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Modelling the impact of historic landscape change on soil erosion and degradation

Lookup NU author(s): Professor Sam Turner

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Abstract

International policies and guidelines often highlight the divide between ‘nature’ and ‘heritage’ in landscape management, and the weakness of monodisciplinary approaches. This study argues that historic agricultural practices have played a key role in shaping today’s landscapes, creating a heritage which affords opportunities for more sustainable landscape management. The paper develops a new interdisciplinary approach with particular reference to soil loss and degradation over the long term. It presents innovative methods for assessing and modelling how pre-industrial agricultural features can mitigate soil erosion risk in response to current environmental conditions. Landscape archaeology data presented through Historic Landscape Characterisation are integrated in a GIS-RUSLE model to illustrate the impact of varying historic land-uses on soil erosion. The resulting analyses could be used to inform strategies for sustainable land resource planning.

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Author(s): Brandolini F, Kinnaird C, Srivastava A, Turner S

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Scientific Reports

Year: 2023

Volume: 13

Online publication date: 27/03/2023

Acceptance date: 09/03/2023

Date deposited: 28/03/2023

ISSN (electronic): 2045-2322

Publisher: Nature

URL: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-31334-z

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-31334-z

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