Abstract

Understanding the range of approaches available for assessing the impacts of agricultural changes at landscape scale is important when addressing local to global issues. Using a topic modelling approach, we reviewed the literature on impact modelling of agricultural landscapes. A search in Web of Science using the keywords model, agricultural systems and landscape yielded 1,975 hits, of which 514 papers met our selection criteria. The most salient terms fell within six groups: change, scale, pollution, biodiversity, practices and terms on biophysical/regulatory conditions. We identified four main topics: water quality, water quantity/energy crops, biodiversity and Integrated Assessment. Water management issues were more likely to be covered in North American researches, while issues related to Integrated Assessment were mainly covered in European studies. We found no relationship between topic and model type. We conclude that future integrated studies should consider the diversity of agricultural systems in governance of water and biodiversity issues.

Keywords

Water quality; Water quantity; Integrated assessment; Biodiversity conservation; Topic modelling

Published in

Environmental Modelling and Software
2019, Volume: 122, article number: 104513
Publisher: ELSEVIER SCI LTD

SLU Authors

• Chopin, Pierre

  • Department of Crop Production Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    
  • National Institute of Agricultural Research (INRA)

Sustainable Development Goals

Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss


UKÄ Subject classification

Environmental Sciences related to Agriculture and Land-use


Publication identifier

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2019.104513

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/103059