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Geospatial Data in Land Suitability Assessment

A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X). This special issue belongs to the section "Land Systems and Global Change".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 11635

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Dr. Ivan Plaščak

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Faculty of Agrobiotechnical Sciences Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Vladimira Preloga 1, 31000 Osijek, Croatia
Interests: GIS; precision agriculture; variable rate technology; multicriteria decision making; farming and cropping systems; agricultural land management
Prof. Dr. Mladen Jurišić

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Faculty of Agrobiotechnical Sciences Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Vladimira Preloga 1, 31000 Osijek, Croatia
Interests: crop production; GIS; multicriteria decision making; inventarization of natural resources; agroecosystems and the environment; farming and cropping systems
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Dr. Dorijan Radočaj

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Faculty of Agrobiotechnical Sciences Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Vladimira Preloga 1, 31000 Osijek, Croatia
Interests: machine learning; geostatistics; GIS; remote sensing; multicriteria decision making; environment protection; agricultural land management; satellite image analysis
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The need for improved spatial approaches and models increased along with the need for effective and ecologically responsible land use management. Even if multicriteria analysis techniques led to excellent management and marketing outcomes, the integration of geographic information systems (GIS) with the already used techniques greatly expands the potential applications of multicriteria analysis. Using GIS-based multicriteria analysis, it is possible to determine a land's ideal suitability based on a variety of natural factors (such as topography, soil, and climate), as well as numerous socioeconomic and economic factors. Due to this combination, GIS-based multicriteria analysis for suitability studies in land management, environmental sciences and protection, landscape design, agriculture, urban planning, and many other crucial areas of land use, may be carried out with great efficiency and flexibility. The best land use alternatives are chosen using these suitability results, and the usage of costly and potentially harmful environmental inputs is minimized. This allows for efficient decision-making in land use management.

It gives us great pleasure to extend this invitation to you for the Special Issue on "Geospatial Data in Land Suitability Assessment," which aims to bring together various interdisciplinary fields with the cutting-edge, effective, and adaptable techniques found in GIS-based multicriteria analysis to identify the best possible land suitability.

This Special Issue seeks to further current understanding of the assessment of land suitability using GIS-based multicriteria analysis in a number of areas that are crucial for effective land use management. Submissions should include a wide variety of subjects that are envisioned as the foundation for effective land use management, with GIS-based multicriteria analysis as the main tool. Urban planning, agriculture, environmental sciences, and other multidisciplinary fields with a direct connection to land use management are a few examples of potential themes. Numerous case studies are also encouraged for submission due to the versatility of GIS-based multicriteria analysis, which is useful for professionals from all over the world to assess their own technique and criteria evaluation in their chosen disciplines.

We look forward to receiving your contributions!

Dr. Ivan Plaščak
Prof. Dr. Mladen Jurišić
Dr. Dorijan Radočaj
Guest Editors

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Land is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

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Keywords

  • land management
  • environmental modeling
  • geographic information system (GIS)
  • remote sensing
  • satellite missions
  • multicriteria decision making

