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C. Zagaria ; C.J.E. Schulp ; Z. Malek ; P.H. Verburg |CONTEXT The Mediterranean Basin has been identified as a climate change ?hotspot?, a region where increased warming and drying are expected to occur at rates faster than the global average. Increasing scientific attention has therefore been draw[...]
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K.S. Zimmerer ; Y.J. Olivencia ; L.P. Rodríguez ; N. López-Estébanez ; F.A. Álvarez ; R.M. Olmo ; C.Y. Ochoa ; Á.R.R. Pulpón ; Ó.J. García |CONTEXT Accelerated intensification/disintensification and urbanization are changing agricultural systems and propel the need for spatial approaches to understand sustainability-enhancing resilience. Landscapes are key to this understanding thou[...]
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C. Pachoud ; K. Koop ; E. George |Driven by the need for radical change in our practices and values to escape crises, studies on sustainability transitions have multiplied in recent years. Such radical transformations are situated in space. A spatial approach towards transformat[...]
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A. Dornik ; M.A. Chetan ; L. Dragut ; A. Iliuta ; D.D. Dicu |Land suitability assessment (LSA) provides geospatial information about growing crops where they are best suited and can play a crucial role in addressing contemporary challenges such as feeding 9 billion people by 2050, coping with climate chan[...]
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A. Mamassi ; H. Marrou ; M. El Gharous ; J. Wellens ; F.-E. Jabbour ; Y. Zeroual ; A. Hamma ; B. Tychon |Crop models have evolved over the past decade to incorporate more soil-related processes. While this may open avenues to support farmers regarding fertilization practices, it also widens the pitfalls related to model parametrization. Open-access[...]
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Salinization is a major soil degradation threat in irrigated lands worldwide. In Portugal, it affects several pockets of irrigated agricultural areas, but the spatial distribution and intensity of soil salinity are not well known. Unlike convent[...]
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Agricultural water appropriation has undergone rapid changes in recent decades, but estimates of global water appropriation have not been updated with the latest data and consistent methods. Documenting these changes is challenging given the het[...]
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M.A. Abdeladhim ; L. Fleskens ; J. Baartman ; M. Sghaier ; M. Ouessar ; C. Ritsema |Water harvesting techniques (WHTs) are important climate change adaptation measures to better manage rainwater for domestic and agricultural purposes, but which WHT to plan where is subject to sustainability considerations. Moreover, suitability[...]
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C. Kosma ; V. Triantafyllidis ; A. Zotos ; A. Pittaras ; V. Kouneli ; S. Karydogianni ; A. Mavroeidis ; I. Kakabouki ; D. Beslemes ; E.L. Tigka ; I. Roussis ; D. Bilalis |Smallholder farming systems are typical of the European Mediterranean region. Small farms of less than 2 hectares cover approximately 15% of cropland in the southern EU and only 5% across the EU. The greater variability of cultivated species per[...]
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A. Elnashar ; H. Zeng ; B. Wu ; T.G. Gebremicael ; K. Marie |Assessing environmentally sensitive areas (ESA) to desertification and understanding their primary drivers are necessary for applying targeted management practices to combat land degradation at the basin scale. We have developed the MEditerranea[...]
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Participatory modeling to assess the impacts of climate change in a Mediterranean vineyard watershed
A. Naulleau ; C. Gary ; L. Prévot ; V. Berteloot ; J.-C. Fabre ; D. Crevoisier ; R. Gaudin ; L. Hossard |The diversity of both pedoclimatic and socio-economic contexts in agricultural landscapes makes evaluating the impacts of climate change a challenge. Models are pertinent tools to quantitatively explore possible futures, and participatory approa[...]
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E. Madene ; A. Boufekane ; M. Meddi ; G. Busico ; A. Zghibi |The proposed study aims to assess groundwater quality and suitability of the Upper and Middle Cheliff plains (northwest of Algeria) for irrigation and drinking. Here the groundwater is the main source for domestic, agricultural and industrial ac[...]
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M. Moulery ; E. Sanz Sanz ; M. Debolini ; C. Napoleone ; D. Josselin ; L. Mabire ; J.L. Vicente-Vicente |Foodshed approaches allow for the assessment of the theoretical food self-sufficiency capacity of a specific region based on biophysical conditions. Recent analyses show that the focus needs to be shifted from foodshed size portrayed as an isotr[...]
