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Dr. Jesús Rodrigo-Comino
Physische Geographie und Wissens- und Technologietransfer D - 54296 Trier, Universität Trier, Deutschland

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Currently, I am working as junior researcher/postdoc at Trier University (Germany) working as manager on the European INTERREG-project: Smart Light-HUB and as a Grant holder of the COST-Action: CA18135 Firelinks at Valencia University. Furthermore, I am Chief Editor, Soil Section of Air, Soil and Water Research (SAGE) https://journals.sagepub.com/home/asw

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Correction
Published: 18 July 2021 in Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration
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Jesús Rodrigo-Comino; José María Senciales-González; Yang Yu; Luca Salvati; Antonio Giménez-Morera; Artemi Cerdà. Correction to: Long-term changes in rainfed olive production, rainfall and farmer’s income in Bailén (Jaén, Spain). Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration 2021, 6, 1 -1.

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Jesús Rodrigo-Comino, José María Senciales-González, Yang Yu, Luca Salvati, Antonio Giménez-Morera, Artemi Cerdà. Correction to: Long-term changes in rainfed olive production, rainfall and farmer’s income in Bailén (Jaén, Spain). Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration. 2021; 6 (2):1-1.

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Jesús Rodrigo-Comino; José María Senciales-González; Yang Yu; Luca Salvati; Antonio Giménez-Morera; Artemi Cerdà. 2021. "Correction to: Long-term changes in rainfed olive production, rainfall and farmer’s income in Bailén (Jaén, Spain)." Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration 6, no. 2: 1-1.

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Published: 15 July 2021 in Investigaciones Geográficas
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Shifting cultivation (jhum cultivation), a common practice of converting forest land into agricultural land by slash and burn is threatening the ecosystem. This study assesses the effect of shifting cultivation cycles on soil quality in the North-eastern Himalayan region using a minimum of soil properties. To achieve this goal, a soil quality index (SQI) approach and multivariate techniques were used for surface (0-30 cm) and subsurface (30-70 cm) layers of soils in the forest, jhum land, and jhum fallow areas. The highest variability among land uses was found for clay content, SOC (soil organic carbon), exchangeable Mg and K, CEC (cation exchange capacity), and the Ca/Mg relationship. On the contrary, the lowest variation was recorded in bulk density (BD), porosity, and pH. The results of the principal component analysis (PCA) show BD, soil texture, available nitrogen (Nav), available phosphorus (Pav), available potassium (Kav), calcium (Ca) and sodium (Na) as the major indicators of soil quality. The study indicated that surface layers of forest soils have a lower soil quality when compared to jhum lands. Although jhum lands show a better soil quality compared to forests, their continued cultivation without any fertilisation and subsequent depletion of the soil nutrients can cause a degradation of soil quality as observed in jhum fallow lands. The use of these selected indicators for soil quality assessment was useful in terms of saving time and costs.

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Gaurav Mishra; Krishna Giri; Abhishek Jangir; Duraisamy Vasu; Jesús Rodrigo-Comino. Understanding the effect of shifting cultivation practice (slash-burn-cultivation-abandonment) on soil physicochemical properties in the North-eastern Himalayan region. Investigaciones Geográficas 2021, 243 -261.

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Gaurav Mishra, Krishna Giri, Abhishek Jangir, Duraisamy Vasu, Jesús Rodrigo-Comino. Understanding the effect of shifting cultivation practice (slash-burn-cultivation-abandonment) on soil physicochemical properties in the North-eastern Himalayan region. Investigaciones Geográficas. 2021; (76):243-261.

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Gaurav Mishra; Krishna Giri; Abhishek Jangir; Duraisamy Vasu; Jesús Rodrigo-Comino. 2021. "Understanding the effect of shifting cultivation practice (slash-burn-cultivation-abandonment) on soil physicochemical properties in the North-eastern Himalayan region." Investigaciones Geográficas , no. 76: 243-261.

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Published: 07 July 2021 in International Journal of Environmental Research
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In developing countries, the intensification of urban processes affects the correct management of the territories. Specific natural hazards such as landslides, floods or soil sealing are influencing several urban settlements worldwide. One example can be found in the oldest city of the world, i.e., Hamadan City, where floods are associated with human and economic losses and the destruction of several ancient sites. However, solutions to be implemented to reduce the risks in such a city are still scarce. Therefore, this research aims to evaluate roof rainwater harvesting (RRWH) in reducing the urban floods in Hamadan City. To achieve this goal, three different scenarios are tested, i.e., simulation of the rainfall-runoff process through the Hamadan City (1) without any RRWH, (2) considering that the harvested rainfall is used for household consumes, and (3) considering that the RRWH is used for garden irrigation. The results showed that scenario 2 (using harvested rainfall for household consumption) presented reductions of 30.4% and 28.52% in the inflow volume compared to scenario 1 respectively for 2-year and 100-year return periods, whereas these reductions were 38% and 31.9% for scenario 3. Besides, a remarkable difference was noted between scenarios 2 and 3. In scenario 3, we found that the current drainage network has more capability to transfer surface runoff through Hamadan City, which would help reduce the risk of floods in the city. Therefore, it is concluded that the policymakers and land managers should consider these possibilities, and awareness of the urban inhabitants must be enhanced to reduce the risks and promote sustainability.

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Hossein Malekinezhad; Mehdi Sepehri; Seyed Zeynalabedin Hosseini; Celso Augusto Guimarães Santos; Jesús Rodrigo-Comino; Sarita Gajbhiye Meshram. Role and Concept of Rooftop Disconnection in Terms of Runoff Volume and Flood Peak Quantity. International Journal of Environmental Research 2021, 1 -12.

