Trade-offs in multi-purpose land use under land degradation

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dc.contributor.authorVlek, Paul L. G.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorKhamzina, Asiaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorAzadi, Hosseinen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorBhaduri, Aniken_ZA
dc.contributor.authorBharati, Lunaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorBraimoh, Ademolaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMartius, Christopheren_ZA
dc.contributor.authorSunderland, Terryen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorTaheri, Fatemehen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-16T09:04:05Z
dc.date.available2019-01-16T09:04:05Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.descriptionCITATION: Vlek, P. L. G., et al. 2017. Trade-offs in multi-purpose land use under land degradation. Sustainability, 9(12):2196, doi:10.3390/su9122196.
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at http://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability
dc.description.abstractAbstract: Land provides a host of ecosystem services, of which the provisioning services are often considered paramount. As the demand for agricultural products multiplies, other ecosystem services are being degraded or lost entirely. Finding a sustainable trade-off between food production and one or more of other ecosystem services, given the variety of stakeholders, is a matter of optimizing land use in a dynamic and complex socio-ecological system. Land degradation reduces our options to meet both food demands and environmental needs. In order to illustrate this trade-off dilemma, four representative services, carbon sinks, water storage, biodiversity, and space for urbanization, are discussed here based on a review of contemporary literature that cuts across the domain of ecosystem services that are provided by land. Agricultural research will have to expand its focus from the field to the landscape level and in the process examine the cost of production that internalizes environmental costs. In some situations, the public cost of agriculture in marginal environments outweighs the private gains, even with the best technologies in place. Land use and city planners will increasingly have to address the cost of occupying productive agricultural land or the conversion of natural habitats. Landscape designs and urban planning should aim for the preservation of agricultural land and the integrated management of land resources by closing water and nutrient cycles, and by restoring biodiversity.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttps://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/9/12/2196
dc.description.versionPublisher's version
dc.format.extent19 pages
dc.identifier.citationVlek, P. L. G., et al. 2017. Trade-offs in multi-purpose land use under land degradation. Sustainability, 9(12):2196, doi:10.3390/su9122196
dc.identifier.issn2071-1050 (online)
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.3390/su9122196
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/105337
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.rights.holderAuthors retain copyright
dc.subjectConjoint analysis (Marketing)en_ZA
dc.subjectLand use -- Planningen_ZA
dc.subjectLand degradation -- Managementen_ZA
dc.subjectEcosystem servicesen_ZA
dc.subjectBiodiversity conservationen_ZA
dc.subjectSustainable farmingen_ZA
dc.subjectSustainable urban developmenten_ZA
dc.titleTrade-offs in multi-purpose land use under land degradationen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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