Evaluating environmental sensitivity at the basin scale through the use of geographic information systems and remotely sensed data: An example covering the Agri basin (Southern Italy)

Catena

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 19-35

  Basso, F ^a   Bove, E ^a   Dumontet, S ^a   Ferrara, A ^a   Pisante, M ^a   Quaranta, G ^a   Taberner, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Desertification; Environmental sensitivity; Geographic information systems; Land degradation; Remote sensing; Socio economic

Indexed keywords

BASIN; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GIS; REMOTE SENSING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ITALY;

EID: 0034111918     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0341-8162(99)00062-4     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Anderson, J.M., 1994. Functional attributes of biodiversity in land use systems. In: Greenland, D.J., Szabolcs, I. (Eds.), Soil Resilience and Sustainable Land Use. CAB International, Wallingford, UK.
2. Anderson J.M., Domsch K.H. Quantification of bacterial and fungal contributions to soil respiration. Arch. Mikrobiol. 93:1973;113-127.
3. Anderson, J.M., Domsch, K.H., 1985. Carbon link between microbial biomass and soil organic matter. In: Perspectives in Microbial Ecology, Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology. Society for Microbial Ecology, Lubjana, Slovene, pp. 467-471.
4. 2 and qD) on microbial biomass from soils of different cropping histories. Soil Biol. Biochem. 22:1990;251-255.
5. Basso, F., 1995. Difesa del Suolo e Tutela dell'Ambiente, Pitagora (Ed.), Bologna, pp. 486.
6. Basso, F., Bove, E., Ferrara, A., Pisante, M., Basso, B., 1996a. Progetto MEDALUS III (Mediterranean Desertification And Land Use): processi di desertificazione nel bacino dell' Agri in Basilicata. Conference on Scientific Research in Basilicata, 29 February-1 March, pp. 34-36.
7. Basso, F., Pisante, M., Costanza, M., Saccente, D., Ciarletta, G., Landi, G., Dumontet, S., Mazzatura, A., 1996b. Land degradation and desertification indicators in Agri. Medalus III First Annual Report, King's College, London, pp. 156-174.
8. Basso, F., Bove, E., Del Prete, M., Pisante, M., 1996c. The Agri Basin, Basilicata, Italy. In: Atlas of Mediterranean Environments in Europe: The Desertification Context. Wiley, London, pp. 144-149.
9. Basso F., Bellotti A., De Natale F., Ferrara A., Pisante M. Analisi del rischio di degradazione del suolo in aree agricole della Basilicata: una proposta metodologica. Agronomia XXXI. 3:1997;864-871.
10. Basso, F., Bellotti, A., Bove, E., Faretta, S., Ferrara, A., Mancino, G., Pisante, M., Quaranta, G., Taberner, M., 1998. Degradation processes in the Agri Basin: evaluating environmental sensitivity to desertification at basin scale. Proceedings International Seminar on Indicator for Assessing Desertification in the Mediterranean, Porto Torres, Italy, 18-20 September. In press (information at: nrd@ssmain.uniss.it).
11. Bove, E., Quaranta, G., 1996. EC Agricultural Policy Impact on Land Use in Southern Italy: The Case of Clay Hill Areas in Basilicata Region. Proceedings International Conference on Land Degradation, Adana, Turchia, 10-14 June, 18 pp.
12. Briggs, D., Giordano, A., Cornaert, M., Peter, D., Maef, J., 1992. CORINE soil erosion risk and important land resources in the southern regions of the European Community. EUR 13233, Luxembourg, 97 pp.
13. Cantore, V., Iovino, F., Pontecorvo, G., 1987. Aspetti climatici e zone fitoclimatiche della Basilicata. Pub. no. 2 CNR, Istituto di Ecologia e Idrologia Forestale, Cosenza, 49 pp.
14. Catizzone, M., 1979. Carta dei Land System della Val d'Agri. Pub. no. 60 CNR, Centro di Studio per la Genesi, Classificazione e Cartografia del Suolo, Firenze, 35 pp.
15. Corona, P., Ducoli, V., Ferrara, A., 1991. Metodologie avanzate di pianificazione forestale. In: I Boschi Italiani: Valori Naturalistici e Problemi di Gestione. Soc. Ital. pro Montibus et Silvis (Ed.), Bologna, pp. 145-159.
16. De Jong, S.M., 1994. Applications of reflective remote sensing for land degradation studies in a mediterranean environment. Netherlands Geographical Studies, 177, KNAG, Utrecht.
17. FAO A framework for land evaluation. FAO Soils Bull. (Roma). 32:1976.
18. Ferrara, A., Pisante, M., Harrison, A.R., Taberner, M., 1995. The use of spatial relationship analysis to study the Agri-basin with remotely sensed images. MEDALUS II Final Report, King's College, London, pp. 67-83.
