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DOI	10.1007/s10661-019-7739-y
	Assessing land degradation and identifying potential sustainable land management practices at the subnational level in Lebanon
	Mitri G.; Nasrallah G.; Gebrael K.; Bou Nassar M.; Abou Dagher M.; Nader M.; Masri N.; Choueiter D.
发表日期	2019
ISSN	1676369
卷号	191 期号:9
英文摘要	Assessing land degradation is essentially needed for decision-makers to monitor and mitigate degradation and implement sustainable land management practices. More specifically, monitoring land degradation on a regular basis enables decision-makers to analyze impact of degradation and effects of sustainable land management practices. This requires adopting a precise methodology for assessing land degradation. With information form assessments, decision-makers can establish achievable management goals to attain land degradation neutrality as addressed by the Sustainable Development Goal 15 (i.e., SDG 15). Accordingly, this work aimed at developing a systematic approach for assessing land degradation at the subnational level with the combined use of geo-spatial information and field data. The specific objectives were to (1) assess trends in land degradation and the impact of historical land uses on the current landscape characters, (2) investigate and characterize principal criteria of land degradation, and (3) identify sustainable land management practices. Multi-source and multi-resolution spatial data were employed for assessing the three indicators of land degradation neutrality (i.e., changes in vegetation cover, land productivity, and soil organic carbon). Prioritizing lands prone to degradation was investigated using a set of spatial attributes of different weights. Field data collection involved the use of pre-defined set of questions for assessing the principal criteria of land degradation including type, extent, rate, degree, and causes of land degradation. Sustainable land management practices were identified and categorized accordingly. This assessment provided a means for prioritization of interventions (i.e., prevention, mitigation, and/or rehabilitation) in an area characterized by a climate varying from semi-arid to moist subhumid., Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
英文关键词	Land degradation; Productivity; Satellite remote sensing, geographic information system; Soil organic carbon; Sustainable land management practices
scopus关键词	Information management; Information use; Land use; Organic carbon; Productivity; Remote sensing; Field data collection; Geo-spatial informations; Land degradation; Land productivities; Landscape characters; Satellite remote sensing; Soil organic carbon; Sustainable land managements; Decision making; organic carbon; decision making; GIS; land degradation; land management; organic carbon; remote sensing; satellite data; soil organic matter; sustainable development; Article; degradation kinetics; environmental change; environmental impact assessment; environmental management; environmental monitoring; environmental sustainability; human; land use; Lebanon; precipitation; risk assessment; satellite imagery; soil chemistry; trend study; chemistry; environmental protection; procedures; soil; sustainable development; Lebanon; Conservation of Natural Resources; Environmental Monitoring; Lebanon; Soil; Sustainable Development
来源期刊	Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/176183
作者单位	Institute of the Environment, University of Balamand - Kelhat, El Koura, Lebanon; GEF funded project “Sustainable Land Management in the Qaraoun Catchment, Lebanon,” Ministry of Environment, United Nations Development Programme, Beirut, Lebanon
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Mitri G.,Nasrallah G.,Gebrael K.,et al. Assessing land degradation and identifying potential sustainable land management practices at the subnational level in Lebanon[J],2019,191(9).
APA	Mitri G..,Nasrallah G..,Gebrael K..,Bou Nassar M..,Abou Dagher M..,...&Choueiter D..(2019).Assessing land degradation and identifying potential sustainable land management practices at the subnational level in Lebanon.Environmental Monitoring and Assessment,191(9).
MLA	Mitri G.,et al."Assessing land degradation and identifying potential sustainable land management practices at the subnational level in Lebanon".Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 191.9(2019).