A Proposed Land Exchange Algorithm for Eliminating the External Plot Patchwork
In many countries of the world, rural areas are characterized by a defective spatial structure of agricultural land. The most frequent defects are large fragmentation and distribution of farmland. The fragmentation of land has been an issue widely described by many authors throughout the world. The...
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| author | Żanna Stręk Przemysław Leń Justyna Wójcik-Leń Paweł Postek Monika Mika Leszek Dawid |
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| description | In many countries of the world, rural areas are characterized by a defective spatial structure of agricultural land. The most frequent defects are large fragmentation and distribution of farmland. The fragmentation of land has been an issue widely described by many authors throughout the world. The problem of the distribution of land owned by individual farmers is slightly different, since due to the complexity of the problem this issue was not widely explored in Poland (plot patchwork) or in other countries of Europe and the world. Land fragmentation and distribution of plots in rural areas has a negative effect on the profitability and efficiency of agricultural production. Land consolidation and exchange is an operation facilitating spatial structure improvement. The authors attempted to develop a universal land exchange algorithm for eliminating the external plot patchwork. As it turns out, so far no land exchange algorithm has been developed. Specific analyses were carried out in Puchaczów commune, county of Łęczna, Lublin voivodeship in the eastern part of Poland, covering an area of 6907.80 ha, split into 15,211 plots. The chequerboard arrays method was used. The publication presents the algorithm and its practical application using a test sample. A result of the studies is a proposal concerning the exchange of land between landowners in the villages of the commune of Puchaczów. Using the algorithm, the area of individual lands in the commune, after the exchange, will increase by 172.09 ha, which is 2.5% for the area of individual lands, and 1.9% for the commune. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-526729974af54ffba0c21340f00d9dd02023-12-03T13:06:20ZengMDPI AGLand2073-445X2021-01-011016410.3390/land10010064A Proposed Land Exchange Algorithm for Eliminating the External Plot PatchworkŻanna Stręk0Przemysław Leń1Justyna Wójcik-Leń2Paweł Postek3Monika Mika4Leszek Dawid5Department of Environmental Engineering and Geodesy, The Faculty of Production Engineering, University of Life Science in Lublin, Akademicka 13, 20-950 Lublin, PolandDepartment of Environmental Engineering and Geodesy, The Faculty of Production Engineering, University of Life Science in Lublin, Akademicka 13, 20-950 Lublin, PolandDepartment of Environment and Agriculture, District Authority Office in Brzozów, 36-200 Brzozów, PolandDepartment of Environmental Engineering and Geodesy, The Faculty of Production Engineering, University of Life Science in Lublin, Akademicka 13, 20-950 Lublin, PolandDepartment of Land Surveying, Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Land Surveying, University of Agriculture in Krakow, 31-120 Kraków, PolandFaculty of Civil Engineering, Environmental and Geodetic Sciences, Technical University of Koszalin, Śniadeckich 2, 75-453 Koszalin, PolandIn many countries of the world, rural areas are characterized by a defective spatial structure of agricultural land. The most frequent defects are large fragmentation and distribution of farmland. The fragmentation of land has been an issue widely described by many authors throughout the world. The problem of the distribution of land owned by individual farmers is slightly different, since due to the complexity of the problem this issue was not widely explored in Poland (plot patchwork) or in other countries of Europe and the world. Land fragmentation and distribution of plots in rural areas has a negative effect on the profitability and efficiency of agricultural production. Land consolidation and exchange is an operation facilitating spatial structure improvement. The authors attempted to develop a universal land exchange algorithm for eliminating the external plot patchwork. As it turns out, so far no land exchange algorithm has been developed. Specific analyses were carried out in Puchaczów commune, county of Łęczna, Lublin voivodeship in the eastern part of Poland, covering an area of 6907.80 ha, split into 15,211 plots. The chequerboard arrays method was used. The publication presents the algorithm and its practical application using a test sample. A result of the studies is a proposal concerning the exchange of land between landowners in the villages of the commune of Puchaczów. Using the algorithm, the area of individual lands in the commune, after the exchange, will increase by 172.09 ha, which is 2.5% for the area of individual lands, and 1.9% for the commune.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/10/1/64spatial analysisland fragmentationland consolidationplot patchworkrural areasGIS |
| spellingShingle | Żanna Stręk Przemysław Leń Justyna Wójcik-Leń Paweł Postek Monika Mika Leszek Dawid A Proposed Land Exchange Algorithm for Eliminating the External Plot Patchwork Land spatial analysis land fragmentation land consolidation plot patchwork rural areas GIS |
| title | A Proposed Land Exchange Algorithm for Eliminating the External Plot Patchwork |
| title_full | A Proposed Land Exchange Algorithm for Eliminating the External Plot Patchwork |
| title_fullStr | A Proposed Land Exchange Algorithm for Eliminating the External Plot Patchwork |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Proposed Land Exchange Algorithm for Eliminating the External Plot Patchwork |
| title_short | A Proposed Land Exchange Algorithm for Eliminating the External Plot Patchwork |
| title_sort | proposed land exchange algorithm for eliminating the external plot patchwork |
| topic | spatial analysis land fragmentation land consolidation plot patchwork rural areas GIS |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/10/1/64 |
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