Perspectives of land evaluation of floodplains under conditions of aridification based on the assessment of ecosystem services

Dénes Lóczy; Gergely Tóth; Tamás Hermann; Marietta Rezsek; Gábor Nagy; József Dezső; Ali Salem; Péter Gyenizse; Anne Gobin; Andrea Vacca

doi:10.15201/hungeobull.69.3.1

Dénes Lóczy Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
Gergely Tóth Georgikon Faculty, University of Pannonia, Keszthely, Hungary https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4201-1678
Tamás Hermann Georgikon Faculty, University of Pannonia, Keszthely, Hungary https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6169-7214
Marietta Rezsek Doctoral School of Earth Sciences, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
Gábor Nagy Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1755-9719
József Dezső Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
Ali Salem Doctoral School of Earth Sciences, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary ; Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Minia University, Minia , Egypt https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8807-5039
Péter Gyenizse Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8175-9734
Anne Gobin Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO), Mol, Belgium ; Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of BioScience Engineering, University of Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3742-7062
Andrea Vacca Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences, University of Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5290-1498

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15201/hungeobull.69.3.1

Keywords: land evaluation, climate change, aridification, ecosystem services, floodwater retention, groundwater recharge, flood reservoirs, floodplains

Abstract

Global climate change has discernible impacts on the quality of the landscapes of Hungary. Only a dynamic and spatially differentiated land evaluation methodology can properly reflect these changes. The provision level, rate oftransformation and spatial distribution of ecosystem services (ESs) are fundamental properties of landscapes and have to be integral parts of an up-to-date land evaluation. For agricultural land capability assessment soil fertility is a major supporting ES, directly associated with climate change through greenhouse gas emissions and carbon sequestration as regulationg services. Since for Hungary aridification is the most severe consequence of climate change, water-related ESs, such as water retention and storage on and below the surface as well as control of floods, water pollution and soil erosion, are of increasing importance. The productivity of agricultural crops is enhanced by more atmospheric CO₂ but restricted by higher drought susceptibility. The value of floodplain landscapes, i.e. their agroecological, nature conservation, tourism (aesthetic) and other potentials, however, will be increasingly controlled by their water supply, which is characterized by hydrometeorological parameters. Case studies are presented for the estimation of the value of two water-related regulating ESs (water retention and groundwater recharge capacities) in the floodplains of the Kapos and Drava rivers, Southwest Hungary. It is predictable that in the future land evaluation techniques based on the FAO framework will be more dynamic and integrated with the monetary valuation of ESs. The latter task, however, still involves numerous methodological problems to solve.

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