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Hossein Malekinezhad, Mehdi Sepehri, Seyed Zeynalabedin Hosseini, Celso Augusto Guimarães Santos, Jesús Rodrigo-Comino, Sarita Gajbhiye Meshram. Role and Concept of Rooftop Disconnection in Terms of Runoff Volume and Flood Peak Quantity. International Journal of Environmental Research. 2021; ():1-12.

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Hossein Malekinezhad; Mehdi Sepehri; Seyed Zeynalabedin Hosseini; Celso Augusto Guimarães Santos; Jesús Rodrigo-Comino; Sarita Gajbhiye Meshram. 2021. "Role and Concept of Rooftop Disconnection in Terms of Runoff Volume and Flood Peak Quantity." International Journal of Environmental Research , no. : 1-12.

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Published: 05 July 2021 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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Climate change generates negative impacts on human health. However, little is known about specific impacts on eye diseases, especially in arid and semi-arid areas where increases in air temperatures are expected. Therefore, the main goals of this research are: (i) to highlight the association between common eye diseases and environmental factors; and (ii) to analyze, through the available literature, the health expenditure involved in combating these diseases and the savings from mitigating the environmental factors that aggravate them. Mixed methods were used to assess the cross-variables (environmental factors, eye diseases, health costs). Considering Southern Spain as an example, our results showed that areas with similar climatic conditions could increase eye diseases due to a sustained increase in temperatures and torrential rains, among other factors. We highlight that an increase in eye diseases in Southern Spain is conditioned by the effects of climate change by up to 36.5%; the economic burden of the main eye diseases, extrapolated to the rest of the country, would represent an annual burden of 0.7% of Spain’s Gross Domestic Product. In conclusion, the increase in eye diseases has a strong economic and social impact that could be reduced with proper management of the effects of climate change. We propose a new concept: disease sink, defined as any climate change mitigation action which reduces the incidence or morbidity of disease.

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Lucía Echevarría-Lucas; José Senciales-González; María Medialdea-Hurtado; Jesús Rodrigo-Comino. Impact of Climate Change on Eye Diseases and Associated Economical Costs. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2021, 18, 7197 .

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Lucía Echevarría-Lucas, José Senciales-González, María Medialdea-Hurtado, Jesús Rodrigo-Comino. Impact of Climate Change on Eye Diseases and Associated Economical Costs. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18 (13):7197.

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Lucía Echevarría-Lucas; José Senciales-González; María Medialdea-Hurtado; Jesús Rodrigo-Comino. 2021. "Impact of Climate Change on Eye Diseases and Associated Economical Costs." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 13: 7197.

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Published: 19 June 2021 in Agronomy
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Earthworms are key indicators of soil quality and health in vineyards, but research that considers different soil management systems, especially in Slovenian viticultural areas is scarce. In this investigation, the impact of different soil management practices such as permanent green cover, the use of herbicides in row and inter-row areas, use of straw mulch, and shallow soil tillage compared to meadow control for earthworm abundance, were assessed. The biomass and abundance of earthworms (m2) and distribution in various soil layers were quantified for three years. Monitoring and a survey covering 22 May 2014 to 5 October 2016 in seven different sampling dates, along with a soil profile at the depth from 0 to 60 cm, were carried out. Our results showed that the lowest mean abundance and biomass of earthworms in all sampling periods were registered along the herbicide strip (within the rows). The highest abundance was found in the straw mulch and permanent green cover treatments (higher than in the control). On the plots where the herbicide was applied to the complete inter-row area, the abundance of the earthworm community decreased from the beginning to the end of the monitoring period. In contrast, shallow tillage showed a similar trend of declining earthworm abundance, which could indicate a deterioration of soil biodiversity conditions. We concluded that different soil management practices greatly affect the soil’s environmental conditions (temperature and humidity), especially in the upper soil layer (up to 15 cm deep), which affects the abundance of the earthworm community. Our results demonstrated that these practices need to be adapted to the climate and weather conditions, and also to human impacts.

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Stanko Vršič; Marko Breznik; Borut Pulko; Jesús Rodrigo-Comino. Earthworm Abundance Changes Depending on Soil Management Practices in Slovenian Vineyards. Agronomy 2021, 11, 1241 .

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Stanko Vršič, Marko Breznik, Borut Pulko, Jesús Rodrigo-Comino. Earthworm Abundance Changes Depending on Soil Management Practices in Slovenian Vineyards. Agronomy. 2021; 11 (6):1241.

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Stanko Vršič; Marko Breznik; Borut Pulko; Jesús Rodrigo-Comino. 2021. "Earthworm Abundance Changes Depending on Soil Management Practices in Slovenian Vineyards." Agronomy 11, no. 6: 1241.