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M.E.S. Amin ; E.S. Mohamed ; A.A. Belal ; M.E.M. Jalhoum ; M.A. Abdellatif ; D. Nady ; A.M. Ali ; A.G. Mahmoud |The development of Agro-Ecological Zones (AEZs) is a vital step in sustainable agricultural development. This study proposes a quantitative method for developing the AEZs and land suitability for Wadi El-Grawla, North-Western Coastal Region (NWC[...]
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Les terres irriguées, rares, sont au cœur des enjeux de sécurité alimentaire dans de nombreux pays en développement car elles sont les plus productives. Leur extension représente un choix stratégique pour beaucoup de ces pays. En Algérie, comme [...]
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Cet article propose de réinscrire le couplage entre les technologies numériques issues de l’observation spatiale et les pratiques agricoles dans une histoire longue. Il revient sur les efforts déployés par le Centre national d’études spatiales, [...]
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C. Grimene ; O. Mghirbi ; S. Louvet ; J.-P. Bord ; P. Le Grusse |The preservation of natural resources via the management of diffuse pollution is currently considered to be a significant challenge in France. Pollution reduction policies are notably based on the identification of vulnerable areas. In this cont[...]
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The progressive artificial covering of originally natural surfaces (land consumption) is a major concern of today's societies due to the implications for the environment and the availability of land resources. This study aims to explore the loca[...]
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Y.A. Sayed ; Y.A. Sayed ; M.E. Fadl |Agricultural sustainability development is essential in the modest Egyptian national income to improve land production and conservation of natural resources, which must cope with population growth with addition of new land reclamation that has l[...]
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R. Giovos ; D. Tassopoulos ; D. Kalivas ; N. Lougkos ; A. Priovolou |One factor of precision agriculture is remote sensing, through which we can monitor vegetation health and condition. Much research has been conducted in the field of remote sensing and agriculture analyzing the applications, while the reviews ga[...]
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The main objective of this study was to characterize the spatial structure of periurban agriculture for the purpose of operational urban development, avoiding the use of cumbersome and costly surveys when the public action sphere is extended to [...]
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This work proposes a holistic landscape assessment methodology, with novel and practical tools, which can support sustainable landscape development for small islands. The Greek island of Gavdos is the case study. An Islandscape character assessm[...]
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Increasing anthropogenic pressures such as pollution, climate change or invasive species can have multiple impacts on ecosystems and the services (ES) they provide. To address the potential effects on ES provision, we propose a geospatial framew[...]
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Landscape character assessment (LCA) methods have been used in the past few decades to analyze, classify, and map landscape types, using objective and subjective approaches, with the aid of both quantitative and qualitative data. This paper addr[...]
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Mediterranean coastlines are undergoing a strong process of urbanization due not only to demographic growth, but also to the development of tourism. Moreover, municipalities have become more dependent on residential tax income, which creates a v[...]
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The preservation of biodiversity, improving human health and the development of rural areas through organic farming are among the main aims of EU and worldwide agricultural policies. This paper discusses influential factors and the dynamics of d[...]
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B. Czúcz ; R. Haines-Young ; M. Kiss ; K. Bereczki ; M. Kertész ; Á. Vári ; M. Potschin-Young ; I. Arany |As the mapping and assessment of ecosystem services (MAES) becomes a widely used tool in environmental governance, there is an increasing need for structure and standardization. In this study we present a systematic review of European MAES studi[...]
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R. Sardaro ; P. La Sala ; L. Roselli |Farmland can supply a wide variety of ecosystem services, i.e. provision of food and fibre, as well as regulating, supporting, recreational, aesthetic and cultural services. In addition, farmland can be characterized by the presence of anthropic[...]
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Climate variability in agriculture and crop water requirement: spatial analysis of Italian provinces
Water saving in crop production under climate and environmental changing conditions represents a critical issue for agricultural economy and sustainability. This study develops a novel approach to measure the impact of climate variability on cro[...]
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Les changements des variables climatiques telles que la température affectent directement les conditions de vie des espèces marines y compris les espèces de poissons. Dans ce travail, nous avons examiné le niveau d’exposition de la distribution [...]
