How do policies shape landscapes ? Landscape change and its political driving forces in the Limmat Valley, Switzerland 1930-2000
of political driving forces and to describe the landscape changes associated with them. The landscape changes were quantified based on the comparison of historical maps and driving forces were compiled and linked with changes based on document analysis
and expert interviews. They found that political driving forces contributed 26% to landscape change. Landscape changes such as new roads and buildings, changes in the agricultural and forestry network, the loss of elements of the traditional agricultural
landscape, new solitary trees, and new roadside slopes have been associated with political driving forces.
This paper proposes that society’s pursuit of sustainable development will involve landscape changes that attract protest and opposition. It considers the role of drivers of change. Energy is likely to be a major driver of new landscapes. Reference
Factors and mechanism driving the land-use conversion in Jiangxi Province
This article explores the factors and mechanism driving the land-use conversion at regional level by developing and using an econometric approach which is called the simultaneous equations model (SEM). A case study in Jiangxi Province of China
. And then this paper employs the method of piecewise estimation to represent the influences of various factors. Estimation results show that population is a predominant factor driving the land-use conversion at counties, while social and economic factors
Spatial patterns and driving forces of land use change in China during the early 21st century
including regional differentiation, physical, economic, and macro-policy factors as well. Spatial pattern of land use change and its driving forces were investigated in China in the early 21st century. The development of oasis agriculture in Northwest China
of map aimed to liberate car owners from rail-based itineraries, and the successs of the Guide and its maps led many automobile drivers to explore France.
of Slovene settlements spend driving their cars to the nearest regional centre. The results show areas of various levels of accessibility and the regionalization process of Slovenia according to the criterion of transport accessibility. - (L'A.).
The eight articles deal with ocean surveillance and the exploration by robots, the ocean circulation and whose importance of drivers and relevance for the global climate system, the ocean acidification by chemical change, the seafloor gas hydrates
capability in producing estimates of precipitation and the likelihood of extreme events. Results from these articles are quite heterogeneous, suggesting that the selection of the GCM, the variables that are used to drive the categorization, and the specific
the last 200 years with respect to the social driving forces. The task was based on historical studies of archived materials statistical and cartographic materials, recent fieldworks and finally carried out in the GIS environment, which encompassed maps
inherited from the driving global model, intermodel variability and issues surrounding the validation or verification of models. The paper concludes with a critique of approaches employed to quantify or cater for uncertainties highlighting the strengths
For savannas, the key environmental drivers controlling vegetation productivity are water and nutrient availability, vapour pressure deficit (VPD), solar radiation and fire. Changes in these environmental factors can modify the carbon balance
This study discusses regional differences in hydraulic driving forces and substrate resistance and tests the hypothesis that regional differences exist in average rates of channel incision, bank erosion, and knickpoint retreat. Specifically, the AA
and ground data as driving variables from 2000 to 2005. Grassland NPP had close correlation with precipitation and temperature, that indicates climate change will influence the grassland NPP and thus have a great impact on domestic livestock in this region