Next Article in Journal
Variations in Winter Surface Temperature of the Purog Kangri Ice Field, Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau, 2001–2018, Using MODIS Data
Next Article in Special Issue
Ecological Risk Assessment Based on Land Cover Changes: A Case of Zanzibar (Tanzania)
Previous Article in Journal
A Review of Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring in China
 
 
Search for Articles:
Title / Keyword
Author / Affiliation / Email
Journal
Article Type
 
 
Advanced Search
 
Section
Special Issue
Volume
Issue
Number
Page
 
Journals
Remote Sensing
Volume 12
Issue 7
10.3390/rs12071131
remotesensing-logo
Submit to this Journal Review for this Journal Propose a Special Issue
► Article Menu

Article Menu

share Share announcement Help format_quote Cite question_answer Discuss in SciProfiles
first_page
settings
Order Article Reprints
Font Type:
Arial Georgia Verdana
Font Size:
Aa Aa Aa
Line Spacing:
Column Width:
Background:
Article

Multitemporal Analysis of Soil Sealing and Land Use Changes Linked to Urban Expansion of Salamanca (Spain) Using Landsat Images and Soil Carbon Management as a Mitigating Tool for Climate Change

by
Marco Criado
1,
Fernando Santos-Francés
1,
Antonio Martínez-Graña
2,*,
Yolanda Sánchez
2 and
Leticia Merchán
1
1
Department of Soil Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Salamanca, Avenue Filiberto Villalobos, 119, 37007 Salamanca, Spain
2
Department of Geology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Salamanca, Plaza de la Merced s/n., 37008 Salamanca, Spain
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Remote Sens. 2020, 12(7), 1131; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12071131
Submission received: 10 February 2020 / Revised: 27 March 2020 / Accepted: 31 March 2020 / Published: 2 April 2020
(This article belongs to the Special Issue A Pluralistic Approach to Defining and Measuring Urban Sprawl and Its Impacts on Human Well-Being)
Browse Figures
Versions Notes

Abstract

The lack of urban sustainability is a widespread deficiency in urban agglomerations. To achieve adequate land use, we present a methodology that allows for: 1) the identification of the impacts caused by urban expansion since 1956 to the present in Salamanca (Spain); and 2) the promotion of a more sustainable future in urban development. A multi-temporal assessment of land use was made by remote sensing, while sustainability criteria were analyzed using the multicriteria analysis (MCA) with Geographical Information Systems (GIS). In addition, we established recommendations for soil carbon management in semi-arid ecosystem soils that contribute to climate change mitigation. The results show an increase of the urbanized area from 3.8% to 22.3% in the studied period, identifying up to 15% of buildings in zones with some type of restriction. In 71% of the cases, urbanization caused the sealing of productive agricultural soils (2519 Ha), almost 20% of which were of the highest quality. In last few decades, an excessive increase of built-up areas in comparison to population dynamics was identified, which causes unnecessary soil sealing that affects the food production and the capacity to mitigate climate change by managing the carbon cycle in the soil.
Keywords: city expansion; climate change; land use management; soil organic carbon; soil sealing city expansion; climate change; land use management; soil organic carbon; soil sealing
Graphical Abstract

Share and Cite

MDPI and ACS Style

Criado, M.; Santos-Francés, F.; Martínez-Graña, A.; Sánchez, Y.; Merchán, L. Multitemporal Analysis of Soil Sealing and Land Use Changes Linked to Urban Expansion of Salamanca (Spain) Using Landsat Images and Soil Carbon Management as a Mitigating Tool for Climate Change. Remote Sens. 2020, 12, 1131. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12071131

AMA Style

Criado M, Santos-Francés F, Martínez-Graña A, Sánchez Y, Merchán L. Multitemporal Analysis of Soil Sealing and Land Use Changes Linked to Urban Expansion of Salamanca (Spain) Using Landsat Images and Soil Carbon Management as a Mitigating Tool for Climate Change. Remote Sensing. 2020; 12(7):1131. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12071131

Chicago/Turabian Style

Criado, Marco, Fernando Santos-Francés, Antonio Martínez-Graña, Yolanda Sánchez, and Leticia Merchán. 2020. "Multitemporal Analysis of Soil Sealing and Land Use Changes Linked to Urban Expansion of Salamanca (Spain) Using Landsat Images and Soil Carbon Management as a Mitigating Tool for Climate Change" Remote Sensing 12, no. 7: 1131. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12071131

APA Style

Criado, M., Santos-Francés, F., Martínez-Graña, A., Sánchez, Y., & Merchán, L. (2020). Multitemporal Analysis of Soil Sealing and Land Use Changes Linked to Urban Expansion of Salamanca (Spain) Using Landsat Images and Soil Carbon Management as a Mitigating Tool for Climate Change. Remote Sensing, 12(7), 1131. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12071131

Note that from the first issue of 2016, this journal uses article numbers instead of page numbers. See further details here.

Article Metrics

Back to TopTop