Abstract
Sustainable land management is one of the key actions for the achievement of objectives set by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In particular, land represents a fundamental resource to address issues of climate change, biodiversity preservation, maintaining ecosystem services, and at the same time ensuring shared prosperity and well-being. Therefore, it is necessary to activate strategies to monitor changes in land use and land cover in order to evaluate strategies for proper management. To do this, the new open source geospatial analysis tools and the increasing availability of remote sensed open data can allow the activation of methodologies for monitoring changes in land use and land cover in order to provide data usable in other research areas or, for example, to implement a decision support system for environmental sustainability. In this study, a GIS approach based on open remote sensing data has been used to perform a spatial analysis of land cover changes within the Basilicata region (Southern Italy) that is spatially expeditious yet accurate. The results showed a very evident land transformation with important repercussions on the environmental components. The ease of use of techniques makes this methodology replicable in other territory and can be used as a preliminary approach to sustainable development model.
Highlights
Sustainable Development Goal n.15 of the 2030 Agenda aims to “protect, restore, and promote the sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, and halt biodiversity loss.” [1]
LULC data are fundamental in environmental studies, decision making, land use planning and design, and the definition of natural resource management policies
2030 Agenda, environmental planning assumes a fundamental relevance as it allows for confronting territorial problems, such as the abandonment of agricultural areas in Basilicata, which are causing high negative impacts
Summary
Sustainable Development Goal n.15 of the 2030 Agenda aims to “protect, restore, and promote the sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, and halt biodiversity loss.” [1]. Integrated planning and management of land resources is an issue that had already emerged in Chapter 10 of Agenda 21 [2], which addresses the cross-cutting aspects of decision making for the sustainable use and development of natural resources, including soils, minerals, water, and the life that the earth comprises This broad integrative view of land resources, which are essential to the life-support systems and productive capacity of the environment [3,4], underlies the discussions of Member States expressing the challenges posed to sustainable development by land consumption, desertification, and drought [5,6,7]. LC maps are one of the most powerful geospatial products that can measure the 17 indicators of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), defined in the
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