Relationships between rocky desertification and spatial pattern of land use in typical karst area,Southwest China

Karst rocky desertification is a typical type of land degradation in the Southwest China. An attempt was made to study quantitatively the relationships between rocky desertification and spatial pattern of land use through applying spatial analysis of Geographical Information System in Nandong underground river system, a typical karst area, Southwest China. The spatial distribution of rocky desertification and spatial pattern of land use were obtained from interpreting Landsat Images in Nandong area in 2007 by supervised classifications, and verified and rectified through field survey. The results indicate that: (1) the total land deserted area covers 378.3 km², or 23.4% of the total area, of which intense, moderate and slight rocky desertification covers 269.46, 54.2, and 54.63 km², respectively, in Nandong area. (2) There is an obvious effect of spatial pattern of land use on rocky desertification. With the increase of elevation and slope, there is a higher occurrence ratio of rocky desertification in the cultivated land and grass land. Also, more than half of total rocky desertification was dominated within the areas of 4 km from the construction land, and 97% of total rocky desertification was dominated within the areas of 10 km from the construction land in Nandong area. And what can be known from the data is that the primary effect distance of human on rocky desertification from the construction land is 4 km, and the farthest effect distance of human on rocky desertification from the construction land is 10 km in Nandong area.     

Effects of land use changes on soil erosion in a fast developing area

Land use changes extensively affect soil erosion, which is a great environmental concern. To evaluate the effect of land use change on soil erosion in fast economic developing areas, we studied land use changes of Guangdong, China, from 2002 to 2009 using remote sensing and estimated soil erosion using the Universal Soil Loss Equation. We calculated the areas and percentage of each land use type under different erosion intensity and analyzed soil erosion changes caused by transitions of land use types. In addition, the impact of land use change on soil erosion in different river catchments was studied. Our results show that forest and wasteland land conversions induce substantial soil erosion, while transition from wasteland to forest retards soil loss. This suggests that vegetation cover changes significantly influence soil erosion. Any conversion to wasteland causes soil erosion, whereas expansion of forests and orchards mitigates it. The most significant increase in soil erosion from 2002 to 2009 was found in the Beijiang catchment corresponding to the transition from forest/orchard to built-up and wasteland. Soil erosion in the Xijiang catchment accelerated in this period due to the enormous reduction in orchard land. In Hanjiang catchment, erosion was alleviated and vegetation coverage greatly expanded owing to considerable transitions from wasteland and cropland to orchards. Field investigations validated our estimations and proved the applicability of this method. Measures including protecting vegetation, strict control of mining as well as reasonable urban planning should be taken to prevent successive soil erosion.     

The relations between land use and karst rocky desertification in a typical karst area,China

Karst rocky desertification (KRD) is one major type of desertification which is under irrational human impact on the vulnerable eco-geo-environment. In this study, Zhudong fengcong rocky desertification landscape was selected to investigate the land use types distribution law in different rock types and the KRD land in different land use types. KRD data was determined by user–computer interactive interpreting method from Aster images in 2004, according to the exposed ratio of rock, the coverage of vegetation and soil in 0.2 km² unit, integrating with land utilizing present situation map, hydrogeology map, relief map, vegetation map, soil distribution map, as well as the practical investigation and the population census datum in 2002. Results showed that the occurrence ratio of KRD land is different in land use types and rocky assemblages obviously; land cover has a strong impact upon KRD. The sloping cropland distributed in homogenous limestone has a higher occurrence ratio of light KRD, secondly, is in the limestone interbedded with clastic rock. Light KRD land was dominated by shrubland, and sloping cropland accounts for 11.67% of it, moderate KRD land was dominated by moderate coverage grass slopes, strong and extremely strong KRD was dominated by rocky dry land which is difficult to use.     

