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<p>This paper focuses on the ecosystem services which are provided by agriculture land and on the urban sprawl in the study area of municipality with extended powers Třebíč. The main focus of this article is to evaluate what ecosystem services are provided to Czech society by the agricultural land and assess their financial value and also evaluate which ecosystem services disappear or are limited due to urban sprawl on agricultural land. Generally, the topic of ecosystem services in agriculture comes under focus especially in view of the recurring drought in Europe and on-going climate change. Also the subject of urbanization and decreasing area available for agriculture is a wide-spread phenomena in Europe. The practical output of this paper will comprise of better insight on function and value of land under agriculture use which is lost due to urban development and raising the awareness amongst the society on the fast-growing trend of unsustainable urban sprawl.</p>
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This paper focuses on the ecosystem services which are provided by agriculture land and on the urban sprawl in the study area of municipality with extended powers Třebíč. The main focus of this article is to evaluate what ecosystem services are provided to Czech society by the agricultural land and assess their financial value and also evaluate which ecosystem services disappear or are limited due to urban sprawl on agricultural land. Generally, the topic of ecosystem services in agriculture comes under focus especially in view of the recurring drought in Europe and on-going climate change. Also the subject of urbanization and decreasing area available for agriculture is a wide-spread phenomena in Europe. The practical output of this paper will comprise of better insight on function and value of land under agriculture use which is lost due to urban development and raising the awareness amongst the society on the fast-growing trend of unsustainable urban sprawl.

Evaluation of Ecosystem Services Loss Due to Urban Sprawl on Agricultural Land in the Context of Sustainable Development

Journal of Landscape Ecology

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This paper focuses on the ecosystem services which are provided by agriculture land and on the urban sprawl in the study area of municipality with extended...

Evaluation of Ecosystem Services Loss Due to Urban Sprawl on Agricultural Land in the Context of Sustainable Development

Published Online: Dec 28, 2020

Page range: 122 - 133

Received: Oct 15, 2020

Accepted: Nov 08, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jlecol-2020-0020

Keywords
Agriculture, ecosystem services, farming practices, soil erosion, nutrient runoff, carbon sequestration, urban sprawl

© 2020 Katerina Vrublova, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Evaluation of Ecosystem Services Loss Due to Urban Sprawl on Agricultural Land in the Context of Sustainable Development

Published Online: Dec 28, 2020

Page range: 122 - 133

Received: Oct 15, 2020

Accepted: Nov 08, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jlecol-2020-0020

KeywordsAgriculture, ecosystem services, farming practices, soil erosion, nutrient runoff, carbon sequestration, urban sprawl

© 2020 Katerina Vrublova, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Agriculture, ecosystem services, farming practices, soil erosion, nutrient runoff, carbon sequestration, urban sprawl