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Decision support system for desertification mitigation in the Agri basin, southern Italy

Decision support system for desertification mitigation in the Agri basin, southern Italy
Decision support system for desertification mitigation in the Agri basin, southern Italy

As a contribution to understanding the interaction between the factors which influence desertification, a decision support system (DSS) is developed for the 1700-km2 Agri basin in southern Italy. This integrates the SHETRAN physically based hydrological and sediment yield model, a simple socio-economic model (in which farmers select those crops which give the highest income relative to cost of production), a database (containing climate, physical and socio-economic data according to a range of future scenarios) and existing desertification management experience into a single tool to aid decision-making in desertification mitigation. It provides a means of examining the effect of climate change and land management on desertification, allowing for feedback between the physical conditions and land use as determined by farmer decisions and government or EU agricultural policy (especially crop subsidies). Typical issues which the DSS can address include: what are the desertification consequences of specified climate scenarios, within a context of fixed agricultural policy?; and, given a climate scenario, is a specified land use or agricultural policy sustainable?

Agri basin, Decision support system, Graphical user interface, Model integration, River basin management, Socio-economic model, Software development
1474-7065
579-587
Bathurst, J. C.
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Sheffield, J.
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Leng, X.
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Quaranta, G.
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Bathurst, J. C.
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Sheffield, J.
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Leng, X.
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Quaranta, G.
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Bathurst, J. C., Sheffield, J., Leng, X. and Quaranta, G. (2003) Decision support system for desertification mitigation in the Agri basin, southern Italy. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 28 (14-15), 579-587. (doi:10.1016/S1474-7065(03)00104-9).

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As a contribution to understanding the interaction between the factors which influence desertification, a decision support system (DSS) is developed for the 1700-km2 Agri basin in southern Italy. This integrates the SHETRAN physically based hydrological and sediment yield model, a simple socio-economic model (in which farmers select those crops which give the highest income relative to cost of production), a database (containing climate, physical and socio-economic data according to a range of future scenarios) and existing desertification management experience into a single tool to aid decision-making in desertification mitigation. It provides a means of examining the effect of climate change and land management on desertification, allowing for feedback between the physical conditions and land use as determined by farmer decisions and government or EU agricultural policy (especially crop subsidies). Typical issues which the DSS can address include: what are the desertification consequences of specified climate scenarios, within a context of fixed agricultural policy?; and, given a climate scenario, is a specified land use or agricultural policy sustainable?

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Published date: 2003
Keywords: Agri basin, Decision support system, Graphical user interface, Model integration, River basin management, Socio-economic model, Software development

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Local EPrints ID: 480435
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/480435
ISSN: 1474-7065
PURE UUID: 97925aaa-a4bf-44a0-b951-62f81ded44b3
ORCID for J. Sheffield: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-2400-0630

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Date deposited: 02 Aug 2023 16:39
Last modified: 11 May 2024 01:48

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Author: J. C. Bathurst
Author: J. Sheffield ORCID iD
Author: X. Leng
Author: G. Quaranta

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