渝东南岩溶山地土地利用方式对土壤有机碳时空分布特征的影响

通过野外调查、采样和分析,运用地统计学方法,选择旱地、稻田、菜园和果园四种地利用方式,分析了渝东南秀山、黔江、酉阳三地土壤有机碳(SOC)的时间和空间分布特征。结果表明:空间上,在耕作层和心土层SOC含量都是菜园最大,旱地最小,且差异显著;而底土层果园最大,稻田最小,差异不显著;不同的土地利用方式对土壤剖面SOC含量的影响一致,自上而下依次降低,均为耕作层SOC含量最高,底土层最低,稻田降幅最大,旱地最小,且差异显著;时间上,与1984年第二次土壤普查相比,除旱地外20多年来渝东南岩溶区0~20cm耕层SOC含量普遍升高,其中菜园的增加幅度最大,稻田最小。但总的来说,研究区岩溶山地土壤有机质含量普遍较低,建议通过人为施肥提高有机质的含量,探索和推广应用免耕、少耕、秸秆还田等耕作措施,增加农田土壤固碳能力。      

岩溶地区不同利用方式土壤土力学特性垂直变化特征

以黔中岩溶地区不同利用方式的土壤为研究对象,采用野外调查和室内试验相结合的方法,研究了土壤黏聚力c、内摩擦角φ及紧实度随不同土壤利用方式、不同土层深度的变化特征。结果表明:土壤黏聚力c总体随土层深度不断增大,在0-35 cm内受不同土壤利用方式的影响比较明显;土壤内摩擦角φ在0-50 cm土层内,呈“S”形变化,受母质影响显著,三种不同土壤利用方式总体变化趋势基本一致;林地、灌草地、坡耕地土壤在垂直剖面上都存在着上松下紧的状况,在0-20 cm内,坡耕地土壤紧实度均小于林地和灌草地,20 cm以下坡耕地和灌草地土壤紧实度基本一致,但均大于林地,三者均保持着不断增大的趋势。研究表明:植被生长对于改善土壤力学性能具有一定的影响。因而通过加强植被保护与管理和调整坡耕地利用方式是改善土壤力学性能,防治土壤侵蚀和控制石漠化的主要手段。      

硫铁矿冶炼区不同土地利用方式及土壤类型对重金属迁移的影响

为探讨硫铁矿冶炼区不同土地利用方式和土壤类型对重金属元素迁移的影响,采集了毕节市林口废弃硫铁矿冶炼厂内耕地砂壤土及附近林地石灰土表层和深层样共40组。室内测试土壤理化指标Pb、Zn、Cd全量和有效态含量,并对重金属元素含量的水平和垂直分布特征及重金属元素含量的相关性进行了讨论。结果表明:土壤中Pb和Zn的含量均符合土壤环境质量二级标准值,耕地表层土壤Cd含量是贵州省农业土壤背景值的7倍。土壤Cd有效态含量占全量的比值最大,而Pb和Zn有效态含量占全量的比值差别较小。耕地砂壤土Zn和Cd的全量随剖面深度的增加表现为先增大后减小,Pb呈减少的趋势;Pb和Zn的有效态含量随剖面深度的增加而减少,Cd有效态含量呈波动变化。林地石灰土中Pb、Zn、Cd的全量和有效态含量均随剖面深度的增加而减少,且Pb、Zn、Cd全量之间及全量与有效态含量之间都具有显著的正相关关系,而在耕地中各元素的相关性不明显。土壤频繁的扰动和偏酸性的环境有利于重金属垂向迁移。      

石漠化地区土地利用方式对土壤团聚体稳定性及有机碳的影响

以典型高原山地喀斯特石漠化6种土地利用方式土壤为研究对象,探讨不同生态恢复条件下,坡耕地转变为林地、草地及林草套种地后对表层土壤结构稳定性及其有机碳含量的影响。结果表明：在坡耕地实施石漠化治理措施,造林种草后,>0.25 mm团聚体含量显著增加,以人工林、次生林居多,坡耕地较少。在干湿筛处理下,采用平均质量直径（MWD）、几何平均直径（GMD）、分形维数（D）、>0.25 mm团聚体含量等指标来表征的团聚体稳定性显示,人工林和次生林土壤团聚体稳定性较强,坡耕地和林草套种地土壤团聚体稳定性较弱。总体上不同土地利用方式均以小粒级团聚体有机碳含量最高,>5 mm和2~5 mm水稳性团聚体有机碳对土壤有机碳的贡献率最大（除农耕地）;土壤大团聚体对土壤有机碳的固定起主要作用。石漠化坡耕地退耕还林种草有利于促进土壤表层土壤结构的稳定及有机碳的积累。     

