Spatially Varying and Scale-Dependent Relationships of Land Use Types with Stream Water Quality

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Se-Rin Park, Sang-Woo Lee

Abstract

Understanding the complex relationships between land use and stream water quality is critical for water pollution control and watershed management. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between land use types and water quality indicators at multiple spatial scales, namely, the watershed and riparian scales, using the ordinary least squares (OLS) and geographically weighted regression (GWR) models. GWR extended traditional regression models, such as OLS to address the spatial variations among variables. Our results indicated that the water quality indicators were significantly affected by agricultural and forested areas at both scales. We found that extensive agricultural land use had negative effects on water quality indicators, whereas, forested areas had positive effects on these indicators. The results also indicated that the watershed scale is effective for management and regulation of watershed land use, as the predictive power of the models is much greater at the watershed scale. The maps of estimated local parameters and local R2 in GWR models showcased the spatially varying relationships and indicated that the effects of land use on water quality varied over space. The results of this study reinforced the imp...Continue Reading

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Sep 4, 2020·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Soon-Jin Hwang
Apr 4, 2021·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Se-Rin ParkSang-Woo Lee
Jun 8, 2021·The Science of the Total Environment·Baolin XueSangam Shrestha
Nov 11, 2021·The Science of the Total Environment·Cherie M O'SullivanNarendra Tuteja

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