assessing impacts of land use change on soil quality indicators in a loessial soil in golestan province, iran

Assessing Impacts of Land Use Change on Soil Quality Indicators in a Loessial Soil in Golestan Province, Iran

A study was conducted to determine suitable soil properties as soil quality indicators, using factor analysis in order to evaluate the effects of land use change on loessial hillslope soils of the Shastkola District in Golestan Province, northern Iran. To this end, forty surface soil (0-30 cm) samples were collected from four adjacent sites with the following land uses systems: (1) natural fore...

The Impacts of Land Use Change in Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Stocks (Case Study Shahmirzad Lands, Semnan Province, Iran)

Soil carbon and nitrogen contents play an important role in sustaining soil physical and chemical quality and help to have healthy environments. The continues conversion of rangelands to arable lands has the potential to change carbon and nitrogen sequestration. In this study to evaluate the effects of land use change on soil organic carbon and nitrogen stock, forty samples collected from north...

Impact of land use change on soil erodibility

Vulnerability of soil separates to detachment by water is described as soil erodibility by Universal Soil Loss Equation which can be affected by land use change. In this study it was attempted to quantify the changes of Universal Soil Loss Equation K-factor and its soil driving factors in three land uses including rangeland, rainfed farming, and orchards in Babolrood watershed, northern Iran. S...

Assessing the impact of land use change on Soil physical and chemical characteristics (Case study: Eshtehard, Alborz province)

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Effect of Land Use on the Carbon Stock and Soil Quality Attributes in Loess Derived Soils in Agh-Su Watershed, Golestan Province, Iran

Impacts of Land Use Change on Soil Erosion and Water Quality—A Case Study from Hawaii

The ongoing diversification of agricultural lands in Hawaii to replace sugarcane and pineapple plantations is a major challenge. It presents an interesting case study for global concerns with land degradation-land use interaction. The important question posed by this paper is: will “diversified” crops have a different impact on the natural resource base and environmental quality from earlier cr...