Decaying villages in the centre of Europe with no population decline: Long-term analysis using historical aerial images and remote sensing data

Janus, Jarosław; Bożek, Piotr; Taszakowski, Jarosław; Doroż, Arkadiusz

doi:10.1016/j.habitatint.2022.102520

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“…Such small-scale private farms had been mostly negatively impacted by the economic transformation in Poland in the 1990s [26]. Central Poland shows therefore significant ALA in recent years [6,27] and the selected study area well represents this major region.…”

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The Substantial Increase of Forest Cover in Central Poland Following Extensive Land Abandonment: Szydłowiec County Case Study

2022

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Nowadays, Poland is one of the European countries most affected by agricultural land abandonment (ALA). Though considered to be a negative phenomenon, ALA opens up several options for planning future land uses critical for biodiversity conservation or future carbon sequestration. So far, many studies of ALA have been done in the mountainous areas in Poland, but less is known about the magnitude of ALA in other regions. In this paper we use the declassified CORONA satellite imagery (1969) to backdate the information on land cover and land abandonment from topographic maps from 1970s for the region located in central Poland and currently affected by widespread ALA. The information from archival materials is compared with current High-Resolution Layers and airborne laser scanning products, indicating that a forest cover increase of 23% was observed. The output of vegetation height analysis confirmed significant land use transformation from non-forest and ALA into forest area. Additionally, analysis of forest pattern change revealed that although forest core areas have increased since 1970, its share in total forest cover decreased due to newly established small forest patches. Our research shows the importance of archival remote sensing materials and indicates their role in understanding ALA-related forest cover change in Poland over the last 50 years.

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The Substantial Increase of Forest Cover in Central Poland Following Extensive Land Abandonment: Szydłowiec County Case Study

2022

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“…The total area used for agricultural purposes has been constantly decreased. The young population, who cannot earn sufficient income due to agricultural land fragmentation, tends to migrate to urban areas [12]. In addition, increasing droughts, heavy rains, and temperature fluctuations due to climate change reduce crop productivity and adversely affect agricultural areas [13,14].…”

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Land Use Suitability Model for Grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) Cultivation Using the Best Worst Method: A Case Study from Ankara/Türkiye

Uyan,

Janus,

Ertunç

2023

Agriculture

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The product of grapes with the highest added value is wine. Wine grapes play an important role in the evaluation of barren lands, where no other plants generally grow. Viticulture in Türkiye is generally conducted on small areas of agricultural land. In order to develop viticulture, it is important to determine suitable areas. This study presents a model for assessing land suitability for cultivation of grapevines (Vitis vinifera L.) in the Ankara region (Türkiye). The aim is to provide a spatial decision support system based on geographic information system multi-criteria assessment, taking into account the perspectives of expert agricultural engineers and local product growers. In this study, 11 criteria were evaluated to determine the most suitable locations for grapevine cultivation. The best worst method was used to calculate the weights of the determined evaluation criteria. When the spatial distribution of the areas suitable for grapevine cultivation was examined from the resulting map produced, it was seen that 1879.29 km2 (7%) of highly suitability areas, 5062.03 km2 (20%) of medium suitability areas, 4706.20 km2 (18%) of low suitability areas, and 8355.36 km2 (33%) of unsuitable areas were detected. According to the results obtained, the southern parts of the study area are more suitable for grapevine cultivation. This study will be an important and useful regional guide for agricultural land use planning and the cultivation of grapevines.

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“…Earth observation (EO) data, collected from various satellite platforms (starting in the 1970s with the Landsat program) and processed with remote sensing methods, has been a crucial and ever-developing aspect of these research efforts. In the last decades, for several local scale case studies, earlier monochromatic visual material (starting from the 1940s aerial photographs and the 1960s satellite imagery) has also been incorporated into Land Use Land Cover Changes (LULCC) examinations for more extended periods [9][10][11][12]. There have also been attempts to include historical cadastral maps as even earlier datasets, and in combination with aerial photographs [13][14][15][16][17].…”

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“…Rural depopulation poses a substantial threat to demographic and economic stability and is an emerging research field [18]. It has also been studied in connection to agricultural land abandonment from a remote sensing perspective using aerial photographs and satellite imagery for other countries in the EU [12,[19][20][21].…”

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Agricultural Land Abandonment in Bulgaria: A Long-Term Remote Sensing Perspective, 1950–1980

Kabadayı

Osgouei

Sertel

2022

Land

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Agricultural land abandonment is a globally significant threat to the sustenance of economic, ecological, and social balance. Although the driving forces behind it can be multifold and versatile, rural depopulation and urbanization are significant contributors to agricultural land abandonment. In our chosen case study, focusing on two locations, Ruen and Stamboliyski, within the Plovdiv region of Bulgaria, we use aerial photographs and satellite imagery dating from the 1950s until 1980, in connection with official population census data, to assess the magnitude of agricultural abandonment for the first time from a remote sensing perspective. We use multi-modal data obtained from historical aerial and satellite images to accurately identify Land Use Land Cover changes. We suggest using the rubber sheeting method for the geometric correction of multi-modal data obtained from aerial photos and Key Hole missions. Our approach helps with precise sub-pixel alignment of related datasets. We implemented an iterative object-based classification approach to accurately map LULC distribution and quantify spatio-temporal changes from historical panchromatic images, which could be applied to similar images of different geographical regions.

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Decaying villages in the centre of Europe with no population decline: Long-term analysis using historical aerial images and remote sensing data

Cited by 7 publications

References 43 publications

The Substantial Increase of Forest Cover in Central Poland Following Extensive Land Abandonment: Szydłowiec County Case Study

The Substantial Increase of Forest Cover in Central Poland Following Extensive Land Abandonment: Szydłowiec County Case Study

Land Use Suitability Model for Grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) Cultivation Using the Best Worst Method: A Case Study from Ankara/Türkiye

Agricultural Land Abandonment in Bulgaria: A Long-Term Remote Sensing Perspective, 1950–1980

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