Anthropogenic Impact on Erosion Intensity: Case Study of Rural Areas of Pirot and Dimitrovgrad Municipalities, Serbia

2018
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Manojlović, SanjaAntić, Marija

Šantić, Danica

Sibinović, Mikica

Carević, Ivana

Srejić, Tanja
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In many Eastern European countries, the standard of living increased as a result of the process of industrialization in the second half of the 20th Century. Consequently, the population in rural areas with small-scale farming decreased due to the availability of employment elsewhere. This directly impacted soil erosion (and thereby sustainability of the land), but the degree and direction are not well known. This study investigates two municipalities within Serbia, their change in population and its impact on land use changes and soil erosion. The standard of living increased after the industrialization process in the 1960s within these municipalities. The erosion potential model is used to calculate gross annual erosion. The changes related to population and arable land in rural settlements are analyzed according to proportional spatial changes. The results show an overall decrease of erosion intensity in the study area. In addition, two basic findings are derived: first, the highest ...level of human impact on soil is in rural settlements at the lowest elevation zones, where erosion intensity shows the least amount of decrease; and, second, the most intensive depopulation process, recorded in higher elevation zones, indicates a rapid decrease of erosion intensity.
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soil erosion / population / arable land / rural area / sustainability / SerbiaSource:
Sustainability, 2018, 10, 3Publisher:
- MDPI, Basel
Funding / projects:
- Studying climate change and its influence on environment: impacts, adaptation and mitigation (RS-43007)
- Advanced technologies for monitoring and environmental protection from chemical pollutants and radiation burden (RS-43009)
- Development problems and trends of geospatial systems of Republic of Serbia (RS-176017)
DOI: 10.3390/su10030826
ISSN: 2071-1050
WoS: 000428567100253
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85043982258
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Geografski fakultetTY - JOUR AU - Manojlović, Sanja AU - Antić, Marija AU - Šantić, Danica AU - Sibinović, Mikica AU - Carević, Ivana AU - Srejić, Tanja PY - 2018 UR - https://gery.gef.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/947 AB - In many Eastern European countries, the standard of living increased as a result of the process of industrialization in the second half of the 20th Century. Consequently, the population in rural areas with small-scale farming decreased due to the availability of employment elsewhere. This directly impacted soil erosion (and thereby sustainability of the land), but the degree and direction are not well known. This study investigates two municipalities within Serbia, their change in population and its impact on land use changes and soil erosion. The standard of living increased after the industrialization process in the 1960s within these municipalities. The erosion potential model is used to calculate gross annual erosion. The changes related to population and arable land in rural settlements are analyzed according to proportional spatial changes. The results show an overall decrease of erosion intensity in the study area. In addition, two basic findings are derived: first, the highest level of human impact on soil is in rural settlements at the lowest elevation zones, where erosion intensity shows the least amount of decrease; and, second, the most intensive depopulation process, recorded in higher elevation zones, indicates a rapid decrease of erosion intensity. PB - MDPI, Basel T2 - Sustainability T1 - Anthropogenic Impact on Erosion Intensity: Case Study of Rural Areas of Pirot and Dimitrovgrad Municipalities, Serbia VL - 10 IS - 3 DO - 10.3390/su10030826 UR - conv_1037 ER -
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Manojlović, S., Antić, M., Šantić, D., Sibinović, M., Carević, I.,& Srejić, T.. (2018). Anthropogenic Impact on Erosion Intensity: Case Study of Rural Areas of Pirot and Dimitrovgrad Municipalities, Serbia. in Sustainability MDPI, Basel., 10(3). https://doi.org/10.3390/su10030826 conv_1037
Manojlović S, Antić M, Šantić D, Sibinović M, Carević I, Srejić T. Anthropogenic Impact on Erosion Intensity: Case Study of Rural Areas of Pirot and Dimitrovgrad Municipalities, Serbia. in Sustainability. 2018;10(3). doi:10.3390/su10030826 conv_1037 .
Manojlović, Sanja, Antić, Marija, Šantić, Danica, Sibinović, Mikica, Carević, Ivana, Srejić, Tanja, "Anthropogenic Impact on Erosion Intensity: Case Study of Rural Areas of Pirot and Dimitrovgrad Municipalities, Serbia" in Sustainability, 10, no. 3 (2018), https://doi.org/10.3390/su10030826 ., conv_1037 .