Desertification risk, long-term land-use changes and environmental resilience : a case study in Basilicata, Italy

Auteur(s) et Affiliation(s)

SALVATI, L.

Consiglio per la Ricerca e la sperimentazione in Agricoltura, centro per lo studio delle Relazioni Pianta-Suolo (CRA-RPS), Roma, Italie

BAJOCCO, S.

Consiglio per la Ricerca e la sperimentazione in Agricoltura, unità di ricerca per la Climatologia e la Meteorologia applicate all'Agricoltura (CRA-CMA), Rome, Italie

FERRARA, A.

Environmental Sciences, University of Basilicata, Potenza, Italie

BARONE, P.M.

Department of Physics, University of Roma, Rome, Italie

Description :
The paper diachronically (1975–2006) analyses the impact of land-use changes (LUCs) on land vulnerability to desertification at two coastal sites in southern Italy with different environmental and socio-economic conditions, to identify landscape responses to territorial reconfiguration. Both initial land vulnerability and its increase over time are higher in areas experiencing LUCs than in areas with stable patterns of land-use. Stable, low levels of land vulnerability to desertification are associated with forests and semi-natural areas, while urbanisation and agricultural intensification led to marked increases in land vulnerability.

Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Scottish geographical journal (Online), issn : 1751-665X, 2013, p. 1-17, nombre de pages : 17, Références bibliographiques : 2 p.

Date :
2013

Identifiants :
eurl : http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14702541.2013.781209, doi : http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14702541.2013.781209

Editeur :
Pays édition : Royaume-Uni, Abingdon, Taylor and Francis

Langue :
Anglais