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Analysis of Land Suitability for Maize Production under Climate Change and Its Mitigation Potential through Crop Residue Management
by Nikolaos Karapetsas, Anne Gobin, George Bilas, Thomas M. Koutsos, Vasileios Pavlidis, Eleni Katragkou and Thomas K. Alexandridis
Land 2024, 13(1), 63; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13010063 - 04 Jan 2024
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Land Suitability Analysis (LSA), under the impact of climate change, is a fundamental approach to the design of appropriate land management strategies for sustainable crop production and food security. In this study, the FAO framework was used to assess the impact of climate [...] Read more.
Land Suitability Analysis (LSA), under the impact of climate change, is a fundamental approach to the design of appropriate land management strategies for sustainable crop production and food security. In this study, the FAO framework was used to assess the impact of climate change on land suitability for maize in Flanders, Belgium. The current LSA revealed the marginal suitability for maize cultivation, characterizing most of the agricultural land in Flanders and identifying precipitation as the most limiting factor for maize suitability. The LSA, under two climate change scenarios, was based on climate projections from several CMIP5 Global Circulation Models, transformed into future land suitability projections and assembled into a multi-model ensemble (MME) of projected suitability changes. The results indicate an average reduction in projected suitability of approximately 7% by 2099 under the high-emission scenario. The potential of the Soil-Improving Cropping System (SICS) to mitigate the impacts of climate change on land suitability was statistically significant under both low- and high-emission scenarios. This research provides valuable insights into the MME modeling of climate change impacts on land suitability and its associated uncertainty, with the application of SICS as a potential long-term mitigation measure to promote sustainable agricultural practices. Full article
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Soybean (Glycine max) Cropland Suitability Analysis in Subtropical Desert Climate through GIS-Based Multicriteria Analysis and Sentinel-2 Multispectral Imaging
by Noman Ahmad, Fazila Younas, Hamaad Raza Ahmad, Muhammad Sarfraz, Muhammad Ashar Ayub, Muhammad Aamer Maqsood, Fahd Rasul, Muhammad Fahad Sardar, Tariq Mehmood, Jamaan S. Ajarem, Saleh n. Maoda, Xiang Li and Zhaojie Cui
Land 2023, 12(11), 2034; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12112034 - 08 Nov 2023
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Soybean (Glycine max) is a protein-rich oilseed crop that is extensively used for cooking oil and poultry feed and faces significant challenges due to adverse global climatic conditions aggravated by the ongoing climate crisis. In response to this critical issue, this [...] Read more.
Soybean (Glycine max) is a protein-rich oilseed crop that is extensively used for cooking oil and poultry feed and faces significant challenges due to adverse global climatic conditions aggravated by the ongoing climate crisis. In response to this critical issue, this study was initiated to assess suitable zones for soybean cultivation, aiming to facilitate informed land use decisions within the semi-arid terrestrial ecosystem. Through the utilization of geostatistical interpolation, data layers encompassing soil, irrigation water, land use and land cover, topographic features, and climate information were generated and overlaid based on criterion weightage derived from the Analytic Hierarchy Process. The accuracy of land use and land cover was rigorously evaluated, yielding a 70% overall accuracy and a Kappa (K) value of 0.61, signifying an acceptable level of precision. Validation through the Receiver Operating Characteristic curve for soybean crop suitability demonstrated a highly satisfactory area under the curve of 0.738. The study estimates that out of 172,618.66 hectares, approximately 47.46% of the land is highly suitable (S1) for soybean production, followed by 21.36% moderately suitable (S2), 11.91% marginally suitable (S3), 7.00% currently not suitable (N1), and 12.28% permanently not suitable (N2). Conclusively, the findings suggest that the study area exhibits conducive climatic conditions, optimal soil health, and access to quality irrigation water, all of which have the potential to support soybean crops with improved agronomic practices. This investigation offers valuable insights to both farmers and policymakers concerning irrigation water quality, agricultural productivity, and soil degradation. Full article
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Multicriteria Analysis in Apiculture: A Sustainable Tool for Rural Development in Communities and Conservation Areas of Northwest Peru
by Alexander Cotrina-Sanchez, Ligia García, Christian Calle, Fatih Sari, Subhajit Bandopadhyay, Nilton B. Rojas-Briceño, Gerson Meza-Mori, Cristóbal Torres Guzmán, Erick Auquiñivín-Silva, Erick Arellanos and Manuel Oliva
Land 2023, 12(10), 1900; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12101900 - 10 Oct 2023
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Apiculture plays a vital role in maintaining a genetically diverse ecosystem and is an economic activity that contributes to the development of rural communities, thereby enhancing the livelihoods of beekeepers. However, despite the presence of over forty thousand beekeepers in Peru, there is [...] Read more.
Apiculture plays a vital role in maintaining a genetically diverse ecosystem and is an economic activity that contributes to the development of rural communities, thereby enhancing the livelihoods of beekeepers. However, despite the presence of over forty thousand beekeepers in Peru, there is currently no cartographic information available on optimal areas for the development of apiculture. Our study focused on assessing the suitability of land for apiculture development in rural and indigenous communities within the Amazonas Department in northwest Peru. We integrated biophysical and socioeconomic criteria using the Multiple Criteria Evaluation (MCE) technique, in conjunction with state-of-the-art geoinformation and earth observation techniques, to model and validate land suitability for supporting apiculture. It was identified that suitability is influenced by biophysical criteria (65%) and socioeconomic criteria (35%), resulting in highly suitable areas covering 315.6 km2 within the territory of peasant communities, 128.4 km2 within native communities, and an additional 41.4 km2 within conserved areas. Furthermore, to validate our results, we combined the use of high-resolution satellite imagery and visits to artisanal producers. This research provides valuable insights for spatiotemporal land use planning, emphasizing apicultural activity as a driver of rural development and biodiversity conservation. Consequently, this study contributes as a management tool to promote apicultural activities as support for rural development and in local-level decision making. Full article
