Land use and climate change-induced soil erosion mapping in a sub-tropical environment
AbstractOne of the most important aspects of the ‘sub-tropical’ monsoon-influenced environment is the issue of ‘soil erosion’ and its related ‘land degradation’. On the other hand, the climate in this area has become quite extreme. According to this viewpoint, it is important to research a future ‘s...
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| author | Subodh Chandra Pal Rabin Chakrabortty Abu Reza Md. Towfiqul Islam Paramita Roy Indrajit Chowdhuri Asish Saha Aznarul Islam Romulus Costache Edris Alam |
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| description | AbstractOne of the most important aspects of the ‘sub-tropical’ monsoon-influenced environment is the issue of ‘soil erosion’ and its related ‘land degradation’. On the other hand, the climate in this area has become quite extreme. According to this viewpoint, it is important to research a future ‘soil erosion’ scenario in front of the probable effects of climate change and land use change. For the objective of assessing the extent of soil erosion in this area, this study took into account both the USLE and the RUSLE. Compared to the USLE that has been validated, RUSLE has a comparatively greater quantitative efficiency. In RUSLE, the ‘very high’ (>20) and ‘high’ (15–20) ‘soil erosion’ zones tend to be associated with the ‘north-western, western, south-western, and southern’ regions of the river basin. The ‘soil erosion’ that will occur in the future has been estimated by taking into account the projected rainfall, land use and land cover (LULC). ‘Soil erosion’ has increased from the previous time to the projected time. Predicted R factor values for SSP 585 range from 399.92 to 493.72. In addition, a growing erosion tendency associated with increased shared socio-economic pathways (SSPs) has been found. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1a098fe4ec2d4da8bb511fe7f9044c362023-12-16T08:49:46ZengTaylor & Francis GroupGeomatics, Natural Hazards & Risk1947-57051947-57132023-12-0114110.1080/19475705.2023.2270129Land use and climate change-induced soil erosion mapping in a sub-tropical environmentSubodh Chandra Pal0Rabin Chakrabortty1Abu Reza Md. Towfiqul Islam2Paramita Roy3Indrajit Chowdhuri4Asish Saha5Aznarul Islam6Romulus Costache7Edris Alam8Department of Geography, The University of Burdwan, Purba Bardhaman, IndiaDepartment of Geography, The University of Burdwan, Purba Bardhaman, IndiaDepartment of Disaster Management, Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur, BangladeshDepartment of Geography, The University of Burdwan, Purba Bardhaman, IndiaDepartment of Geography, The University of Burdwan, Purba Bardhaman, IndiaDepartment of Geography, The University of Burdwan, Purba Bardhaman, IndiaDepartment of Geography, Aliah University, Kolkata, IndiaDepartment of Civil Engineering, Transilvania University of Brasov, Brasov, RomaniaFaculty of Resilience, Rabdan Academy, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesAbstractOne of the most important aspects of the ‘sub-tropical’ monsoon-influenced environment is the issue of ‘soil erosion’ and its related ‘land degradation’. On the other hand, the climate in this area has become quite extreme. According to this viewpoint, it is important to research a future ‘soil erosion’ scenario in front of the probable effects of climate change and land use change. For the objective of assessing the extent of soil erosion in this area, this study took into account both the USLE and the RUSLE. Compared to the USLE that has been validated, RUSLE has a comparatively greater quantitative efficiency. In RUSLE, the ‘very high’ (>20) and ‘high’ (15–20) ‘soil erosion’ zones tend to be associated with the ‘north-western, western, south-western, and southern’ regions of the river basin. The ‘soil erosion’ that will occur in the future has been estimated by taking into account the projected rainfall, land use and land cover (LULC). ‘Soil erosion’ has increased from the previous time to the projected time. Predicted R factor values for SSP 585 range from 399.92 to 493.72. In addition, a growing erosion tendency associated with increased shared socio-economic pathways (SSPs) has been found.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/19475705.2023.2270129Climate changesoil erosionprojected rainfallRUSLEshared socioeconomic pathways |
| spellingShingle | Subodh Chandra Pal Rabin Chakrabortty Abu Reza Md. Towfiqul Islam Paramita Roy Indrajit Chowdhuri Asish Saha Aznarul Islam Romulus Costache Edris Alam Land use and climate change-induced soil erosion mapping in a sub-tropical environment Geomatics, Natural Hazards & Risk Climate change soil erosion projected rainfall RUSLE shared socioeconomic pathways |
| title | Land use and climate change-induced soil erosion mapping in a sub-tropical environment |
| title_full | Land use and climate change-induced soil erosion mapping in a sub-tropical environment |
| title_fullStr | Land use and climate change-induced soil erosion mapping in a sub-tropical environment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Land use and climate change-induced soil erosion mapping in a sub-tropical environment |
| title_short | Land use and climate change-induced soil erosion mapping in a sub-tropical environment |
| title_sort | land use and climate change induced soil erosion mapping in a sub tropical environment |
| topic | Climate change soil erosion projected rainfall RUSLE shared socioeconomic pathways |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/19475705.2023.2270129 |
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