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Published: 18 June 2021 in Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration
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Economic, social, and climatic conditions affect agricultural production. Those changes are relevant to the rainfed agricultural areas of the Mediterranean Belt, including Spain—the largest producer of olive oil in the world. However, little is known about the effect of the climate on olive production and farmer income. In this study, the correlation between changes in rainfall and total olive production was examined using a long-term dataset (28 years) on conventional rainfed production and tillage soil management. The dataset focused on different olive groves in the municipality of Bailén (Jaén, Andalusia) that have been owned by the same farmer since 1966. The province of Jaén is the region of Spain with the highest production of olive oil and the largest area of olive groves. The data included annual rainfall, production per plot and the price of olives. After calculating missing data to complete the rainfall series, pairwise correlation analysis with nonparametric Spearman's rank coefficients and principal component analysis were used to process the data. The results showed that higher production coincided with increased rainfall during August and December. Therefore, we concluded that the impact of rainfall on olive production is variable and depends on drought intensity and the monthly rainfall distribution. An economic study showed that farmer income was highly dependent on the seasonal distribution of the rainfall among other factors such as the price of olives. Farmer income was low during drought periods, indicating that rainfed agriculture is perceived by farmers as unsustainable due to the resulting highly variable income. This study could help to prevent risks to food security in the future. We recognise that other key factors have also been important influences on the fluctuations in olive production over the years, such as soil properties and plant status. However, cultivating olives without irrigation—depending only on the total rainfall amount and rainfall intensity to supply all of the water consumed by the plants—is very risky too. This research demonstrates that the subsistence of Mediterranean rainfed olive farmers can be highly dependent on the rainfall conditions.

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Jesús Rodrigo-Comino; José María Senciales-González; Yang Yu; Luca Salvati; Antonio Giménez-Morera; Artemi Cerdà. Long-term changes in rainfed olive production, rainfall and farmer’s income in Bailén (Jaén, Spain). Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration 2021, 6, 1 -15.

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Jesús Rodrigo-Comino, José María Senciales-González, Yang Yu, Luca Salvati, Antonio Giménez-Morera, Artemi Cerdà. Long-term changes in rainfed olive production, rainfall and farmer’s income in Bailén (Jaén, Spain). Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration. 2021; 6 (2):1-15.

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Jesús Rodrigo-Comino; José María Senciales-González; Yang Yu; Luca Salvati; Antonio Giménez-Morera; Artemi Cerdà. 2021. "Long-term changes in rainfed olive production, rainfall and farmer’s income in Bailén (Jaén, Spain)." Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration 6, no. 2: 1-15.

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Published: 12 June 2021 in CATENA
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Factors involved in hillslope geometry and soil erosion are still under discussion by the scientific community- and one of these factors is microtopography. In this research, the effect of surface roughness (SR) on the soil loss was investigated for different complex hillslope (CHS) systems in terms of plan shapes (convergent, parallel, and divergent) and profile curvatures (convex, concave, and straight), considering representative surface conditions of the arid steep slope region of Tahoneh Watershed, located close to the city of Yazd, Iran. The current research was conducted under laboratory conditions on three different soil types with an SR of 0.015, 0.016, and 0.018 and using a rainfall simulator under a rainfall intensity of 26 ± 3 mm/h with a duration of 15 min. The results showed that the soil loss, as well as the sediment’s arrival time into the outlet of each complex hillslope, varied with SR changes. S, oil loss decreased in each CHS, and the sediment’s arrival time into the outlet was delayed with increased SR in the soil types. A significant difference (F = 51.648, P ≤ 0.001) was obtained in the interaction between the SR and CHSs on the soil loss, as well as the sediment’s arrival time into the outlet. The results of this study using these specific soils indicate that the highest soil loss reduction due to the SR can be observed in straight parallel hillslopes. We conclude that our results can give new key insights about complex geomorphological processes related to sediment mobilization at the pedon scale in arid watersheds to mitigate the negative impacts of human activities on non-straight parallel hillslopes.

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Ava Mombini; Nosratollah Amanian; Ali Talebi; Mahboobeh Kiani-Harchegani; Jesús Rodrigo-Comino. Surface roughness effects on soil loss rate in complex hillslopes under laboratory conditions. CATENA 2021, 206, 105503 .

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Ava Mombini, Nosratollah Amanian, Ali Talebi, Mahboobeh Kiani-Harchegani, Jesús Rodrigo-Comino. Surface roughness effects on soil loss rate in complex hillslopes under laboratory conditions. CATENA. 2021; 206 ():105503.

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Ava Mombini; Nosratollah Amanian; Ali Talebi; Mahboobeh Kiani-Harchegani; Jesús Rodrigo-Comino. 2021. "Surface roughness effects on soil loss rate in complex hillslopes under laboratory conditions." CATENA 206, no. : 105503.

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Published: 11 May 2021 in Pirineos
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El Índice de Pobreza Hídrica (WPI) se considera, en general, una herramienta simple y clara para evaluar los efectos de factores combinados sobre la escasez de agua y la tensión de los recursos hídricos. En esta investigación, intentamos centrarnos en las problemáticas hídricas en las cabeceras de montaña de la cuenca de Karoon en Irán para analizar el estado de los recursos hídricos. Para este propósito, los datos requeridos se obtuvieron en primer lugar mediante la preparación de un informe de la Autoridad del Agua, la parte Agrícola y la Organización de Agua y Saneamiento del Condado de Borujerd. Luego, se estimó el valor del WPI a escala de subcuenca del río Karoon considerando como recurso la posibilidad de acceso, capacidad socioeconómica, usos y criterios de calidad ambiental. Los resultados de esta investigación indicaron un rango de variación entre 6,6 y 18,2, obteniendo el punto más bajo por su condición ambiental actual y el punto más alto por el fácil acceso. Los valores más altos de cada criterio muestran las mejores condiciones que conducen a una menor pobreza hídrica en esa subcuenca. En general, el valor de WPI es aproximadamente 67,65, según la clasificación del centro de Ecología e Hidrología de Wallingford, esta subcuenca se ubica en un rango de pobreza hídrica de baja a moderada. Dado el carácter multidimensional del WPI y considerando todos los factores que afectan a la disponibilidad o falta de recursos hídricos, así como las implicaciones económicas y sociales para la población dedicada, principalmente a la agricultura y la ganadería, podemos concluir que este índice puede ser considerado como una herramienta útil para esta región priorizar las áreas críticas y un paso efectivo para el desarrollo y uso óptimo de sus recursos hídricos.