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Ecological Welfare Performance Evaluation and Spatial–Temporal Difference Evolution of Blue Economic Zones: A Case Study of the Blue Economic Zone of Shandong Peninsula
by Xuhui Cong, Zhipeng Qi, Sai Wang, Peikun Su, Liang Wang, Jonas Šaparauskas, Jarosław Górecki and Miroslaw J. Skibniewski
Land 2023, 12(10), 1886; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12101886 - 08 Oct 2023
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The construction and development of the Blue Economic Zone on the Shandong Peninsula in China was elevated to a national strategy in 2011, and it has achieved year-on-year economic growth, driving the economic development of Shandong Province. However, it has also generated problems, [...] Read more.
The construction and development of the Blue Economic Zone on the Shandong Peninsula in China was elevated to a national strategy in 2011, and it has achieved year-on-year economic growth, driving the economic development of Shandong Province. However, it has also generated problems, such as a fragile ecological environment, unbalanced regional development, and prominent human–land conflicts. Therefore, on the basis of the idea of green sustainable development, this paper measures the ecological welfare performance of seven prefecture-level cities in the Blue Economic Zone of Shandong Peninsula from 2011 to 2020 using an entropy-weighted model together with the TOPSIS method. It then analyzes their spatial distribution characteristics using the natural breaks method. Our findings show that the overall ecological welfare performance level in the Shandong Peninsula BEZ shows a stable upward trend, and that the ecological welfare performance of each city is similar to that of the divided region. The ecological welfare performance levels of Weifang, Rizhao, and Binzhou are relatively low. Dongying, Weihai, Qingdao, and Yantai form a cluster of cities with high ecological welfare performance. Therefore, for the advancement of the Shandong Peninsula BEZ, the government should the government should reasonably deploy the industrial structure; actively implement industrial transformation; strengthen the synergistic development among cities to achieve complementary advantages, coordinating the growth of rural and urban areas; and improve the social security system to achieve high-quality sustainable development in the Shandong Peninsula BEZ. Full article
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High-Speed Rail and Industrial Agglomeration: Evidence from China’s Urban Agglomerations
by Jianing Xu and Weidong Li
Land 2023, 12(8), 1570; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12081570 - 08 Aug 2023
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This paper explores the relationship between high-speed rail (HSR) and industrial agglomeration within urban agglomerations. The paper selects the data of the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei Urban Agglomeration (BJHUA) and Central Plains Urban Agglomeration (CPUA) from 2002 to 2016 as the research object. The time-varying difference-in-difference [...] Read more.
This paper explores the relationship between high-speed rail (HSR) and industrial agglomeration within urban agglomerations. The paper selects the data of the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei Urban Agglomeration (BJHUA) and Central Plains Urban Agglomeration (CPUA) from 2002 to 2016 as the research object. The time-varying difference-in-difference (TVDID) model is innovatively applied to analyze the impact of HSR on the agglomeration of secondary and tertiary industries in urban agglomerations, and the industrial agglomeration effects of the two urban agglomerations are compared. The results show that the influence of high-speed railways on the industrial agglomeration of urban agglomerations is heterogeneous. In the BJHUA, the impact of HSR on the agglomeration of secondary and tertiary industries is not particularly significant. On the other hand, in the CPUA, HSR does not have a significant impact on the agglomeration of secondary industry. However, it does have a significant negative effect on the agglomeration of tertiary industry. In addition, further analysis reveals significant variations in the impact of HSR on the agglomeration of industries within urban agglomerations after excluding the central cities. It is important to note that the impact of HSR on regional industries can be complex and multifaceted. The findings enrich the theoretical understanding of the relationship between HSR and industrial agglomeration. Full article
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Calculation and Management of Water Supply and Demand under Land Use/Cover Changes in the Yarmouk River Basin Governorates in Jordan
by Maisa’a W. Shammout
Land 2023, 12(8), 1518; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12081518 - 31 Jul 2023
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This paper presents the calculation and management of water supply and demand under land use/cover changes in the Yarmouk River Basin in Jordan for the years 1997, 2007 and 2017. It aims to analyze and link the changes in the land classes with [...] Read more.
This paper presents the calculation and management of water supply and demand under land use/cover changes in the Yarmouk River Basin in Jordan for the years 1997, 2007 and 2017. It aims to analyze and link the changes in the land classes with the water resources supply demand as the groundwater is unable to meet the inhabitants demand, necessitating land management practices. The method includes deriving land use/cover maps using the supervised classification, identifying basin governorates, cities and villages, calculating the basin governorates’ inhabitants, water demand, supply of internal wells, water loss, and actual water consumption. The results showed an increase in the urban area by 3.01%, while forests, rain-fed vegetables and crops declined by 1.57% and 1.09%, respectively. Urbanization appears mainly at the expense of rangelands, an important change affecting water supply from internal wells due to increased pumping to balance population demand. Although it is decreasing per capita, the water demand is high. Changing land use practices, securing inter-basin water resources, and calculating water losses is a challenge of great importance that can manage water shortages and increase actual consumption. This research is important in order to understand the supply demand situation and to aid a wide range of users, water-managers, land-planners and decision-makers. Full article
