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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, George 1; Nasrallah, Georgy 1; Gebrael, Karen 1; Nassar, Maria Bou 1; Abou Dagher, Manale 1; Nader, Manal 1; Masri, Nour 2; Choueiter, Dominique 2
通讯作者	Mitri, George
来源期刊	ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT
ISSN	0167-6369
EISSN	1573-2959
出版年	2019
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.
英文关键词	Land degradation Productivity Soil organic carbon Satellite remote sensing geographic information system Sustainable land management practices
类型	Article
语种	英语
国家	Lebanon
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000481756600002
WOS关键词	FRAMEWORK ; ECOSYSTEM ; TM
WOS类目	Environmental Sciences
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/215483
作者单位	1.Univ Balamand Kelhat, Inst Environm, El Koura, Lebanon; 2.United Nations Dev Programme, Minist Environm, Beirut, Lebanon
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Mitri, George,Nasrallah, Georgy,Gebrael, Karen,et al. Assessing land degradation and identifying potential sustainable land management practices at the subnational level in Lebanon[J],2019,191(9).
APA	Mitri, George.,Nasrallah, Georgy.,Gebrael, Karen.,Nassar, Maria Bou.,Abou Dagher, Manale.,...&Choueiter, Dominique.(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, George,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).