The concept of visual landscape sensivity is related to both the degree of visibility of new structures and the quality (intrinsic merit) of surrounding landscape. For a given landscape, modification, visual impact is directly related to visual
of their visual sensivity to given landscape modification. - (NF)
Influence of land use changes on landscape factors and characteristics of a Pliocene basin
Earth surface processes ; Human impact ; Italy ; Land use ; Landscape ; Landscape dynamics ; Model ; Scenario
The impact of human activities on the landscape and its factors : soil, water, vegetation, geomorphology, etc... reaches nowadays unprecedented levels. A quali/quantitative knowledge of landscape changes is needed to understand the anthropogenic
influence and to create models in order to generate scenarios to assess the future trends of the landscape system. The effects of land use changes on the landscape are explained both qualitatively and quantitatively. - (NF)
The progress and perspectives of landscape ecology in China
China ; Concept ; Ecology ; Environmental management ; History of sciences ; Land use ; Landscape dynamics ; Landscape ecology ; Methodology ; Model
The major progress of landscape ecology in China was in the fields of land-use structure and ecological processes, landscape pattern and dynamics analysis, theoretical and methodological development, and landscape ecological applications. After
The landscape-ecological methodological approach is due to its holistic approach most suitable for the study of relations between separate landscape-ecological units and their impacts on land-use and human activities. The Upper Gorenjska region
was divided into 5 landscape-ecological types and 19 landscape-ecological units. Landscape-ecological types and landscape-ecological units showed a high inner differentiation of the studied area, which is not clearly detected in the existing territorial units
, such as cadastral districts, councils, etc. The homogeneity of landscape-ecological types and landscape-ecological units enabled a simpler interpretation of the obtained data and, in turn, better results. - (IKR)
Driving factors of forest landscape change in Yiluo River basin
Agricultural land use ; China ; Deforestation ; Forest ; Henan ; Landscape dynamics ; Slope gradient ; Spatial analysis ; Village ; Watershed
In this study, the AA. reconstruct the former forest landscape structure and elucidate the landscape change during a period of about 15 years. Three sets (1987, 1996 and 2002) of maps derived from Landsat-5 images were used for analyses. The results
show that there was a decrease in the area from 1987 to 2002. The forest landscape conversion in this region is largely explained by elevation, slope and proximity to village.
Spatial modelling of vegetation change in dynamic landscapes : a review of methods and applications
Bibliography ; Forest ; Geographical information system ; Landscape ; Landscape ecology ; Model ; Simulation ; Spatial analysis ; Vegetation ; Vegetation dynamics ; Years 1990-99 ; Years 2000-2009
This review considers the development and application of landscape-level spatially explicit ecological models, with an emphasis on vegetation dynamics and disturbance, and the management applications of these models. Mechanistic and stochastic
models are compared and contrasted and the development, over the last 15 years, of spatial landscape models of ecological change is discussed.
Philosophical concerns about restoring landscapes often revolve around two, connected, issues. First is the idea that a restored lanscape, even if it is a perfect replica, has lost some of its value. The second problem highlighted in philosophical
debates is that the greater the success of restoration projects, the more threatened natural landscapes become. The A. discusses two opposing potential responses to these claims : that humans are part of nature and thus cannot be an alien dominating force
Cultural landscapes as a potential force for regional development - theoretical approaches and case studies in east German suburban and rural regions
Cultural landscape ; German Democratic Republic ; Germany ; Regional development ; Regional planning ; Rural area ; Theory
Cultural landscape is currently being rediscovered as a regional potential. To examine the problems and opportunities of landscape change elements of an institutional theory of cultural landscape will be outlined. Following than, two documents
at the European level with a holistic approach to landscape will be analysed : the ESDP and the ELC. On this basis the paper examines the management of cultural landscapes at the regional level using the example of two case studies in German suburban and rural
Complex multi-layer vegetation map as the basis for detailed geobotanical regionalization and characterization of the spatial structure of landscape (a case study from the Vistula River Valley, Poland)
Biodiversity ; Habitat ; Land use ; Landscape ; Landscape unit ; Poland ; Valley ; Vegetation ; Vegetation map ; Wisła
an actual and potential vegetation, as well as land-use were analyzed; the analysis being performed for an area of ca. 540 km2 of the Vistula River valley. The spatial structure of these microlandscapes was characterized in terms of various landscape metrics
. The analysis reveals that comprehensive treatment allows micro-landscapes to be aggregated into typological (and potentially regional) units of a higher rank.
The paper gives an overview of the historical development and present situation of landscape fragmentation in the two named districts. The AA. analysed ATKIS data and digitalized historical maps to evaluate the landscape fragmentation in different
years. The results show a strong and since 1938 continuously increased fragmentation of the considered area. The assumption of a stronger increase of landscape fragmentation as a result of the German unification compared with earlier periods
Investigating hybrids and coproductions : epistemologies, (disciplinary) politics and landscapes
Epistemology ; Geography ; Landscape
organization of knowledge (physical geography vs. human geography) influences our perception of what constitutes their allegedly neutral objects of study with regard to spatialization - landscapes vs. regions. In the final part, a framework for an analysis
Hydraulic works ; India ; Natural landscape ; Rural development ; Stream ; Tourism ; Urbanization
The book is a compilation of twelve papers presented at a National seminar on river systems in North Eastern India an their impact upon the Region's Environmental Development : natural landscape, rural and urban morphology and regional development
The impact of different gridding methods on catchment geomorphology and soil erosion over long timescales using a landscape evolution model
This study examines differences in catchment geomorphology and hydrology as a result of kriging and Delaunay triangulation gridding methods. The second aim is to examine the effect of this interpolated landscape data on soil loss and catchment
geomorphology using the SIBERIA long-term landscape evolution model.
Natural and artificial linkages and discontinuities in a Mediterranean landscape : some case studies from the Durance Valley, France
The main aims of this paper are to define linkages and discontinuities; to outline their importance; to suggest how they might operate in both natural and anthropogenically modified landscapes, through case studies in the Durance River in southern
France (in a part of Mediterranean landscape, on a floodplain segment and along of the main channel).