The role of road and footpath networks in shaping the relief of middle mountains on the example of the Gorce Mountains (Poland)

Wałdykowski, Piotr; Krzemień, Kazimierz

doi:10.1127/0372-8854/2013/0108

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“…The construction and use of forest roads may contribute to the development of numerous erosional and depositional landforms including erosional cuts, landslides, and accumulation fans. This is confirmed by research work performed in Poland, and more specifically in the Karkonosze Mountains [12], Gorce Mountains [13], Beskidy Mountains [1], and Tatras Mountains [3] as well as in other locations in the world, for example in the Olympic Mountains, USA [4], Cascade Range, USA [14], in the mountain areas of northeastern Italy [15,16], and on the Darab Kola Mountain in Iran [17]. The research used, among others, geomorphological mapping, repeated measurements within cross-section profiles, modeling, and field experiments.…”

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A Quantitative Analysis of Surface Changes on an Abandoned Forest Road in the Lejowa Valley (Tatra Mountains, Poland)

Fidelus‐Orzechowska

Strzyżowski

Cebulski³

et al. 2020

Remote Sensing

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The main aim of this research was to determine the magnitude of geomorphologic changes within a section of a forest road. The research was carried out in the Lejowa Valley in the Tatra Mountains. The measurements of the surface of the road were performed using a RIEGL VZ-4000 terrestrial laser scanner (TLS). TLS models for 2017, 2018, and 2019 served as the basis for the determination of quantitative and spatial relief transformations. The net annual change on the studied road within the first period equaled −884 m3 ha−1 year−1, and for the second period −370 m3 ha−1 year−1. Changes across the accumulation fan ranged from −265 m3 ha−1 year−1 to +36 m3 ha−1 year−1. The average rate of erosion on the studied abandoned road is similar, and sometimes even greater than that on roads which are still in use. Our research shows that improper road location may lead to irreversible changes to the natural environment. The planning of a forest road must take into account natural conditions, otherwise progressive relief transformations may lead to significant surface changes and the road may be excluded from use.

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A Quantitative Analysis of Surface Changes on an Abandoned Forest Road in the Lejowa Valley (Tatra Mountains, Poland)

Fidelus‐Orzechowska

Strzyżowski

Cebulski³

et al. 2020

Remote Sensing

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“…This has been recently shown in SW-Nigeria (Adediji et al, 2013) and in China (Sun and Wang, 2013). In many instances, researchers have focused on the role of paved as well as earth roads in producing and concentrating runoff and hence in reorganizing the natural drainage in Europe (Boardman, 2013;Waldykowski and Krzemien, 2013), in SE-Australia (Munoz-Robles et al, 2010), in northern Israel (Svoray and Markovitch, 2009) and in Kenya (Jungerius et al, 2002). We prefer the term of 'axial' gully instead of 'road'-gully, because in Kinshasa gully development is observed not only upon roads, but upon all structures which produce and/or concentrate runoff, including sewers.…”

Section: The Role Of Urbanization and Road Construction On Gully Devementioning

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The origin and control of mega-gullies in Kinshasa (D.R. Congo)

Imwangana

Vandecasteele

Trefois

et al. 2015

CATENA

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This study aims to investigate the relation between mega-gully (N5 m width) distribution and urbanization in Kinshasa (D.R. Congo), to establish what governs mega-gully location and plan form and to illustrate the concepts behind mega-gully treatment. For this purpose, the diachronic distribution of mega-gullies has been mapped in Kinshasa. All mega-gullies have been reported in ArcGis 9.3 on the orthorectified SPOT 2007 image. A newly elaborated DEM enables the mega-gullies to be placed in their natural topographical context. The GIS inventory on the SPOT 2006/2007 anaglyph indicates the mega-gully situation in the high town of Kinshasa 5 years ago: 308 mega-gullies with a cumulated length of 94.7 km, a mean drainage density of 0.4 km km −2 and an average width and depth of 17 m and 6 m respectively. On the WorldView 1 (WV1) coverage, the number of mega-gullies has more than doubled between 2007 and 2010 from 160 to 334. The study shows that mega-gullies only develop within the urbanized perimeter of the high town of Kinshasa and only 5 to 10 years after incipient urbanization. The study also indicates that neither the location, the plan form or the downslope course of mega-gullies in Kinshasa are controlled by the natural topography. Forty-three point eight percent of the mega-gullies in Kinshasa are 'axial', occupying urban structures which function as artificial runoff drainage lines: roads, tarred or not, with or without side-road trenches, gutters in all forms and materials from concrete to sand, also foot paths and further all artificial runoff drainage lines. The study reveals that every mega-gully is directly or indirectly induced by human activities, but that every gully also finally ends to grow after an initial phase of sudden development. Mega-gully treatment follows two principles, often combined. The first is to stop the alimentation of the mega-gully head with water. The second includes a complete stabilization of the channel and walls inside the mega-gully. This study emphasizes that gully prevention can basically be achieved by control of the runoff discharges in the artificial stream network, as well as beside the roads.

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“…Impact of the road network development on the formation of tourist tracks (Wałdykowski, 2005), as well as geomorphic activity along forest and field roads was also studied (Wałdykowski, 2006;Wałdykowski & Krzemień, 2013). These results show that roads and tracks are among the most morphodynamically active zones in the Gorce Mts.…”

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Recent advances on geomorphology of the Gorce Mountains, the Outer Western Carpathians – state-of-the-art and future perspectives

Kroh

Pawlik

2021

Geogr. Pol.

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The increase of geomorphological research during the last decades in the Gorce Mts. caused the need for state-of-art review papers. The Gorce Mountains were formed as an isolated massif with Mt Turbacz (1310 m a.s.l.) as the highest summit. River channels are remodeled by sudden and high-level floods with the critical impact of log jams. The main processes influencing hillslope relief were landsliding, run-off, and tree uprooting. The review suggests the following issues await for studies: a long-term landscape evolution, monitoring of morphogenetic processes, and origin of landslides with their contribution to denudation rates. Also, current biomorphodynamics (uprooting process) has not been sufficiently studied.

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The role of road and footpath networks in shaping the relief of middle mountains on the example of the Gorce Mountains (Poland)

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A Quantitative Analysis of Surface Changes on an Abandoned Forest Road in the Lejowa Valley (Tatra Mountains, Poland)

A Quantitative Analysis of Surface Changes on an Abandoned Forest Road in the Lejowa Valley (Tatra Mountains, Poland)

The origin and control of mega-gullies in Kinshasa (D.R. Congo)

Recent advances on geomorphology of the Gorce Mountains, the Outer Western Carpathians – state-of-the-art and future perspectives

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