Effects of land use change on flood characteristics in mountainous area of Daqinghe watershed, China

Land use has changed in the Daqinghe watershed during 1956–2005, and it has influenced the flood peak and volume. In order to reveal the effects of land use change on flood characteristics in Daqinghe watershed, we selected 2 sub-watersheds and used remote-sensed land use data of 1980 and 1996 to analyze changes in land use and also selected several combinations of similar rainfall events and the corresponding flood events to show how changes in land use affect floods. The forest and urban area increased and other types decreased, and flood peaks and volumes tended to decrease under similar rainfall events. To quantify the extent of change in land use affecting floods, a hydrological model incorporating the land use was established. The model combines infiltration excess and saturation excess runoff generation mechanism in each type of land use, and the simulation results agreed well with the measured flood processes in the two selected watersheds. Several floods of different return intervals were selected to be modeled under the 1980 and 1996 land use conditions. The results show that both flood peak and volume decreased under the 1996 land use condition in comparison with the 1980 land use condition in the two watersheds. Most of the flood peaks decreased <5 %, but the volume decreased to a greater extent. This result can be helpful in modifying design flood.     

岩溶山区土地利用方式对土壤活性有机碳及其分布的影响

对重庆中梁山不同土地利用方式下的0～50cm土壤活性有机碳含量和分布进行研究。结果表明:不同利用方式土壤有机碳(SOC)含量大小顺序为:竹林＞菜地＞草地＞林地＞园地＞弃耕地,且均表现为0～20cm层大于20～50cm层;土壤溶解性有机碳(DOC)含量平均值大小顺序为:林地＞竹林＞弃耕地＞草地＞园地＞菜地,土壤溶解性有机碳占土壤有机碳的比例随土层深度增加而增加;土壤易氧化有机碳(EOC)含量及其剖面分布与土壤有机碳含量变化相一致,相关分析表明,两者的相关性达到极显著水平(R=0.852,P＜0.0001),对土壤有机碳变化反应敏感。      

土地利用/景观格局对水环境质量的影响

土地利用/景观格局已成为影响中国水环境质量的重要因素,但目前仍然欠缺土地利用/景观格局和水环境质量之间复杂关系的深入研究。以湟水流域小峡桥断面上游为例,兼顾水环境承载力与人为活动所产生的压力,建立土地利用/景观格局对水环境质量影响的结构方程模型,计算不同土地利用/景观格局指标对水环境质量的贡献率。研究表明:点源污染是湟水流域水环境质量恶化的主要因素,其贡献率最大(37.3%);而土地利用/景观格局的4个指标(不透水面面积占比、建设用地中绿地面积占比、湿地连通性和湿地聚集度)对水环境质量的贡献率相对较大,分别为9.14%、 7.91%、 7.44%和6.96%。加大点源污染控制力度、增强湿地连通性与聚集度、增大建设用地中绿地面积并减少不透水面面积是改善湟水流域小峡桥断面上游水环境质量的有效措施。     

Quality of land facets as soil mapping units in an area of Northern Nigeria

This study examines the quality of land facets as soil mapping units in agricultural soil surveys. This involves sampling the textural and chemical properties of the first two horizons of the land facets in two land systems in a sparsely populated area of northern Nigeria, and assessing whether or not the variances in soil properties between the land facets are significantly greater than the variances that can be observed within each land facet. The size of the variances between the land facets in relation to the variances within the facets (the intraclass correlation), provides the basis for assessing whether or not land facets are homogeneous enough for making predictions about soil and land use potentials. For the top horizons, sand and exchangeable sodium are significantly different between land facets, while clay, pH, exchangeable sodium, potassium and magnesium and cation exchange capacity, total nitrogen and organic carbon have moderate to large intraclass correlations. Only pH and exchangeable magnesium are significantly different between land facets for the second horizons and, except for silt and pH, significantly less than half of the second horizon properties are due to differences between land facets. This suggests that land facets may be useful in evaluating the broad chemical potentials of this sparsely populated environment. Some implications of the results are discussed for soil surveys and agricultural land use planning.     

