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Article

Changes in Soil Erosion Intensity Caused by Land Use and Demographic Changes in the Jablanica River Basin, Serbia

by
Milena Gocić
1,*,
Slavoljub Dragićević
2,
Aleksandar Radivojević
1,
Nataša Martić Bursać
1,
Ljiljana Stričević
1 and
Milan Đorđević
1
1
Department of Geography, Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, University of Niš, 18000 Niš, Serbia
2
Faculty of Geography, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Agriculture 2020, 10(8), 345; https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture10080345
Submission received: 15 July 2020 / Revised: 3 August 2020 / Accepted: 6 August 2020 / Published: 10 August 2020
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The aim of this research is to determine the change in the spatial distribution of erosion intensity in the territory of the Jablanica River Basin in the period 1971–2016 caused by land use and demographic changes. The Erosion Potential Method (EPM) was used to quantify changes in erosion intensity and to estimate the total annual sediment yield. The research results show that the value of the erosion coefficient decreased from 0.432 in 1971 to 0.360 in 2016. Specific annual gross erosion in the Jablanica River Basin was 654.41 m3/km2/year in 1971, while in 2016 it was 472.03 m3/km2/year. The analysis of proportional changes was used to determine demographic changes and land use patterns in the basin area. In terms of the scale and intensity of the erosion process, three types and one sub-type of population dynamics of settlements and land use changes were distinguished, respectively: progressive, stagnant, regressive and dominant regressive. It was concluded that the results show the significance of demographic and land use changes in the control of the intensity of erosion. The Soil Erosion Map may be useful to planners and land use managers to take appropriate decisions for soil conservation in the basin.
Keywords: soil erosion; EPM; demographic and land use changes; Jablanica River; Serbia soil erosion; EPM; demographic and land use changes; Jablanica River; Serbia

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Gocić, M.; Dragićević, S.; Radivojević, A.; Martić Bursać, N.; Stričević, L.; Đorđević, M. Changes in Soil Erosion Intensity Caused by Land Use and Demographic Changes in the Jablanica River Basin, Serbia. Agriculture 2020, 10, 345. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture10080345

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Gocić M, Dragićević S, Radivojević A, Martić Bursać N, Stričević L, Đorđević M. Changes in Soil Erosion Intensity Caused by Land Use and Demographic Changes in the Jablanica River Basin, Serbia. Agriculture. 2020; 10(8):345. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture10080345

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Gocić, Milena, Slavoljub Dragićević, Aleksandar Radivojević, Nataša Martić Bursać, Ljiljana Stričević, and Milan Đorđević. 2020. "Changes in Soil Erosion Intensity Caused by Land Use and Demographic Changes in the Jablanica River Basin, Serbia" Agriculture 10, no. 8: 345. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture10080345

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Gocić, M., Dragićević, S., Radivojević, A., Martić Bursać, N., Stričević, L., & Đorđević, M. (2020). Changes in Soil Erosion Intensity Caused by Land Use and Demographic Changes in the Jablanica River Basin, Serbia. Agriculture, 10(8), 345. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture10080345

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