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Mohammadreza Goodarzi; Rabi H. Mohtar; Mahboobeh Kiani-Harchegani; Alireza Faraji; Faeze Mankavi; Jesús Rodrigo-Comino. Evaluación del índice de pobreza hídrica (WPI) en la cuenca de Borujerd-Dorood (Irán) para reforzar los planes de gestión del territorio. Pirineos 2021, 176, e064 .

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Mohammadreza Goodarzi, Rabi H. Mohtar, Mahboobeh Kiani-Harchegani, Alireza Faraji, Faeze Mankavi, Jesús Rodrigo-Comino. Evaluación del índice de pobreza hídrica (WPI) en la cuenca de Borujerd-Dorood (Irán) para reforzar los planes de gestión del territorio. Pirineos. 2021; 176 ():e064.

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Mohammadreza Goodarzi; Rabi H. Mohtar; Mahboobeh Kiani-Harchegani; Alireza Faraji; Faeze Mankavi; Jesús Rodrigo-Comino. 2021. "Evaluación del índice de pobreza hídrica (WPI) en la cuenca de Borujerd-Dorood (Irán) para reforzar los planes de gestión del territorio." Pirineos 176, no. : e064.

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Published: 02 May 2021 in Environmental Science and Pollution Research
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In recent years, the occurrence of floods is one of the most important challenges facing in Hamadan city. In the absence/inefficiency of urban drainage systems, rainwater harvesting (RWH) systems as low-impact development (LID) methods can be considered as a measure to reduce the floods. In this study, three scenarios concerning the RWH from the roof surfaces are studied to evaluate the type of the harvested water on reducing flooding. In the first scenario, which indicates the current situation in the studied area, it is indicated that there is no harvest of the roof surfaces in the studied area. The second scenario is about the use of water harvested from the roof surfaces for household purposes. The third scenario also refers to the use of harvested water for irrigation of gardens. The simulation results of these three scenarios using the Soil Conservation Service (SCS) method in the Hydrologic Modeling System (HEC-HMS) model reveal that if the second scenario is implemented, the runoff volume decreases from 28 to 12% for the return period from 2 to 100 years. However, in the third scenario, this reduction in runoff volume will be 48 and 27% for return periods of 2 to 100 years, respectively. Therefore, the results of this study indicate that the use of harvested water can also affect the reduction on runoff volume.

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Sarita Gajbhiye Meshram; Ali Reza Ilderomi; Mehdi Sepehri; Farshid Jahanbakhshi; Mahboobeh Kiani-Harchegani; Afshin Ghahramani; Jesús Rodrigo-Comino. Impact of roof rain water harvesting of runoff capture and household consumption. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 2021, 1 -12.

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Sarita Gajbhiye Meshram, Ali Reza Ilderomi, Mehdi Sepehri, Farshid Jahanbakhshi, Mahboobeh Kiani-Harchegani, Afshin Ghahramani, Jesús Rodrigo-Comino. Impact of roof rain water harvesting of runoff capture and household consumption. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 2021; ():1-12.

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Sarita Gajbhiye Meshram; Ali Reza Ilderomi; Mehdi Sepehri; Farshid Jahanbakhshi; Mahboobeh Kiani-Harchegani; Afshin Ghahramani; Jesús Rodrigo-Comino. 2021. "Impact of roof rain water harvesting of runoff capture and household consumption." Environmental Science and Pollution Research , no. : 1-12.

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Published: 12 April 2021 in Climate
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Climate change leverages landscape transformations and exerts variable pressure on natural environments and rural systems. Earlier studies outlined how Mediterranean Europe has become a global hotspot of climate warming and land use change. The present work assumes the olive tree, a typical Mediterranean crop, as a candidate bioclimatic indicator, delineating the latent impact of climate aridity on traditional cropping systems at the northern range of the biogeographical distribution of the olive tree. Since the olive tree follows a well-defined latitude gradient with a progressive decline in both frequency and density moving toward the north, we considered Italy as an appropriate case to investigate how climate change may (directly or indirectly) influence the spatial distribution of this crop. By adopting an exploratory approach grounded in the quali-quantitative analysis of official statistics, the present study investigates long-term changes over time in the spatial distribution of the olive tree surface area in Northern Italy, a region traditionally considered outside the ecological range of the species because of unsuitable climate conditions. Olive tree cultivated areas increased in Northern Italy, especially in flat districts and upland areas, while they decreased in Central and Southern Italy under optimal climate conditions, mostly because of land abandonment. The most intense expansion of the olive tree surface area in Italy was observed in the northern region between 1992 and 2000 and corresponded with the intensification of winter droughts during the late 1980s and the early 1990s and local warming since the mid-1980s. Assuming the intrinsic role of farmers in the expansion of the olive tree into the suboptimal land of Northern Italy, the empirical results of our study suggest how climate aridity and local warming may underlie the shift toward the north in the geographical range of the olive tree in the Mediterranean Basin. We finally discussed the implications of the olive range shift as a part of a possible landscape scenario for a more arid future.

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Jesús Rodrigo-Comino; Rosanna Salvia; Giovanni Quaranta; Pavel Cudlín; Luca Salvati; Antonio Gimenez-Morera. Climate Aridity and the Geographical Shift of Olive Trees in a Mediterranean Northern Region. Climate 2021, 9, 64 .

