Table of Contents

  1. Compilers and contributors
  2. Introduction
  3. Climate indicators
    1. Air temperature
    2. Annual rainfall
    3. Aridity index
    4. Annual potential evapotranspiration
    5. Rainfall seasonality
    6. Rainfall erosivity
  4. Water indicators
    1. Water quality
    2. Water quantity
    3. Ground water exploitation
    4. Water consumption/water demands
  5. Soil indicators
    1. Soil drainage
    2. Parent material
    3. Rock fragments
    4. Slope aspect
    5. Slope gradient
    6. Soil depth
    7. Soil texture
    8. Water storage capacity
    9. Exposure of rock outcrops
    10. Organic matter in surface horizons
    11. Degree of soil erosion
    12. Electrical conductivity
  6. Vegetation indicators
    1. Major land use
    2. Vegetation cover type
    3. Vegetation cover
    4. Deforested area
  7. Water runoff indicators
    1. Drainage density
    2. Flooding frequency
    3. Impervious surface area
  8. Forest fires indicators
    1. Fire frequency
    2. Fire risk
    3. Burned area
  9. Agriculture indicators
    1. Farm ownership
    2. Farm size
    3. Land fragmentation
    4. Net farm income
    5. Parallel employment
  10. Cultivation indicators
    1. Tillage operations
    2. Frequency of tillage
    3. Tillage depth
    4. Tillage direction
    5. Mechanization index
  11. Animal husbandry indicators
    1. Grazing control
    2. Grazing intensity
  12. Land management indicators
    1. Fire protection
    2. Sustainable farming
    3. Reclamation of affected areas
    4. Reclamation of mining areas
    5. Soil erosion control measures
    6. Soil water conservation measures
    7. Presence of terracing
  13. Land use indicators
    1. Land abandonment
    2. Land use intensity
    3. Period of existing land use
    4. Urban area and rate of change
    5. Distance of low elevation lands from the sea shore
  14. Water use indicators
    1. Irrigation percentage of arable land
    2. Runoff water storage
    3. Water consumption per sector
    4. Water scarcity
  15. Tourism indicators
    1. Tourism intensity
    2. Tourism change
  16. Human characteristics indicators
    1. Human poverty index
    2. Old age index
    3. Population density
    4. Population growth rate
    5. Population distribution
  17. Institutional indicators
    1. Subsidies
    2. Protected areas
    3. Policy enforcement
  18. Conclusions
  19. References