伊朗北部阿哈尔地区土地利用信息的遥感分类与制图

遥感作为目前快速实现全球或大区域对地观测的最佳方法,在“一带一路”沿线地区地表信息获取方面具有重要的作用。总结了遥感技术在伊朗北部土地利用分类与制图的流程和方法,在土地利用分类体系、遥感分类方法和成果制图3个方面进行了研究。通过土地利用信息遥感分类标志,建立非接触的土地利用信息分类工作方法,保证了良好的工作精度。进行了伊朗北部地区土地利用信息的遥感制图,获取了该地区土地利用状况,为我国矿业企业与地质调查部门开展“一带一路”区域合作提供了技术支撑和决策依据,为开展境外土地利用信息的提取与制图工作提供了案例。     

Investigating spatial contribution of land use types and land slope classes on soil erosion distribution under tropical environment

Natural Hazards - Increasing land occupancy for farming without conservation principles, particularly in the Indonesian island of Java, is resulting in a severe erosion problem. This study...     

Spatial variability of soil properties in relation to land use and topography in a typical small watershed of the black soil region,northeastern China

Soil degradation resulted from unreasonable land use and erosion has been a serious problem in the black soil region of northeastern China. This paper seeks to understand the relationships between topsoil properties and topography and land use for land management targeting at improving soil quality in this region. A total of 292 soil samples and 81 volumetric rings were taken from a typical small watershed of the region in June 2005 for examining total carbon (TC), total nitrogen (TN), soil texture (classified into gravel, sand, silt, and clay), and bulk density (ρ _b), respectively. Spatial variability of these soil properties was evaluated with classical statistics and geostatistics methods. The results of classical statistics indicated that TC, TN, sand, silt, clay content, and ρ _b were moderate variables while gravel had great variability. Soil properties were mainly correlated to slope position, elevation and land types. Geostatistical analyses showed that the spatial autocorrelation for TC, TN, and silt was weak, strong for clay and moderate for and ρ _b sand, respectively. The spatial variations of soil properties are affected comprehensively by topographic factors, land use, erosion, and erosion control in this watershed. Past erosion, however, is the most important component to induce change of soil properties. In this small watershed, current soil and water conservation measures play an important role in controlling soil loss. But the restoration of soil properties was unsatisfactory. Comparing with untilled soil of this region, TC, TN, silt content are excessively low; whereas ρ _b, sand and clay content are excessively high; gravel appears at most sampling locations. It is necessary for improving soil properties to protect forest and grassland and change cultivation system of farmlands.     

渝东南岩溶山区耕地利用变化下土壤颗粒体积分形特征研究

通过对重庆东南部喀斯特山区的野外调查采样和室内粒度分析,利用土壤颗粒体积分维模型,分析了该区域耕地土壤与撂荒地土壤颗粒体积分形维数特征,探讨了颗粒体积分形特征与颗粒体积含量的关系。研究结果表明:土壤颗粒体积分形维数与土壤中粘粒(<0.002mm)含量呈明显的线性相关,表现为粘粒含量越高的土壤,其分形维数也越高。土壤粘粒含量与土壤颗粒体积分形维数在不同土地利用方式的土壤剖面上表现出相同的变化规律。土壤分形维数不仅受粘粒含量的支配,还与土壤质地的均一程度有关,分形维数与土壤质地均匀指数表现出一定的相关性,但相关性较弱。耕地土壤分形维数值(平均值为2.5065)大于撂荒地分形维数值(平均值为2.4835),说明岩溶区人类农耕活动对土壤质地尤其是粘粒含量影响明显。土壤体积分形维数可以作为区域耕地土壤质量评价指标之一。      

