Factors influencing scaling up of agroforestry-based spatial land-use integration for soil fertility management in Arsamma Watershed,Southwestern Ethiopian Highlands

This study was set to examine factors influencing agroforestry upscaling, inter-plot natural fertilizer transfer and inter-plot income flow in Arsamma watershed. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to gather necessary information. Contingency table, chi-square, Phi and Cramer's V were used to analyze the data. Access to seedlings was the most important determinant of agroforestry upscaling; and farmers' production orientation, farm size and wealth status ranked, respectively, second, third and fourth. Inter-plot natural fertilizer transfer was primarily influenced by participation in agricultural extension. Wealth status and livestock size ranked, respectively, second and third in influencing inter-plot natural fertilizer transfer. The study indicated a geographic concept of spatial land-use integration for soil fertility management and key factors influencing agroforestry-based land-use integration. Agroforestry-centered diversified small-scale agricultural commercialization, tree-crop-livestock integration, agricultural extension services promotion and multi-purpose tree species supply are the way out to upscale agroforestry and agroforestry-based spatial land-use integration.     

Understanding farmers' influence on land-use change using a participatory Bayesian network approach in a pre-Alpine region in Switzerland

Land-use models can be used to assess the importance of different drivers of land-use change. Local actors make land-use decisions on the basis of both biophysical and policy aspects, but they can also be considered as autonomous drivers as their attitudes and beliefs influence land-use substantially. We use a Bayesian network-based Land-use Modeling Approach (BLUMAP) to analyze influences of local actor characteristics on land-use change in a spatially explicit manner. Our analysis shows that local actor characteristics have a greater influence on land-use change than changes in agricultural policy schemes. Furthermore, focusing on the probabilities of land-use occurrence under different scenarios facilitates the quantification of influences of local actor characteristics on land-use changes and aids in the detection of where land-use changes are more likely to occur. We demonstrate that local actor characteristics could override land-use policy trends; thus, greater consideration should be paid to actors in land-use development processes.     

土地集约利用评价方法研究综述

基于土地利用类型和评价尺度,应用文献资料法和综合分析法,梳理了国内20世纪90年代以来土地集约利用评价研究,阐述了土地集约利用的内涵,着重探讨了各种评价方法针对不同用地类型和不同评价尺度的实践应用,归纳各种评价方法并进行对比分析,探讨未来土地节约集约利用评价方法的研究方向和发展趋势.     

Potential re-colonisation by cladocerans of an acidic tropical pond

To predict how re-colonisation of acidified lakes will proceed, at least two approaches are possible: (i) to compare the life history traits of candidate species and determine which one has the highest fitness, and (ii) to simulate a more realistic scenario carrying out experiments with the grouping of the candidate species, so that the intrinsic rate of natural increase of each species is integrated with its sensitivity to low pH and its ability to compete with the other candidate populations. The objective of the present study was to investigate the future re-colonisation of such acidified systems, taking as case-study a tropical pond (Lagoa das Dunas, Camaçari, BA, Brazil) and four species of cladocerans occurring in nearby water bodies (Ceriodaphniacornuta, Ceriodaphniasilvestrii, Latonopsisaustralis and Macrothrix elegans), by comparing the two above mentioned approaches. The second approach included two sets of in situ microcosms experiments, one simulating the re-colonisation by immigrating ephippia, thus using neonates of each species as colonisers, and another simulating the immigration of adults. Both these simulations followed nearly the same trends. The integration of the effects of a higher temperature, a different photoperiod and species competition determined differences in the species densities ranking between the two approaches: life history versus microcosms. The densities of C.cornuta in the microcosms matched the biphasic concentration/response hormetic model, in the simultaneous presence of two increasingly intense stressors (interspecific competition and acidity), with a low-dose stimulation and a high-dose inhibition. The present study provided, thus, a further support to the acceptance of hormesis in ecotoxicology, also at the population level in multispecies experiments.     

Direct and indirect land-use change as prospective climate change indicators for peri-urban development transitions

With urban areas responsible for a significant share of total anthropogenic emissions, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions due to land-use change (LUC) induced by peri-urban (PU) development have the potential to be considerable. Despite this, there is little research into the transition from PU cropland to housing in terms of contribution to global warming. This paper presents a cross-sectoral integrative method for prospective climate change evaluation of PU LUC. Specifically, direct LUC (dLUC) GHG emissions from converting PU cropland to greenfield housing were examined. Additionally, GHG emissions due to displaced crop production inducing indirect LUC (iLUC) elsewhere were assessed. GHG impacts of dLUC and iLUC were each determined to be approximately 8 per cent of total GHG emissions due to a greenfield housing development displacing PU cropland. This magnitude of dLUC and iLUC emissions suggests that both have importance in future land-use decision making with respect to PU environments.     

城市土地利用对居民通勤碳排放的影响研究

以南阳市为例,基于3 746组实地调查数据,采用GIS、多元线性回归和结构方程模型,系统分析了我国中部城市居民通勤碳排放的空间分异特征,重点研究了居住地和工作地中小尺度土地利用因子对通勤碳排放的影响机制。研究发现:在内生变量中,通勤距离和通勤方式均是影响居民通勤碳排放的显著因素;在外生变量中,工作地的道路密度和商业用地占比、居住地的人口密度与通勤碳排放呈显著正相关,公交线路数量、居住地的土地利用混合度、工作地的居住用地和工业用地占比与通勤碳排放呈显著负相关。研究成果旨在为研究区城市土地利用优化调控和低碳规划提供决策依据,也为其他同类地区城市土地利用低碳规划与可持续发展提供借鉴。     

武汉城市圈公路沿线土地利用变化规律分析

区域交通土地一体化规划需要明晰公路沿线的土地利用变化过程。基于随机概率的土地转移矩阵模型及相关结构指数,分析了武汉城市圈公路沿线的土地变化规律。结果显示,从变化量而言,武汉城市圈各类型公路沿线耕地转为建设用地的比例最大,且以国道最为明显;从系统的变化方向而言,各公路类型沿线建设用地占用耕地现象显著,此外,高速沿线建设用地占用水域,国道沿线耕地占用林地,以及各类型公路沿线耕地、林地闲置现象也需及时监测和预警。     

粘滞阻尼支撑框架结构弹塑性时程分析

对阻尼支撑框架结构的弹塑性时程分析方法进行了探讨,给出了阻尼支撑的力学计算模型;对地震动的选用进行了分析,给出了地震动选取的初步建议。建立了两个三层的单榀粘滞阻尼支撑框架结构,利用IDARC 2D非线性分析软件进行了弹塑性时程分析,对框架弹塑性阶段的地震响应、塑性铰分布及结构损伤进行了对比研究,提出了阻尼支撑框架结构的设计要点,为实际工程提供设计依据。     

豫西黄河流域土地利用景观空间格局分析

运用景观生态学原理,借助GIS技术,选取景观指数对豫西黄河流域土地利用景观格局进行分析。结果表明,林地和以旱地为主的农业景观是豫西黄河流域的主体景观类型;各景观类型间斑块密度值差距较大,斑块形状指数差异较明显,总体上较简单;研究区域景观异质性和多样性较高,各景观类型所占比例差异较大,农田和林地占有较大优势。该区域景观破碎化程度较小,特别是西部地区地形起伏较大,人类干扰活动相对较小。