Integrative methods to study landscape changes

Bürgi, Matthias; Russell, E. W.

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“…Since landscape changes result essentially from the interactions between human activities and the land in a specific spatial and temporal context, the study of the driving forces behind these changes is conducive to revelation of the relationship between socioeconomic factors and the natural environment (Zhou 2000;Burgi and Russell 2001). Thanks to the emergence of modern technologies such as remote sensing, geographic information system (GIS), and mathematical modelling, the spatial pattern of landscape and its change can be characterised and quantified with an increasing ease (Wang et al 2001;Yang and Lo 2003).…”

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A landscape approach to quantifying land cover changes in Yulin, Northwest China

Zha

Liu

Deng

2007

Environ Monit Assess

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In this study we quantified land cover changes in the arid region of Yulin City, Northwest China between 1985 and 2000 using remote sensing and GIS in conjunction with landscape modeling. Land covers were mapped into 20 categories from multitemporal Landsat TM images. Five landscape indices were calculated from these maps at the land cover patches level. It was found that fallow land decreased by 125,148 ha while grassland and woodland increased by 107,975 and 17,157 ha, respectively. Landscape heterogeneity, dominance and fractal dimension changed little during the 15-year period while landscape became more fragmented, with an index rising from 0.56 to 0.58. The major factors responsible for these changes are identified as the change in the government policy on preserving the environment, continued growth in mining, and urbanization.

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A landscape approach to quantifying land cover changes in Yulin, Northwest China

Zha

Liu

Deng

2007

Environ Monit Assess

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“…The landscape, including woodlands, underwent radical transformation in most European countries during the Holocene period as a result of anthropogenic pressure and changes in natural conditions (Bender, 2005;Br una, Wild, Svoboda, Heurich, & Müllerov a, 2013;Bürgi and Russell, 2001;Bürgi & Schuler, 2003;Hooke & Kain, 1982;Ihse, 1995;Lipský, 1995;Ohlson & Tryterud, 1999;Pelorosso, Leone, & Boccia, 2009;Schulte, Liebman, Asbjornsen, & Crow, 2006; Skleni cka, Janovsk a, S alek, Vlas ak, Molnarov a, 2014; Skleni cka, Molnarov a, Pixov a, S alek, 2013; Skleni cka, Símov a, Hrdinov a, S alek, 2014). There are only a relatively few modern studies that focus on the development of woodlands in the Czech Republic and elsewhere in Central Europe.…”

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What are the transitions of woodlands at the landscape level? Change trajectories of forest, non-forest and reclamation woody vegetation elements in a mining landscape in North-western Czech Republic

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“…In countries where detailed old maps are not available, various scenarios can be produced for modeling the landscape structure or land cover characteristics from history (e.g., the pre-colonial landscape in Northern America) (Scheller et al 2008;Stoltman et al 2007;Mladenoff 2004;Williams 2003). Even if close cooperation between landscape ecologists and historians is still rare (Bürgi and Russell 2001), some multidisciplinary approaches are now being started up. Ecosystem responses to land change are complex and interactive (Grimm et al 2008).…”

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Long-term changes in forest cover 1780–2007 in central Bohemia, Czech Republic

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Many studies have recently been devoted to the study of landscape change, and some have even focused on an analysis of the dynamics of forest cover change. However, few of the studies have worked on a methodology for making a detailed investigation of long-term forest change dynamics based on historic cartographic sources. The goal of this study is to further develop a method for analyzing long-term changes in forest cover on the basis of old maps and orthophoto maps in the GIS environment. The study area is located in Central Bohemia, to the east of Kutná Hora, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The area consists of 21 cadastral units with a total area of 113 km 2 . The maps of the First (1780), Second (1851) and Third Military Surveys (1877) and the present-day orthophotomap (2007) of the Czech Republic were used as data resources. Source data have been processed in GIS. Forest cover is the subject of our study. However, the term is perceived from a broader perspective. What we call forest cover in our study refers to forest wood elements and other wood species in the landscape. In this study, forest cover has been structurally considered as a whole, without dividing it into the two categories mentioned. We counted the extent of the forest cover in each particular time horizon in hectares and as a percentage of the area under study, also the absolute changes in forest cover between the individual time horizons in hectares as well as the intensity of the changes in forest cover in hectares per year. The spatial changes in forest cover were evaluated in a GIS environment using specialized features to analyze spatial variation. The forest cover occupied 16.60% (1,880 ha) of the total area in the First Military Survey (1780). In 2007, the proportion was slightly higher at 16.64% (1,884 ha). More than half of all forest land (53%) from the time of the Second Military Survey (1851) survived until 2007. Not only the information on absolute changes but also the information on the rate of change is of great importance. The old Military Survey maps and the orthophotomap enable us to carry out studies of long-term changes in forest cover. However, the geodetic inaccuracy of the First Military Survey maps precludes reliable and exact quantification of the landscape changes between the First Military Survey and the Second Military Survey, and also between the First Military Survey and present-day (orthophoto map). These maps cannot be used for evaluating forest cover changes on the level of individual plots. The method presented in our paper may contribute to a better understanding of the long-term dynamics of forest land, covering a period of more than 250 years. This knowledge can be applied in forest management planning procedures. Apart from their application Communicated by J. Müller.

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Integrative methods to study landscape changes

Cited by 81 publications

References 16 publications

A landscape approach to quantifying land cover changes in Yulin, Northwest China

A landscape approach to quantifying land cover changes in Yulin, Northwest China

What are the transitions of woodlands at the landscape level? Change trajectories of forest, non-forest and reclamation woody vegetation elements in a mining landscape in North-western Czech Republic

Long-term changes in forest cover 1780–2007 in central Bohemia, Czech Republic

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