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Jesús Rodrigo-Comino, Rosanna Salvia, Giovanni Quaranta, Pavel Cudlín, Luca Salvati, Antonio Gimenez-Morera. Climate Aridity and the Geographical Shift of Olive Trees in a Mediterranean Northern Region. Climate. 2021; 9 (4):64.

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Jesús Rodrigo-Comino; Rosanna Salvia; Giovanni Quaranta; Pavel Cudlín; Luca Salvati; Antonio Gimenez-Morera. 2021. "Climate Aridity and the Geographical Shift of Olive Trees in a Mediterranean Northern Region." Climate 9, no. 4: 64.

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Published: 04 April 2021 in Hydrological Sciences Journal
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This paper aims to test different methods used for assessing the indices of sediment yield to identify hotspots and rank sediment yield hotspots. This process includes the assessment of the Entropy Weighting (EW), Fractal Dimension (FD), Slope Length (SL) gradient, and Sediment Connectivity (SC) methods. The indices at different sub-catchment levels were applied in the Ilanlu catchment (Iran) and organized based on five different levels of sediment hazard classes. To assess the performance of sediment hazard mapping, the superimposing methods were used and assessed by the Erosion Potential Model (EPM). The superimposing method showed that 8, 10, 4 and 9 sub-catchments based on the degree of susceptibility obtain the highest results considering the results of FD, EW, SL and SC with an output of EPM model, respectively. The results show that EW and SC can achieve greater performance than FD and SL methods in identifying sediment production hotspots.

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Mehdi Sepehri; Afshin Ghahramani; Mahboobeh Kiani-Harchegani; Ali Reza Ildoromi; Ali Talebi; Jesús Rodrigo-Comino. Assessment of drainage network analysis methods to rank sediment yield hotspots. Hydrological Sciences Journal 2021, 66, 904 -918.

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Mehdi Sepehri, Afshin Ghahramani, Mahboobeh Kiani-Harchegani, Ali Reza Ildoromi, Ali Talebi, Jesús Rodrigo-Comino. Assessment of drainage network analysis methods to rank sediment yield hotspots. Hydrological Sciences Journal. 2021; 66 (5):904-918.

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Mehdi Sepehri; Afshin Ghahramani; Mahboobeh Kiani-Harchegani; Ali Reza Ildoromi; Ali Talebi; Jesús Rodrigo-Comino. 2021. "Assessment of drainage network analysis methods to rank sediment yield hotspots." Hydrological Sciences Journal 66, no. 5: 904-918.

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Published: 26 March 2021 in Geographia Polonica
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N the Northeast Himalayas (NEH) region, four major conventional land-use types are forest, Jhum lands, fallow Jhum lands and plantations, but little is known about their sustainability and responses to changes. We collected soil samples at two uniform depths (0-15 and 15-30 cm) from the Zunheboto district of Nagaland (India). The dataset was statistically analyzed by conducting an ANOVA-one way, principal component analysis (PCA) and calculating an additive soil quality index (SQIa). Our results confirmed that sand content, bulk density (BD), porosity, soil organic carbon (SOC), cation exchange capacity (CEC), exchangeable calcium and potassium showed significant statistical differences among soil depths depending on the land use management. PCA results showed that soil texture, BD, porosity, SOC and exchangeable cations could be consideredthe major indicators to define soil quality. After estimating the SQIa, Jhum soils showed the highest values at the surface, while at 15-30 cm soil depth, fallow Jhum soils phase showed the highest ones. The conversion from natural forest to plantation does not hamper the SQ, but their conversion into Jhum may even increase it, for a shorter duration. However, after 1-2 year of cultivation and conversion from Jhum into fallow Jhum land, soil quality could be reduced.

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Gaurav Mishra; Jesús Rodrigo-Comino. The impact of traditional land use management on soil quality in Northeastern Himalayas (India). Geographia Polonica 2021, 94, 91 -109.

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Gaurav Mishra, Jesús Rodrigo-Comino. The impact of traditional land use management on soil quality in Northeastern Himalayas (India). Geographia Polonica. 2021; 94 (1):91-109.

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Gaurav Mishra; Jesús Rodrigo-Comino. 2021. "The impact of traditional land use management on soil quality in Northeastern Himalayas (India)." Geographia Polonica 94, no. 1: 91-109.

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Published: 24 March 2021 in Applied Sciences
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Spain has been highly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, which is reflected at different scales. From an economic point of view, lockdowns and the reduction of activities have damaged the country (e.g., complete lockdown from March 13 to June 21, 2020). However, it is not clear if the associated environmental impacts could be observed in 2020. Currently, studies on the effects of the lockdown (e.g., decrease in economic activities, transport and social communication) on specific parameters related to climate change, such as air temperature or air pollution, due to a drastic decrease in human activities are rare. They are focused on specific cities and short periods of time. Therefore, the main goal of our research will be to assess the records of air temperature and air quality during the whole of 2020 compared to references from previous years (30 years for air temperature and 10 for air quality). We paid attention to the possible effects of the reduction of activities (e.g., tourism and transport) in March, April and May and the different restrictions of each lockdown in Spain. To achieve this goal, five urban climate stations with long-term time series within the most populated cities of Spain were analyzed (Barcelona, Madrid, Málaga, Sevilla and Valencia). We conclude that it is possible to affirm that the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the atmospheric conditions in 2020 are not clear and not strictly focused on the lockdown or reduction of activities in these urban areas. No evidence of a reduction in the annual air temperature was found, and only a minimum reduction of rates of pollutants was registered in the highly populated cities of Spain. Therefore, it is worth confirming that these changes could be affected by other factors, but on a global scale and not directly due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Considering recent studies on the relationships between air pollutants, temperature and the spreadability of COVID-19, green policies must be further imposed in urban cities, since temperatures do not stop increasing year by year.

