McCord Centre for Landscape, School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Newcastle University, Armstrong Building, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK.
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, KY16 9AX, UK.
Sci Rep. 2023 Mar 27;13(1):4949. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-31334-z.
International policies and guidelines often highlight the divide between 'nature' and 'heritage' in landscape management, and the weakness of monodisciplinary approaches. This study argues that historic agricultural practices have played a key role in shaping today's landscapes, creating a heritage which affords opportunities for more sustainable landscape management. The paper develops a new interdisciplinary approach with particular reference to soil loss and degradation over the long term. It presents innovative methods for assessing and modelling how pre-industrial agricultural features can mitigate soil erosion risk in response to current environmental conditions. Landscape archaeology data presented through Historic Landscape Characterisation are integrated in a GIS-RUSLE model to illustrate the impact of varying historic land-uses on soil erosion. The resulting analyses could be used to inform strategies for sustainable land resource planning.
国际政策和准则通常强调景观管理中“自然”和“遗产”之间的鸿沟，以及单一学科方法的弱点。本研究认为，历史农业实践在塑造今天的景观方面发挥了关键作用，创造了一种遗产，为更可持续的景观管理提供了机会。本文提出了一种新的跨学科方法，特别是针对长期的土壤流失和退化问题。它提出了创新性的方法来评估和模拟史前农业特征如何减轻当前环境条件下的土壤侵蚀风险。通过历史景观特征化呈现的景观考古学数据被整合到 GIS-RUSLE 模型中，以说明不同历史土地利用方式对土壤侵蚀的影响。由此产生的分析结果可用于为可持续土地资源规划提供策略信息。
