OPENAIRE OpenAire Sygma Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE) St Andrews Research Repository DOAJ Crossref Archivio Istituzionale della Ricerca dell'Università degli Studi di Milano Europe PubMed Central PubMed Central European Union Open Data Portal https://air.unimi.it/bitstream/2434/1157142/2/s41598-023-31334-z.pdf https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-31334-z.pdf https://eprints.ncl.ac.uk/fulltext.aspx?url=290514/25AE1152-3C53-4F19-82F7-C273FA162B1A.pdf&pub_id=290514 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-31334-z Scientific Reports Open Access 2023-03-27 2025-04-03 Abstract<p>International policies and guidelines often highlight the divide between ￢ﾀﾘnature￢ﾀﾙ and ￢ﾀﾘheritage￢ﾀﾙ in landscape management, and the weakness of monodisciplinary approaches. This study argues that historic agricultural practices have played a key role in shaping today￢ﾀﾙ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.</p 2. Zero hunger MCC GE 330 Science Q R DAS CC Archaeology 15. Life on land CC 333 Article 12. Responsible consumption 13. Climate action 11. Sustainability Medicine SDG 2 - Zero Hunger soil erosion; geomorphology; landscape archaeology; gis modelling GE Environmental Sciences SDG 15 - Life on Land Brandolini, Filippo, Kinnaird, Tim C., Srivastava, Aayush, Turner, Sam, 2023-03-27 journalpaper Abstract<p>International policies and guidelines often highlight the divide between ￢ﾀﾘnature￢ﾀﾙ and ￢ﾀﾘheritage￢ﾀﾙ in landscape management, and the weakness of monodisciplinary approaches. This study argues that historic agricultural practices have played a key role in shaping today￢ﾀﾙ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.</p Modelling the impact of historic landscape change on soil erosion and degradation 10.1038/s41598-023-31334-z 890561