Articles | Volume 31
https://doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-31-9-2012
https://doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-31-9-2012
19 Jun 2012
 | 19 Jun 2012

Determining agricultural land use scenarios in a mesoscale Bavarian watershed for modelling future water quality

B. B. Mehdi, R. Ludwig, and B. Lehner

Abstract. Land use scenarios are of primordial importance when implementing a hydrological model for the purpose of determining the future quality of water in a watershed. This paper provides the background for researching potential agricultural land use changes that may take place in a mesoscale watershed, for water quality research, and describes why studying the farm scale is important. An on-going study in Bavaria examining the local drivers of change in land use is described.