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Abstract
This article presents the integrated approach to sustainable land use management based on the assessment of land use and related land cover changes. Land use changes are conditioned by human activities producing changes in landscape cover and initiating processes which cause many environmental problems. It is therefore important to determine the drivers and causality of landscape changes which can then be negated to ensure sustainable land use management. The integrated landscape research approach is based on understanding landscape as a geo-ecosystem with natural, human, cultural, and historical potential. Our aim is to define the aspects of land use management which can regulate social development. The proposal for optimal land use is based on the interaction between natural capital, represented by the supply of natural regional resources and environmental conditions as well as demand represented by community need for development. The conflict between the supply of natural capital and demands lacking respect for landscape resources is an important determining factor in environmental and human problems. The integrated approach is focused on long-term rational utilization of the natural and cultural-historical resources, urban development, and the elimination of current environmental and socioeconomic problems as well as the prevention of new ones. Multi-criteria analysis is required for final environmental decision-making.
Highlights
Sustainability is an essential precondition for the continued existence of human society.The issue of sustainable land use has increasing importance because of accumulated environmental problems
The aim of this study is to develop an integrated approach to sustainable land use management based on the understanding of landscape as geo-ecosystem including different landscape features
The integrated approach to sustainable land use management is a coherent system of steps, which can be modified based on the type and scale of the study area
Summary
Sustainability is an essential precondition for the continued existence of human society. The issue of sustainable land use has increasing importance because of accumulated environmental problems. These include increased demand for natural resources, climate change, regional climate extremes, the threat of environmental pollution, biodiversity loss, disturbed landscape stability, economic globalization, energy security, water supply, and increasing conflicts between sociocultural, political-economic, and environmental goals [1,2]. Approaches and definitions of sustainable land use development on a global scale are numerous, heterogeneous, and based on a variety of aspects. The most frequently quoted definition is the Brundtland Report’s “Our Common Future”—“development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” [3]. Sustainability is the foundation of today’s leading global framework for international cooperation described in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) [4]
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