Development of soil consumption driven by urbanization and pattern of built-up areas in Prague periphery since the 19&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; century

Stachura, Joanna; Chuman, Tomáš; Šefrna, Luděk

doi:10.17221/204/2014-swr

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“…However, new linear structures such as roads and power lines have entered the landscape and they disturb the original landscape scenery (Coch, Gerhards, & Konold, 2005). The growing areal structures (Stachura, Chuman, & Šefrna, 2016) make the landscape less penetrable, less clear. This has a negative impact on the potential search for sites in the terrain and acquiring comparative photo- documentation is complex.…”

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Localisation of the painter’s canvas: landscape paintings from the Iron Mountains (Czech Republic)

Frajer

Šimáček

2019

Journal of Maps

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Landscape has always been the focus of artistic interest. Landscape is also the object of research interest of geographers, and it offers a field for cooperation between art and geography. Our study focuses on landscape painting as an important source in identifying landscape changes. We focused on discovering the location where the painter placed his canvas. We used Czech landscape paintings from the end of the nineteenth century in the Iron Mountains. We have combined information about paintings and their authors with terrain analysis in GIS. We have carried out field research and consulted a painter to localise the locations where the landscapes were painted. Main map depicts the sites of selected landscape paintings from where the painters captured the image of the landscape. Our proposed combination of terrain analysis with the information about the paintings and the painters is a convenient way to identify the sites of the paintings.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

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Localisation of the painter’s canvas: landscape paintings from the Iron Mountains (Czech Republic)

Frajer

Šimáček

2019

Journal of Maps

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“…In general, the development of soil consumption has been driven by urbanization, as analyzed by Stachura et al (2015). A set of 22 cadastres was selected for covering maximum soil quality diversity of the dominant soil types at a driving distance of up to 20 min from Prague.…”

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Estimation of land loss in the Czech Republic in the near future

Janků¹,

Jakšík²,

Kozák³

et al. 2016

Soil & Water Res.

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The study presents an estimate of how many hectares of soil will be removed from the farmland fund in the coming years around the biggest towns for non-agricultural use, such as for residential purposes and industrial zones. To estimate suburban area spreading, so called "buffers", i.e. packing zones around towns, were established. For the capital city of Prague the buffer width was set at 3 km, for regional towns at 2 km, and for district towns at 1 km. In this area, as well as on the territory (intravilan) of towns, the estimate of the future acreage removal of farmland for building purposes was calculated. The study also quantifies the changes in acreage of different soil types. The results show a significant decrease in acreage of the best quality soils, primarily because the largest towns are usually built on the best soils, and these towns are spreading much more than small towns. The results were statistically processed for (a) total, (b) each regional town, (c) each district town, and (d) total always separately for urban areas, for suburban areas (buffer zones), and for their combinations. Cambisols represent the soil group with the largest loss of land, followed by Luvisols and Chernosols.

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Land protection versus planned land consumption: an example of the Hradec Králové Region

Janoušek¹,

Papaj²,

Brázda³

2019

Soil & Water Res.

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One of the most significant environmental problems in Europe is the land use change as a result of urbanization. The estimate of future agricultural land takes in the Czech Republic previously published in this journal is alarming; however, this is based on arbitrarily determined assumptions. Our contribution brings a more realistic assessment of the extent of expected land takes (example of the Hradec Králové Region). For this purpose, the data from the municipalities’ Planning Analytical Materials (PAM) on buildable areas (and redevelopment areas) and data on the existing expansion of built-up areas are used. Particular attention is paid to the best quality soils included in the 1st and 2nd protection class of agricultural land resources (ALR), because some municipalities located in fertile agricultural areas argue about the necessity to build up good-quality land. The Pearson correlation coefficient has been used for the evaluation to what extent the share of the soils included in the 1st and 2nd protection classes of ALR out of the total area of the municipality is really related to the share of best quality soils in planned buildable areas. The spatial statistics method ‒ geographically weighted regression (GWR) has been used to find spatial deviations from the global relationship model. There is a clear differentiation between the municipalities as to whether they are able to rather protect the best soil or whether they are planning future construction predominantly on it. E.g. in municipalities with about 30–50% of the land included in the 1st and 2nd ALR protection classes, buildable and redevelopment areas are designed from 0 to 100% for these highest classes of ALR protection. However, the total strength of the association (Pearson’s r) between these indicators is large, r = 0.80 (or r = 0.95 when “the point-index value of agricultural land” was used instead of ALR protection classes). The results of GWR show that higher deviations from the model value, both positive and negative ones, are not spatially clustered but located next to each other. Greater deviations occur more frequently in the more fertile western part of the region, where there is a higher pressure on good-quality land, which is either intended for development or protected on the basis of local factors (including spatial planning of individual municipalities). Estimation of future developments has revealed a substantial over-dimensionality of planned buildable areas – they will potentially be built up in more than 100 years.

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Development of soil consumption driven by urbanization and pattern of built-up areas in Prague periphery since the 19<sup>th</sup> century

Cited by 3 publications

References 23 publications

Localisation of the painter’s canvas: landscape paintings from the Iron Mountains (Czech Republic)

Localisation of the painter’s canvas: landscape paintings from the Iron Mountains (Czech Republic)

Estimation of land loss in the Czech Republic in the near future

Land protection versus planned land consumption: an example of the Hradec Králové Region

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