Land-Use Trajectories and ?Syndromes? of Land Degradation in Northern Italy

Tomaso Ceccarelli, Luca Salvati, Sofia Bajocco and Pier Luigi Perini

SCIENZE REGIONALI, 2015, vol. 2015/1, issue 1, 85-98

Abstract: The expression Land Degradation (LD) refers to a reduction in the productivity of land and in the provision of ecosystem services. By linking trajectories of Land Use and Land Cover (lulc) and LD processes, the paper evaluates degradation ?syndromes? in the past, and develops future scenarios for sustainable land management. Emilia Romagna is a region characterized by major economic transformations reflected in its landscape. By analysing lulc over 54 years, two trajectories were identified and linked to LD ?syndromes?: (i) urban expansion and (ii) abandonment of farmland. The result is a loss of farmland which has impacted negatively on the primary sector.

Keywords: Diffusione urbana; analisi spaziale; sostenibilit?. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q01 Q24 R14 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista. ... 113&Tipo=ArticoloPDF (text/html)
Single articles can be downloaded buying download credits, for info: https://www.francoangeli.it/DownloadCredit

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:fan:scresc:v:html10.3280/scre2015-001005

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
http://www.francoang ... o.aspx?IDRivista=103

Access Statistics for this article

SCIENZE REGIONALI is currently edited by FrancoAngeli

More articles in SCIENZE REGIONALI from FrancoAngeli Editore
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Stefania Rosato ().