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Interaction between the Cultural and Entertainment Industry and Urban Development in Xi’an: A Case Study
by He Yang, Dongqian Xue, Hailing Li, Xinmeng Cai, Yanyan Ma and Yongyong Song
Land 2023, 12(7), 1445; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12071445 - 20 Jul 2023
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The cultural and entertainment industry (CEI) actively promotes the economy. Xi’an is a comprehensive pilot city of China’s cultural system reform. The characteristics of the staged changes and regional differentiation of the interaction between the CEI and urban development from 2000 to 2020 [...] Read more.
The cultural and entertainment industry (CEI) actively promotes the economy. Xi’an is a comprehensive pilot city of China’s cultural system reform. The characteristics of the staged changes and regional differentiation of the interaction between the CEI and urban development from 2000 to 2020 were studied by selecting seven districts in Xi’an. We used an expansion intensity index, equal-fan analysis, and coordination model. This analysis revealed the mechanism of the interaction between the CEI and urban development. We found that both the CEI and urban development mainly expand to northeast and southwest, while the expansion synchronicity of the CEI and urban development differs in various directions. The coordination between the CEI and urban development shows a pronounced “center-edge” feature. In other words, the closer to the city center, the stronger the coordination between them. The city guides the layout of the CEI through the agglomeration of elements. Meanwhile, the CEI promotes the reconstruction of urban space in turn, through its production. The study’s findings may enrich the theory of coordinated development of the CEI and urban development. Furthermore, it provides a scientific basis for formulating the layout and development patterns of the CEI in Xi’an and other developing cities worldwide. Full article
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An Independent Validation of SoilGrids Accuracy for Soil Texture Components in Croatia
by Dorijan Radočaj, Mladen Jurišić, Irena Rapčan, Fran Domazetović, Rina Milošević and Ivan Plaščak
Land 2023, 12(5), 1034; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12051034 - 09 May 2023
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While SoilGrids is an important source of soil property data for a wide range of environmental studies worldwide, there is currently an extreme lack of studies evaluating its accuracy against independent ground truth soil sampling data. This study aimed to provide a comprehensive [...] Read more.
While SoilGrids is an important source of soil property data for a wide range of environmental studies worldwide, there is currently an extreme lack of studies evaluating its accuracy against independent ground truth soil sampling data. This study aimed to provide a comprehensive insight into the accuracy of SoilGrids layers for three physical soil properties representing soil texture components (clay, silt, and sand soil contents) using ground truth data in the heterogeneous landscape of Croatia. These ground truth data consisted of 686 soil samples collected within the national project at a 0–30 cm soil depth, representing the most recent official national data available. The main specificity of this study was that SoilGrids was created based on zero soil samples in the study area, according to the ISRIC WoSIS Soil Profile Database, which is very sparse for the wider surroundings of the study area. The accuracy assessment metrics indicated an overall low accuracy of the SoilGrids data compared with the ground truth data in Croatia, with the average coefficient of determination (R2) ranging from 0.039 for silt and sand to 0.267 for clay, while the normalized root-mean-square error (NRMSE) ranged from 0.362 to 2.553. Despite the great value of SoilGrids in a vast range of environmental studies, this study proved that the accuracy of its products is highly dependent on the presence of ground truth data in the study area. Full article
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Measurement and Development of Park Green Space Supply and Demand Based on Community Units: The Example of Beijing’s Daxing New Town
by Zhuo Zheng, Zihan Zhang and Siyuan Wang
Land 2023, 12(5), 943; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12050943 - 23 Apr 2023
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In urban development, balancing the ecological services of park green space with residents’ daily life and recreational needs, achieving sustainable development is an important issue in urban construction. The satellite cities of megacities have large development potential and are suitable research objects. This [...] Read more.
In urban development, balancing the ecological services of park green space with residents’ daily life and recreational needs, achieving sustainable development is an important issue in urban construction. The satellite cities of megacities have large development potential and are suitable research objects. This paper takes the Daxing District of Beijing as the research target and measures the integrated level of supply and demand by selecting unique evaluation indicators by integrating various dimensions and using the improved coupled coordination model and indicators with an expanded selection range at the smallest administrative unit of Chinese community unit scale innovatively. The study shows that: (1) The spatial heterogeneity between the supply and demand of parkland in 85 community units in Daxing New Town is obvious, the overall performance conforms with “demand exceeds supply”, and the supply and demand are generally positively correlated. (2) The correlation degree of the matched supply and demand is analyzed, and it is found that 55 community units show a mismatch between supply and demand and 53 community units have a low level of coordinated development. (3) The superposition analysis shows that the comprehensive level of supply and demand decreases from north to south and from the center to the surrounding area. (4) According to the Daxing New City Park Green Space Coupling Coordination Relationship and Policy Document, we divided the community units in Daxing New Town into six types, and provided differentiated development suggestions. The results of the study can help to guide the sustainable construction of Daxing New City and provide a basis for the future construction of satellite cities in other megacities. Full article
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