Land-use Suitability is Not an Intrinsic Property of a Land Parcel.

ABSTRACT: Agricultural production has economic, environmental, social and cultural consequences beyond farm boundaries, but information about these impacts is not readily available to decision makers. This study applied the land use suitability concept by carrying out an assessment of a region that has the potential for intensification of agricultural production, but where eutrophication of river and estuary receiving environments due to nitrogen enrichment is a significant issue. The assessment evaluated three indicators for each farmable land parcel in the region: productive potential (the inherent productive and economic potential of the parcel), relative contribution (the potential for the parcel to contribute nitrogen to receiving environments compared to other land parcels), and pressure (the

SUBMITTER: Snelder T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10083159 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature