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2024 I, I Upravljanje prirodnim uslovima i procesima, pp. 103-111
Spatial differentiation of the intensity of soil erosion according to predominant geographical factors in the municipality of Rekovac
University of Belgrade, Faculty of Geography, Serbia

emailtanja.srejic@gef.bg.ac.rs, sanja.manojlovic@gef.bg.ac.rs, emina.krickovic@gef.bg.ac.rs
Keywords: erosion potential model (EPM); geographical indicators; Principal component analysis (PCA); municipality of Rekovac
Abstract
One of the central tasks of modern geography and environmental science is to determine the extent of the threat posed by soil erosion in an area and to identify the fundamental causes of the spatio-temporal variability of this process. The main objectives of this research are the following: 1) quantification of soil erosion in the Rekovac settlement; 2) multivariate analysis of selected geographical factors; 3) spatial differentiation of settlements according to the most important geographical factors. The erosion potential model (Gavrilović S. method) was applied to determine soil erosion in 2012. Spatial differentiation of the intensity of soil erosion in the municipality was carried out using Principal component analysis (PCA) based on 18 selected geographical indicators. The assessment of the suitability of the data for PCA showed that the analysis was justified with KMO=0.741 and p=0.05. In the municipality of Rekovac, the average erosion coefficient is Z=0,355. It ranges from Z=0,147 to Z=0,550. The specific annual gross erosion amounts to Ws=595 m3/km2/ God. It ranges from Ws =158 m3/km2/god. to Ws =1039 m3/km2/god. The intensity of soil erosion in the settlements of the municipality of Rekovac is most strongly influenced by physical-geographical factors (rock complex of Neogene sediments, morphometric features, forest cover), land use changes and demographic factors (population density, vitality index, average age, proportion of old population, change in household size).

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article language: Serbian
document type: Review Paper
DOI: 10.5937/KonGef24011S
published in Portal: 26/09/2024
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