Land Cover Changes and Their Influence on Recharge in a Mediterranean Karstic Aquifer (Alicante, Spain)
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Título: | Land Cover Changes and Their Influence on Recharge in a Mediterranean Karstic Aquifer (Alicante, Spain) |
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Autor/es: | Ruiz, Maria Candela | Valdes-Abellan, Javier | Pla, Concepción | Fernández Mejuto, Miguel | Benavente, David |
Grupo/s de investigación o GITE: | Petrología Aplicada | Ingeniería Hidráulica y Ambiental (INGHA) |
Centro, Departamento o Servicio: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra y del Medio Ambiente | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ingeniería Civil |
Palabras clave: | Groundwater | Land cover management | Karst | Mediterranean climate | Modelling |
Fecha de publicación: | 31-dic-2022 |
Editor: | MDPI |
Cita bibliográfica: | Ruiz MC, Valdés-Abellán J, Pla C, Fernández-Mejuto M, Benavente D. Land Cover Changes and Their Influence on Recharge in a Mediterranean Karstic Aquifer (Alicante, Spain). Land. 2023; 12(1):128. https://doi.org/10.3390/land12010128 |
Resumen: | Groundwater plays a key role in the subsistence of people and their activities throughout the globe, particularly in arid zones. In the highly dynamic context of the Mediterranean landscape, a deep understanding of aquifer systems is essential for their optimal management. The aim of this study was to estimate the influence of land cover on recharge in the Almudaina-Segaria aquifer, through the simulation of different land cover scenarios. The results showed a 32% decrease in the total water volume + entering the aquifer when extensive agriculture was replaced by natural forests, with a remarkable drop in the water table elevation for a large portion of the aquifer, depending on geology and topography. Considering the demographic evolution and ongoing climatic changes, it is fundamental to incorporate a management perspective where surface and underground processes are integrated as a fundamental part of a sustainable system. |
Patrocinador/es: | This research was funded by Conselleria de Innovación, Universidades, Ciencia y Sociedad Digital, GENERALITAT VALENCIANA, grant number GRISOLIAP/2020/124. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/130849 |
ISSN: | 2073-445X |
DOI: | 10.3390/land12010128 |
Idioma: | eng |
Tipo: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Derechos: | © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Revisión científica: | si |
Versión del editor: | https://doi.org/10.3390/land12010128 |
Aparece en las colecciones: | INV - PETRA - Artículos de Revistas INV - IngHA - Artículos de Revistas |
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