Potential of an Area in Terms of Pro-Climate Solutions in a Land Consolidation Project

Katarzyna Kocur-Bera (), Jacek Rapiński, Monika Siejka, Przemysław Leń and Anna Małek
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Katarzyna Kocur-Bera: Faculty of Geoengineering, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland
Jacek Rapiński: Faculty of Geoengineering, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland
Monika Siejka: Department of Land Surveying, University of Agriculture in Krakow, 31-120 Krakow, Poland
Przemysław Leń: Faculty of Geodesy and Geotechnics, Rzeszow University of Technology, 35-959 Rzeszów, Poland
Anna Małek: Faculty of Civil and Transport Engineering, Poznan University of Technology, 60-965 Poznań, Poland

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 12, 1-25

Abstract: Land consolidation plays an important role in promoting changes in agricultural land use and ensuring national food security. Moreover, it allows the land structure in rural areas to be built anew. By changing the spatial structure of the countryside, it is also possible to implement water and drainage measures as well as ecological and landscape measures aimed at improving farming conditions. At the same time, they have an impact on the climate. This study analysed the potential for the implementation of pro-climate solutions that can be applied when implementing a land consolidation project in terms of reducing wind speed, increasing humidity, and affecting carbon dioxide reduction. The analyses used an indicator of the potential for implementing pro-climate solutions based on an overall synthetic index taking into account 11 attributes. The results show that the micro-location potential in the context of the possibility of applying pro-climate solutions is not homogenous. It is affected, e.g., by the soil quality, the state of farming culture of the land in agricultural use, the resource and advancement of natural landscape components, and the local needs of agricultural producers to introduce environmental solutions that will simultaneously have a positive impact on farming conditions. According to research, peri-tree land can cluster, meaning that its character represents a spatial continuity. During the land consolidation process, this continuity should be preserved, especially in areas with inferior soil quality.

Keywords: land use; drainage ditches; reconstruction of pods; adaptation of land use to natural condition; local afforestation; planting trees; wasteland reclamation; reconstruction of agricultural transport roads (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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