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Jesús Rodrigo-Comino; José Senciales-González. A Regional Geography Approach to Understanding the Environmental Changes as a Consequence of the COVID-19 Lockdown in Highly Populated Spanish Cities. Applied Sciences 2021, 11, 2912 .

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Jesús Rodrigo-Comino, José Senciales-González. A Regional Geography Approach to Understanding the Environmental Changes as a Consequence of the COVID-19 Lockdown in Highly Populated Spanish Cities. Applied Sciences. 2021; 11 (7):2912.

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Jesús Rodrigo-Comino; José Senciales-González. 2021. "A Regional Geography Approach to Understanding the Environmental Changes as a Consequence of the COVID-19 Lockdown in Highly Populated Spanish Cities." Applied Sciences 11, no. 7: 2912.

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Published: 23 March 2021 in Fire Safety Journal
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Understanding spatiotemporal geomorphological and pedological changes as a consequence of wildfires can allow stakeholders, land planners, and policymakers to design efficient fire safety-based afforestation and restoration programs of forest lands. The use of remote sensing techniques is a key tool to achieve this goal. The suitable combination of Sentinel-2 MSI data for mapping of different spectral indices related to burn severity and their relationship with other morphometric and soil properties can contribute to a better understanding of the impact of fire, and this is relevant in regions where is still scarce fire-related research such as Turkey. In this investigation, the use of NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index), dNDVI (Difference Normalized Difference Vegetation Index), NDWI (Normalized Difference Water Index), NBR (Normalized Burn Ratio), dNBR (Difference Normalized Burn Ratio), RBR (Relativized Burn Ratio), SBI (Soil Bare Index), As (Upslope area), CTI (Compound Topographic Index), TCI (Terrain Characterization Index), SPI (Stream Power Index) and Curvature (Standard Curvature) were combined. As a study case, 47.43 ha in a burned area of Çınarpınar forest unit, Andırın, Kahramanmaraş in Turkey was selected. The results showed that dNDVI, dNBR, RBR, SBI contribute to relevant information about the effect of the wildfire. According to the dNBR fire severity classification, 75% of the total area has been exposed to high-severity fire. The relationship of Sentinel MSI satellite images with some soil and morphometric features have been found meaningful to understand the impact of forest fire in Mediterranean ecosystems. The information collected in the Turkish forest areas affected by wildfires should be relevant for planning and represent a key contribution to the selection of restoration programs and afforestation techniques for a future fire-safe forest.

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Turgay Dindaroglu; Emre Babur; Tugrul Yakupoglu; Jesús Rodrigo-Comino; Artemi Cerdà. Evaluation of geomorphometric characteristics and soil properties after a wildfire using Sentinel-2 MSI imagery for future fire-safe forest. Fire Safety Journal 2021, 122, 103318 .

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Turgay Dindaroglu, Emre Babur, Tugrul Yakupoglu, Jesús Rodrigo-Comino, Artemi Cerdà. Evaluation of geomorphometric characteristics and soil properties after a wildfire using Sentinel-2 MSI imagery for future fire-safe forest. Fire Safety Journal. 2021; 122 ():103318.

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Turgay Dindaroglu; Emre Babur; Tugrul Yakupoglu; Jesús Rodrigo-Comino; Artemi Cerdà. 2021. "Evaluation of geomorphometric characteristics and soil properties after a wildfire using Sentinel-2 MSI imagery for future fire-safe forest." Fire Safety Journal 122, no. : 103318.

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Published: 22 March 2021 in Scientific Reports
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Natural hazards are diverse and uneven in time and space, therefore, understanding its complexity is key to save human lives and conserve natural ecosystems. Reducing the outputs obtained after each modelling analysis is key to present the results for stakeholders, land managers and policymakers. So, the main goal of this survey was to present a method to synthesize three natural hazards in one multi-hazard map and its evaluation for hazard management and land use planning. To test this methodology, we took as study area the Gorganrood Watershed, located in the Golestan Province (Iran). First, an inventory map of three different types of hazards including flood, landslides, and gullies was prepared using field surveys and different official reports. To generate the susceptibility maps, a total of 17 geo-environmental factors were selected as predictors using the MaxEnt (Maximum Entropy) machine learning technique. The accuracy of the predictive models was evaluated by drawing receiver operating characteristic-ROC curves and calculating the area under the ROC curve-AUCROC. The MaxEnt model not only implemented superbly in the degree of fitting, but also obtained significant results in predictive performance. Variables importance of the three studied types of hazards showed that river density, distance from streams, and elevation were the most important factors for flood, respectively. Lithological units, elevation, and annual mean rainfall were relevant for detecting landslides. On the other hand, annual mean rainfall, elevation, and lithological units were used for gully erosion mapping in this study area. Finally, by combining the flood, landslides, and gully erosion susceptibility maps, an integrated multi-hazard map was created. The results demonstrated that 60% of the area is subjected to hazards, reaching a proportion of landslides up to 21.2% in the whole territory. We conclude that using this type of multi-hazard map may be a useful tool for local administrators to identify areas susceptible to hazards at large scales as we demonstrated in this research.

