IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jlands/v10y2021i5p473-d547749.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Large-Scale Soil Erosion Estimation Considering Vegetation Growth Cycle

Author

Listed:
  • Hanchen Zhuang

    (Key Laboratory of VGE of Ministry of Education, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China)

  • Yixin Wang

    (Key Laboratory of VGE of Ministry of Education, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China)

  • Hang Liu

    (Key Laboratory of VGE of Ministry of Education, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China)

  • Sijia Wang

    (Key Laboratory of VGE of Ministry of Education, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China)

  • Wanqiu Zhang

    (Key Laboratory of VGE of Ministry of Education, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China)

  • Shuliang Zhang

    (Key Laboratory of VGE of Ministry of Education, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
    Jiangsu Center for Collaborative Innovation in Geographical Information Resource Development and Application, Nanjing 210023, China)

  • Qiang Dai

    (Key Laboratory of VGE of Ministry of Education, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
    Jiangsu Center for Collaborative Innovation in Geographical Information Resource Development and Application, Nanjing 210023, China)

Abstract

The Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) was used to predict the potential soil erosion; it simply multiplies rainfall erosivity and land cover management factors; it does not consider the dynamics of these two factors during a given year or the effect of vegetation growth cycle on soil erosion estimates. This study developed a new method that considers the vegetation growth cycle in different periods of the year by matching monthly rainfall erosivity and a management factor using the entire surface of China as the study area. The data were input into the original equation, and the two methods to estimate soil erosion were compared. Finally, patterns and mechanisms of the influence of vegetation growth cycle on RUSLE estimations under different climatic conditions were obtained. The results show that vegetation coverage inhibits the effect of rainfall on soil erosion potential, which is related to the average and coefficient of variation of cover-management factor and the average of rainfall erosivity due to the significant variations in weather patterns in winter and summer in China. This article discusses the influence of the vegetation growth cycle on the estimation of large-scale soil erosion, which is a key to having a better estimation.

Suggested Citation

  • Hanchen Zhuang & Yixin Wang & Hang Liu & Sijia Wang & Wanqiu Zhang & Shuliang Zhang & Qiang Dai, 2021. "Large-Scale Soil Erosion Estimation Considering Vegetation Growth Cycle," Land, MDPI, vol. 10(5), pages 1-15, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jlands:v:10:y:2021:i:5:p:473-:d:547749
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/10/5/473/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/10/5/473/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. David Wuepper & Pasquale Borrelli & Robert Finger, 2020. "Countries and the global rate of soil erosion," Nature Sustainability, Nature, vol. 3(1), pages 51-55, January.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Wenfeng Chi & Yuanyuan Zhao & Wenhui Kuang & Tao Pan & Tu Ba & Jinshen Zhao & Liang Jin & Sisi Wang, 2021. "Impact of Cropland Evolution on Soil Wind Erosion in Inner Mongolia of China," Land, MDPI, vol. 10(6), pages 1-16, June.
    2. David Wuepper & Robert Finger, 2023. "Regression discontinuity designs in agricultural and environmental economics," European Review of Agricultural Economics, Oxford University Press and the European Agricultural and Applied Economics Publications Foundation, vol. 50(1), pages 1-28.
    3. Nguyen Huy, Tung, 2023. "Fostering sustainable land management in sub-Saharan Africa : Evidence from Ghana and Burkina Faso," Other publications TiSEM 850a17c1-77ce-468e-9676-9, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management.
    4. Liu, Min & Xu, Wenli & Zhang, Hangyu & Chen, Huang & Bie, Qiang & Han, Guodong & Yu, Xiaohua, 2022. "Livestock production, greenhouse gas emissions, air pollution, and grassland conservation: Quasi-natural experimental evidence," MPRA Paper 115704, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    5. Wang, Jingyu & Wang, Zhen & Li, Keke & Li, Cai & Wen, Fang & Shi, Zhihua, 2023. "Factors affecting phase change in coupling coordination between population, crop yield, and soil erosion in China’s 281 cities," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 132(C).
    6. Liu, Yansui & Zhou, Yang, 2021. "Reflections on China's food security and land use policy under rapid urbanization," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 109(C).
    7. Miranda, Javier & Börner, Jan, 2021. "Farm-Level Impacts of Shifts in Conservation Policy Regimes in Brazil’s Arc of Deforestation," 2021 Conference, August 17-31, 2021, Virtual 315225, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
    8. Engist, Dennis & Finger, Robert & Knaus, Peter & Guélat, Jérôme & Wuepper, David, 2023. "Agricultural systems and biodiversity: evidence from European borders and bird populations," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 209(C).
    9. Haoying Wang & Rafael Garduno-Rivera, 2021. "The economics of international borders," SN Business & Economics, Springer, vol. 1(2), pages 1-7, February.
    10. Möhring, Niklas & Dalhaus, Tobias & Enjolras, Geoffroy & Finger, Robert, 2020. "Crop insurance and pesticide use in European agriculture," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 184(C).
    11. Sen Chakraborty, Kritika & Chakraborty, Avinandan & Berrens, Robert P., 2023. "Valuing soil erosion control investments in Nigerian agricultural lands: A hedonic pricing model," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 170(C).

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jlands:v:10:y:2021:i:5:p:473-:d:547749. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.