Influence of physiographic conditions on the quality of agricultural production area.

Abstract

Physiographic conditions are factors that, in the process of spatial planning, limit opportunities for agricultural production as well as residential use of land. Physiographic conditions are linked to land use preferences, including their residential or agricultural potential. Agricultural production area in its substantive and measurable aspect [25, 17, 20] should be analyzed and evaluated in the context of the utility of its resources for agricultural needs. From the agricultural point of view, the core features of soils are quality and fitness for agricultural use. What is also important is the pos sibility of defining and evaluating cultivation difficulty or degree of soil erosion risk. These issues require a d etailed analysis of relief configuration. Also it is necessary to confront the results of the study of land slopes with information about mechanical composition of soils. Another important element of the analyses is the land use map. GIS tools play a crucial role in modelling spatial phenomena [6], as they make it possible to conduct a comprehensiv e anlysis of available spatial data [16, 22], including the modelling of erosion processes [5]. The purpose of this article is to analyze and evaluate the resources of agricultural production area in the context of soil fitness for agricultural production and potential risk of surface water erosion.