RID, ORCID
Cudlín, Pavel (UEK-B) RID, SAI, ORCIDNumber of authors 8 Article number 105567 Source Title Catena. - : Elsevier - ISSN 0341-8162
Roč. 206, NOV (2021)Number of pages 11 s. Language eng - English Country NL - Netherlands Keywords urban-growth ; climate-change ; soil-erosion ; environmental degradation ; socioeconomic contexts ; desertification risk ; agricultural land ; patterns ; forest ; europe ; esai ; Desertification risk ; Agricultural districts ; Central-Eastern Europe ; Multivariate statistics Subject RIV EH - Ecology, Behaviour OECD category Agriculture Research Infrastructure CzeCOS III - 90123 - Ústav výzkumu globální změny AV ČR, v. v. i. Method of publishing Limited access Institutional support UEK-B - RVO:86652079 UT WOS 000688449100074 EID SCOPUS 85108978881 DOI 10.1016/j.catena.2021.105567 Annotation Land sensitivity to degradation is a spatially varying attribute of local systems that experience rapid changes in socio-ecological conditions. To answer the increasing demand of quantitative risk assessment of land degradation and desertification taken as a final stage of land degradation in non-affected countries, our study estimates land sensitivity to degradation in the Czech Republic at 1:10,000 scale using the Environmental Sensitive Area (ESA) framework. Czech land was classified into four sensitivity levels ('insensitive', 'potentially sensitive', 'fragile', and 'critical'). 'Fragile' and 'critical' land concentrated in accessible lowlands with intensive agriculture. Climate and vegetation quality contributed the most to land sensitivity to degradation in the country. Low soil quality and land management quality were causes of land sensitivity in few, sparse agricultural districts. A comparison with Mediterranean and South-Eastern European countries indicates that land sensitivity to degradation in the Czech Republic is only slightly lower than in neighbouring, affected countries (sensu UNCCD, Annex IV), with the same acting drivers (agriculture intensification and urban sprawl). In light of climate change, national and regional policies are required to face with the increase of land sensitivity in 'formally non-affected' countries of Central-Eastern Europe, taking stock of the 'Mediterranean' experience in assessing and managing land sensitivity to degradation. Workplace Global Change Research Institute Contact Nikola Šviková, svikova.n@czechglobe.cz, Tel.: 511 192 268 Year of Publishing 2022 Electronic address https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0341816221004252?via%3Dihub
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