农牧交错带土地利用变化与土壤养分的关系——以内蒙古自治区多伦县为例

多伦县为北方典型的农牧交错区。土地利用是社会与 经济的综合反映,它的变化可引起许多自然和生态过程的变 化,如土壤养分和水分的变化、地表径流与侵蚀以及生物地 球化学循环等。同时,亦可达到控制水土流失和沙漠化,提 高土壤质量的目的。因此,研究近50年来的土地利用变化 与土壤养分的相互关系,为退耕还林还草、退牧还草,合理利 用土地提供科学依据。     

Complexity theory, spatial simulation models, and land use dynamics in the Northern Ecuadorian Amazon

Our research questions and analytical approaches are used to examine coupled human-natural systems in the Northern Ecuadorian Amazon. They are based on complexity theory and extend from our earlier work in Cellular Automata (CA) in which land use/land cover (LULC) change patterns were spatially simulated to examine deforestation and agricultural extensification on household farms. The basic intent is to understand linkages between people and the environment by explicitly considering pattern-process relationships and the nature of feedback mechanisms among social, biophysical, and geographical factors that influence LULC dynamics within the study area. In this research, we describe how our CA modeling approach emphasizes the human dimensions of LULC change by including socio-economic and demographic characteristics at the household-level along with biophysical data that describe the resource endowments of farms, geographic accessibility of farms to roads and communities, and the evolving nature of human-environment interactions over time and space in response to exogenous and endogenous factors.A LULC change scenario is examined by comparing model outcomes generated for a base CA model and an alternative CA model to explore the effects of increases in household income on land use change patterns at the farm level, achieved as a consequence of improved geographic accessibility to roads and communities and increased off-farm employment as a household livelihood strategy. Growth or transitions rules in our CA model, as well as neighborhood associations are sensitive to socio-economic and demographic factors of households, resource endowments of farms, geographic accessibility, and the uncertainty associated with peasant farming in a frontier setting. Model outcomes indicate that increases in household income are associated with more land in pasture and more land being cultivated for crops as a result of greater access to agricultural markets. In addition, more land in secondary forest succession occurs as a consequence of greater access to roads and communities, thereby, affording a better opportunity for off-farm employment and greater levels of household income.     

Nitrous oxide emissions from different land use patterns in a typical karst region, Southwest China

Fluxes of nitrous oxide (N2O) from different land use patterns (matured forest, secondary forest, grassland and cropland) in a subtropical karst region of Guizhou Province, Southwest China, were measured for one year with a closed static chamber technique and by gas chromatography. The results showed that soil under different land uses was a source of atmospheric N2O. The cropland was a source with relatively high N2O as compared to forest and grassland, but no significant differences were observed. N2O emissions from soils varied with land use change and fertilizer application. There were two peaks of N2O flux occurred following the combination of two obvious precipitation and fertilizer events in the cultivated land. Converting from the matured forest to secondary forest tended to increase annual emissions of N2O (from 1.40 to 1.65 kg N ha -1 a -1 ), while changing land use from secondary forest to scattered grassland tended to decrease annual emissions of N2O slightly (from 1.65 to 1.45 kg N ha -1 a -1 ). Our range of cumulative annual N2O emission across different land uses (1.40-1.91 kg N ha -1 a -1 ) in a karst region is in general agreement with previously published data in a non-karst region. However, in the maize field, N2O emission factor (EF) was 0.34% for fertilizer application, which is about 71.2% lower than the IPCC default value. It is suggested that current IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) EF methodology could overestimate N2O emission from the karstic cropland. Anyway, the N2O emission from cropland in the karst region would contribute significantly to the global N2O budget, so reducing fertilization frequency during the crop growing season could lead to a decrease in N2O emission in the whole year.