Agriculturae Conspectus Scientificus, Vol 68, No 1 (2003)

Sustainable Land Use in Slovakia

Michal DŽATKO

Pages: 9-12

Summary


Present land use planning level in Slovakia is resulting from the gradual knowledge evolution from soil survey and land evaluation to the sustainable land resources exploitation modelling. Particular attention is concentrated to the quantification of sustainable land use system parameters in different pedo-ecological conditions. The fundamental basis for the solution of these questions is detailed database not only about soils and land components properties, but about both, real and potential crop yields on representative set of fields, including basic economic soil management data as well. The specific aims of land use efficiency modelling are expressed in the synthesis of both the ecological and economic assessment of soil and land productivity potential. Sustainable land use and farming system models with the economic efficiency calculations are the final results. The set of presented models and maps including economic efficiency calculation enables to apply new concepts of sustainable land use in wider rate as well in agrarian landscape managing.

Keywords


sustainable land use planning and modelling; soil/land productivity evaluation; Pedo-ecological Units System; typological productivity categorization

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