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Narges Javidan; Ataollah Kavian; Hamid Reza Pourghasemi; Christian Conoscenti; Zeinab Jafarian; Jesús Rodrigo-Comino. Evaluation of multi-hazard map produced using MaxEnt machine learning technique. Scientific Reports 2021, 11, 1 -20.

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Narges Javidan, Ataollah Kavian, Hamid Reza Pourghasemi, Christian Conoscenti, Zeinab Jafarian, Jesús Rodrigo-Comino. Evaluation of multi-hazard map produced using MaxEnt machine learning technique. Scientific Reports. 2021; 11 (1):1-20.

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Narges Javidan; Ataollah Kavian; Hamid Reza Pourghasemi; Christian Conoscenti; Zeinab Jafarian; Jesús Rodrigo-Comino. 2021. "Evaluation of multi-hazard map produced using MaxEnt machine learning technique." Scientific Reports 11, no. 1: 1-20.

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Published: 18 March 2021 in Sustainability
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Using nonparametric, exploratory statistics, the spatial structure of the city’s vertical profile was investigated at the municipal scale in Athens’ metropolitan region (Greece), evaluating changes over a sufficiently long time interval (1983–2019) that encompasses different phases of the urban cycle in Greece. Assuming the vertical profile of cities as an honest indicator of urban form, the study was aimed to test the intensity and spatial direction of the (supposed) change in settlement models toward sprawl. Transitioning slowly from a dense to a more dispersed settlement structure, Athens’ dynamics revealed a quite representative model for cities expanding significantly but remaining substantially compact and dense, while responding similarly to different (external) economic stimuli. Nonparametric correlation between the average (vertical) profile of each municipality and the distance from downtown Athens revealed a substantially stable mono-centric structure over time, with small changes over time still responding to factors dependent on the urban gradient. The inherent shift towards “horizontal” urban expansion was relatively modest and characteristic of few periurban contexts. The empirical results of this study can be envisaged as a practical tool of regional planning, allowing continuous monitoring of urban sprawl and land take in complex systems under rapid socioeconomic changes.

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Jesús Rodrigo-Comino; Barbara Ermini. Are Cities Truly Dispersed? A Long-Term Analysis of Vertical Profile of Settlements in Athens’ Metropolitan Region. Sustainability 2021, 13, 3365 .

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Jesús Rodrigo-Comino, Barbara Ermini. Are Cities Truly Dispersed? A Long-Term Analysis of Vertical Profile of Settlements in Athens’ Metropolitan Region. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (6):3365.

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Jesús Rodrigo-Comino; Barbara Ermini. 2021. "Are Cities Truly Dispersed? A Long-Term Analysis of Vertical Profile of Settlements in Athens’ Metropolitan Region." Sustainability 13, no. 6: 3365.

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Published: 03 March 2021
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Vineyards are vulnerable to soill loss due to the several inherent factors highly discussed in the literature. A lot of research is being carried out on this topic and hundreds of experiments were conducted around the world in past decades. The use of rainfall simulators is very extensive with prominent results; however, the use of different scales is scarce in exact places but using different plot sizes. Small (1-4 m2) and big plots (>4 m2) can detect the initiation of specific processes such as surface runoff and initial of soill particle detachment. However, mechanisms such as connectivity, sedimentation or linear erosion differ among plot sizes. Also, the size, high water consumption and time-consuming of the big rainfall simulator makes its use something scarce. Therefore, the main goal of this research was to compare the big and small rainfall simulators and the obtained results considering the continuous development of various rainfall simulators on the CTU’s Department of Landscape Water Management (Prague, Czech Republic). The small rainfall simulator with 1x1 m plot and the big one covering two experimental plots of 8x1 m size were used next to each other in a conventional vineyard in the viticultural region of Moravia. The results showed different processes both of them key to understand from a holistic point of view the inititaion of soil erosion processes in vineyards.

This study has been supported by the Grant Agency of the Czech Technical University in Prague, grant No. SGS20/156/OHK1/3T/11 and the Project QK1910029.

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Martin Neumann; Petr Kavka; Jan Devátý; Luděk Strouhal; Adam Tejkl; Jakub Stašek; Romana Kubínová; Jesús Rodrigo-Comino. Rainfall simulation experiments in vineyards comparing two different plot scales. 2021, 1 .

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Martin Neumann, Petr Kavka, Jan Devátý, Luděk Strouhal, Adam Tejkl, Jakub Stašek, Romana Kubínová, Jesús Rodrigo-Comino. Rainfall simulation experiments in vineyards comparing two different plot scales. . 2021; ():1.

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Martin Neumann; Petr Kavka; Jan Devátý; Luděk Strouhal; Adam Tejkl; Jakub Stašek; Romana Kubínová; Jesús Rodrigo-Comino. 2021. "Rainfall simulation experiments in vineyards comparing two different plot scales." , no. : 1.

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Published: 23 February 2021 in Land
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Land degradation, especially soil erosion, is a societal issue that affects vineyards worldwide, but there are no current investigations that inform specifically about soil erosion rates in Chinese vineyards. In this review, we analyze this problem and the need to avoid irreversible damage to soil and their use from a regional point of view. Information about soil erosion in vineyards has often failed to reach farmers, and we can affirm that to this time, soil erosion in Chinese vineyards has been more of a scientific hypothesis than an agronomic or environmental concern. Two hypotheses can be presented to justify this review: (i) there are no official and scientific investigations on vineyard soil erosion in China as the main topic, and it may be understood that stakeholders do not care about this or (ii) there is a significant lack of information and motivation among farmers, policymakers and wineries concerning the consequences of soil erosion. Therefore, this review proposes a plan to study vineyard soil erosion processes for the first time in China and develop a structured scientific proposal considering different techniques and strategies. To achieve these goals, we present a plan considering previous research on other viticultural regions. We hypothesize that the results of a project from a regional geographic point of view would provide the necessary scientific support to facilitate deriving guidelines for sustainable vineyard development in China. We concluded that after completing this review, we cannot affirm why vine plantations have not received the same attention as other crops or land uses.

