ESTIMATION OF SOIL EROSION DYNAMICS USING REMOTE SENSING AND SWAT IN KOPAONIK NATIONAL PARK, SERBIA
Soil erosion is a global environmental and economic problem that is significantly related to land-use changes. Over the last decades, several mountain areas in Serbia were exposed to strong human pressure caused by winter tourism development. The largest ski center in Serbia is situated on Kopaonik...
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| author | Ivan M. Potić Nina B. Ćurčić Milan M. Radovanović Gorica B. Stanojević Slavica B. Malinović-Milićević Stanislav A. Yamashkin Anatoliy A. Yamashkin |
| author_facet | Ivan M. Potić Nina B. Ćurčić Milan M. Radovanović Gorica B. Stanojević Slavica B. Malinović-Milićević Stanislav A. Yamashkin Anatoliy A. Yamashkin |
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| description | Soil erosion is a global environmental and economic problem that is significantly related to land-use changes. Over the last decades, several mountain areas in Serbia were exposed to strong human pressure caused by winter tourism development. The largest ski center in Serbia is situated on Kopaonik Mountain within the boundaries of Kopaonik National Park, where the conflict between economic and conservation goals is rapidly growing. In this study, we calculated the sedimentation and surface runoff in three sub-basins in the area of the Kopaonik ski resort for two years (1984 and 2018) using the SWAT and analyzed the changes that occurred during the observed period. The results show an increase in surface runoff and sediment yield in sub-basins 1 and 3 and a decrease in sub-basin 2. Analysis of land cover change shows an expansion of evergreen forests, appearance of barren soil and urban areas, reduction of mixed forests and pastures, and appearance of deciduous forests. These findings indicate that in the area studied, the dominant processes are the development of tourism and natural revegetation of abandoned agricultural land. Application of remote sensing techniques and SWAT contributes to identifying and monitoring land degradation problems and improving conservation and management practice. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-585fb6b5039a47e0b87a31d9301ec8742023-12-02T15:41:41ZengGeographical Institute "Jovan Cvijić" SASAZbornik Radova: Geografski institut "Jovan Cvijić"0350-75991821-28082021-12-0171310.2298/IJGI2103231PESTIMATION OF SOIL EROSION DYNAMICS USING REMOTE SENSING AND SWAT IN KOPAONIK NATIONAL PARK, SERBIAIvan M. Potić0Nina B. Ćurčić1Milan M. Radovanović2Gorica B. Stanojević3Slavica B. Malinović-Milićević4Stanislav A. Yamashkin 5Anatoliy A. Yamashkin 6Republic Geodetic Authority, BelgradeGeographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” SASA, BelgradeGeographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” SASA, Belgrade; South Ural State University, Institute of Sport, Tourism and Service, ChelyabinskGeographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” SASA, BelgradeGeographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” SASA, BelgradeNational Research Ogarev Mordovia State University, Institute of Electronics and Lighting Engineering, SaranskNational Research Ogarev Mordovia State University, Faculty of Geography, SaranskSoil erosion is a global environmental and economic problem that is significantly related to land-use changes. Over the last decades, several mountain areas in Serbia were exposed to strong human pressure caused by winter tourism development. The largest ski center in Serbia is situated on Kopaonik Mountain within the boundaries of Kopaonik National Park, where the conflict between economic and conservation goals is rapidly growing. In this study, we calculated the sedimentation and surface runoff in three sub-basins in the area of the Kopaonik ski resort for two years (1984 and 2018) using the SWAT and analyzed the changes that occurred during the observed period. The results show an increase in surface runoff and sediment yield in sub-basins 1 and 3 and a decrease in sub-basin 2. Analysis of land cover change shows an expansion of evergreen forests, appearance of barren soil and urban areas, reduction of mixed forests and pastures, and appearance of deciduous forests. These findings indicate that in the area studied, the dominant processes are the development of tourism and natural revegetation of abandoned agricultural land. Application of remote sensing techniques and SWAT contributes to identifying and monitoring land degradation problems and improving conservation and management practice.https://ojs.gi.sanu.ac.rs/index.php/zbornik/article/view/391sedimentationsurface runoffLandsatmountain areaLCLU change |
| spellingShingle | Ivan M. Potić Nina B. Ćurčić Milan M. Radovanović Gorica B. Stanojević Slavica B. Malinović-Milićević Stanislav A. Yamashkin Anatoliy A. Yamashkin ESTIMATION OF SOIL EROSION DYNAMICS USING REMOTE SENSING AND SWAT IN KOPAONIK NATIONAL PARK, SERBIA Zbornik Radova: Geografski institut "Jovan Cvijić" sedimentation surface runoff Landsat mountain area LCLU change |
| title | ESTIMATION OF SOIL EROSION DYNAMICS USING REMOTE SENSING AND SWAT IN KOPAONIK NATIONAL PARK, SERBIA |
| title_full | ESTIMATION OF SOIL EROSION DYNAMICS USING REMOTE SENSING AND SWAT IN KOPAONIK NATIONAL PARK, SERBIA |
| title_fullStr | ESTIMATION OF SOIL EROSION DYNAMICS USING REMOTE SENSING AND SWAT IN KOPAONIK NATIONAL PARK, SERBIA |
| title_full_unstemmed | ESTIMATION OF SOIL EROSION DYNAMICS USING REMOTE SENSING AND SWAT IN KOPAONIK NATIONAL PARK, SERBIA |
| title_short | ESTIMATION OF SOIL EROSION DYNAMICS USING REMOTE SENSING AND SWAT IN KOPAONIK NATIONAL PARK, SERBIA |
| title_sort | estimation of soil erosion dynamics using remote sensing and swat in kopaonik national park serbia |
| topic | sedimentation surface runoff Landsat mountain area LCLU change |
| url | https://ojs.gi.sanu.ac.rs/index.php/zbornik/article/view/391 |
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