19. Insam H., Domsch K.H. Relationship between soil organic carbon and microbial biomass on chromosequences of reclamation sites. Microb. Ecol. 15:1988;177-188.
20. Insam H., Haselwandter K. Metabolic quotient of the soil microflora in relation to plant succession. Oecologia. 79:1989;174-178.
21. ISTAT, Annuario Italiano di Statistiche 1950-1997. Istituto Italiano di Statistica.
22. Jenkinson, D.S., Ladd, J.N., 1981. Microbial biomass in soil: measurement and turnover. In: Paul, E.A., Ladd, J.N. (Eds.), Soil Biochemistry, Vol. 5. Marcel Dekker, New York, pp. 415-471.
23. Kaiser E.A., Mueller T., Joergensen R.G., Insam H., Heinemeyer O. Evaluation of methods to estimate the soil microbial biomass and the relationship with soil texture and organic matter. Soil Biol. Biochem. 24:1992;675-683.
24. Kosmas, C., 1998. Qualitative indicators of desertification. Proceedings International Seminar on Indicators for assessing desertification in the Mediterranean, Porto Torres, Italy, 18-20 September 1998. In press (information at: nrd@ssmain.uniss.it).
25. Kosmas C., Moustakas N., Danalatos N.G., Yassoglu N. The effect of rock fragments on wheat biomass production under highly variable moisture conditions in Mediterranean environments. Catena. 23:1994;191-198.
26. Kosmas, C., Ferrara, A., Gerontidis, St., Briasouli, H., Pisante, M., Detsis, V., Pithas, C., Quaranta, G., 1997. Key indicators in defining and mapping environmentally sensitive areas to desertification. MEDALUS III 4th Interim report, King's College, London, pp. 124-146.
27. Kosmas, C., Poesen, J., Briasouli, H., 1999. Key indicators of desertification at the ESAa scale. In 'Manual on Key Indicators of desertification and Mapping Environmentally Sensitive Areas to Desertification'. MEDALUS III Project, King's College, London. In press (information at: medalus@medalus.demon.co.uk).
28. Marotta, G., Quaranta, G., 1996. L'applicazione in Italia delle politiche strutturali, Working Paper no. 5, Istituto Universitario Navale, Facoltà di Economia. Università di Napoli, 41 pp.
29. Poesen, J., Bunte, K., 1996. The effects of rock fragments on desertification processes in Mediterranean environments. In: Brandt, J., Thornes, J. (Eds.), Mediterranean Desertification and Land Use. Wiley, London, pp. 247-267.
30. Quaranta, G., 1997. Interazioni tra strumenti di politica agricola e politica economica: un'ipotesi interpretativa del loro impatto su famiglie-aziende dell'Alta Val d'Agri. In: Marenco, G., Perone-Pacifico, C. (Ed.), Le Piccole Aziende e la Nuova Politica Agricola dell'Unione Europea: Problemi Economici e Strutturali. Franco Angeli, Milano, pp. 214-222.
31. Rubio, J.L., 1995. Desertification: evolution of a concept. In: Fantechi, R., Peter, D., Balabanis, P., Rubio, J.L. (Eds.), EUR 15415 Desertification in a European Context: Physical and Socio-economic Aspects, Brussels, Luxembourg. Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, pp. 5-13.
32. Santruckova H. Microbial biomass, activity and soil respiration in relation to secondary succession. Pedobiologia. 36(6):1992;341-350.
33. Sparling G.P., West A.W. Modifications to the fumigation-extraction technique to permit simultaneous extractions and estimations of soil microbial C and N. Comm. Soil. Sci. Plant. Anal. 19:1988;327-333.
34. Thornes, J.B., 1995. Mediterranean desertification and the vegetation cover. In: Fantechi, R., Peter, D., Balabanis, P., Rubio, J.L. (Eds.), EUR 15415 - Desertification in a European context: Physical and Socio-economic Aspects, Brussels, Luxembourg. Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, pp. 169-194.
35. Turco R.F., Kennedy A.C., Jawson M.D. Microbial indicators of soil quality. In: Defining soil quality for sustainable environment. SSSA Spec. Publ. 35:1994;18.
36. UNEP (United Nations Environmental Programme), 1977. Draft plan of actions to combat Desertification. UN Conference on Desertification, Nairobi.
37. UNEP (United Nations Environmental Programme), 1992. World Atlas of Desertification, Edward Arnold, Seven Oaks.
38. Yassoglu, N., Kollias, B., Tatsis, E., Filis, E., 1995. The use of geographical information systems in the assessment of natural hazards. In: Fantechi, R., Peter, D., Balabanis, P., Rubio, J.L. (Eds.), EUR 15415, Desertification in a European Context: Physical and Socio-economic Aspects. Brussels, Luxembourg. Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, pp. 617-625.