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Yang Yu; Jesús Rodrigo-Comino. Analyzing Regional Geographic Challenges: The Resilience of Chinese Vineyards to Land Degradation Using a Societal and Biophysical Approach. Land 2021, 10, 227 .

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Yang Yu, Jesús Rodrigo-Comino. Analyzing Regional Geographic Challenges: The Resilience of Chinese Vineyards to Land Degradation Using a Societal and Biophysical Approach. Land. 2021; 10 (2):227.

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Yang Yu; Jesús Rodrigo-Comino. 2021. "Analyzing Regional Geographic Challenges: The Resilience of Chinese Vineyards to Land Degradation Using a Societal and Biophysical Approach." Land 10, no. 2: 227.

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Published: 18 February 2021 in Sustainability
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Being largely diversified along the urban–rural gradient, fertility gaps have demonstrated to fuel metropolitan expansion, contributing to natural population growth and social change. In this direction, population dynamics and economic transformations have continuously shaped urban cycles in Europe. Assuming suburban fertility to be a relevant engine of metropolitan growth, the present study investigates and discusses the intrinsic relationship between fertility transitions and urban expansion, focusing on European metropolitan regions. An average crude birth rate referring to the last decade (2013–2018) was estimated from official statistics at 671 Functional Urban Areas (FUAs, Eurostat Urban Audit definition) of 30 European countries, distinguishing ‘central cities’ from ‘suburban’ locations. Local contexts with a higher crude birth rate as compared with neighboring settlements were identified analyzing differential fertility levels in urban and suburban locations. By providing an indirect, comparative verification of the ‘suburban fertility hypothesis’ in European cities, the results of this study demonstrate how suburbanization has been basically associated to younger and larger families—and thus higher fertility levels—only in Eastern and Southern Europe. Birth rates that were higher in suburbs than in central cities were observed in 70% of Eastern European cities and 55% of Mediterranean cities. The reverse pattern was observed in Western (20%), Northern (25%) and Central (30%) Europe, suggesting that urban cycles in the European continent are not completely phased: most of Western, Central, and Northern European cities are experiencing re-urbanization after a long suburbanization wave. Demographic indicators are demonstrated to comprehensively delineate settlement patterns and socioeconomic trends along urban–suburban–rural gradients, giving insights on the differential metropolitan cycles between (and within) countries.

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Jesús Rodrigo-Comino; Gianluca Egidi; Adele Sateriano; Stefano Poponi; Enrico Mosconi; Antonio Gimenez Morera. Suburban Fertility and Metropolitan Cycles: Insights from European Cities. Sustainability 2021, 13, 2181 .

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Jesús Rodrigo-Comino, Gianluca Egidi, Adele Sateriano, Stefano Poponi, Enrico Mosconi, Antonio Gimenez Morera. Suburban Fertility and Metropolitan Cycles: Insights from European Cities. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (4):2181.

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Jesús Rodrigo-Comino; Gianluca Egidi; Adele Sateriano; Stefano Poponi; Enrico Mosconi; Antonio Gimenez Morera. 2021. "Suburban Fertility and Metropolitan Cycles: Insights from European Cities." Sustainability 13, no. 4: 2181.

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Published: 18 February 2021 in Land
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We explore the current situation in a viticultural region in Eastern Spain from a holistic and multifaceted research approach, which allowed us to understand the biophysical conditions, economic cost, social impact, and perception of the farmers’ community to the use of catch crops. A survey of the perception of the farmers, and an assessment of the biophysical impact of catch crops (CC) and tillage (C = Control plot) on soil organic matter, bulk density, infiltration capacity (single ring infiltrometer), and runoff generation and soil erosion (rainfall simulation experiments) was carried out. Two representative fields as study sites were selected in Les Alcusses valley, within Els Alforins wine production region. The results show that the use of CC increased soil organic matter, favored higher infiltration rates and runoff generation was delayed. Moreover, runoff rates and soil erosion were lowered. The perception of the farmers was mainly against the use of catch crops due to their view as it being ‘dirty’, their cost, and the loss of their reputation and respect by other farmers. Our survey proves that the farmers would accept the catch crops if a subsidy of 76.56 € ha−1 on average would be paid. Farmers see the use of a catch crop more as a benefit for the health of the Planet than for themselves. To achieve land degradation neutrality, education and dissemination programs should be developed to teach and inform the farmers of their key role in the proper management of vineyards.

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Artemi Cerdà; Jesús Rodrigo-Comino. Regional Farmers’ Perception and Societal Issues in Vineyards Affected by High Erosion Rates. Land 2021, 10, 205 .

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Artemi Cerdà, Jesús Rodrigo-Comino. Regional Farmers’ Perception and Societal Issues in Vineyards Affected by High Erosion Rates. Land. 2021; 10 (2):205.

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Artemi Cerdà; Jesús Rodrigo-Comino. 2021. "Regional Farmers’ Perception and Societal Issues in Vineyards Affected by High Erosion Rates." Land 10, no. 2: 205.