Wind Erosion Prevention Priority Areas for Western Slovakia via GIS Suitability Analysis

A GIS-based suitability model identifies priority areas for wind erosion prevention in a ~2,000 km² region of western Slovakia. The analysis compares binary and weighted overlay methods with a process-based soil loss model, finding a moderate correlation between approaches. The dataset was created by Lenka Lackóová and last updated on 2026-05-07.

Use Cases

• Prioritizing land for shelterbelt planting based on modelled erosion susceptibility.
• Comparing GIS-based suitability frameworks with process-based erosion models.
• Supporting climate adaptation strategies for sandy lowland agroecosystems.
• Conducting spatial statistical analysis on the correlation between different erosion modelling outputs.

Strengths

• Analysis covers a specific ~2,000 km² study region in western Slovakia.
• Model outputs are quantitatively compared, showing a Pearson correlation of r=0.48 between weighted suitability and soil loss estimates.
• The framework is described as transferable and data-efficient for soil conservation planning.

Limitations

• The dataset is a 688.9 KB DOCX document; the underlying spatial data files are not provided.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred from the document.
• The spatial scope is limited to three districts in western Slovakia.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Multi-criteria evaluation integrating soil erodibility, field length, vegetation cover, and topographic exposure using GIS.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-07 04:45:16; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Districts of Malacky, Senica, and Skalica in western Slovakia.