Open AccessThe transformation and dynamics of land resources in the Trans-Baikal Territory
Author(s) -
Н. В. Помазкова,
L. M. Faleychik
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.179
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/629/1/012062
Subject(s) - arable land , geography , agriculture , context (archaeology) , land use , terrain , agricultural land , distribution (mathematics) , land development , natural resource , land information system , physical geography , environmental protection , agroforestry , land management , environmental science , ecology , cartography , archaeology , mathematical analysis , mathematics , biology
We investigated the structure of land resources in the Trans-Baikal Territory and considered the dynamics of various land categories from 2000 to 2019. There are no significant shifts in the distribution of land between land users. Over the past decades, there has been an increase in the lands of specially protected natural areas and the forest lands at the expense of agricultural lands and land reserve. The total area of agricultural land is 7,985.8 thousand hectares or 18.5% of the region’s area. The results of the analysis allow us to conclude that in the Trans-Baikal Territory, the possibilities for a significant increase in arable land are very limited. According to our estimates, approximately 65% of the area in the region is elevated areas, and 67.1% of the area is slope areas. Moreover, most areas in the municipal districts can be classified as zones with erosion-prone conditions for agriculture. The analysis of the land resources in the Trans-Baikal Territory using geoinformation technologies revealed the terrain features of the municipal districts in the context of the slopes. The existing economic and environmental risks of land involved in the industrial and agricultural production require a transition to adaptive landscape land-use systems.