Slovenia is a country of exceptionally diverse landscapes at the intersection of four major European macroregions: the Alpine, Pannonian, Dinaric, and Mediterranean regions. Terraces, which are a characteristic Mediterranean landscape element, occur
in all landscape types, but they vary in terms of density, purpose, and current function. Terraces, which define the most characteristic terraced landscape, are most common in the Mediterranean environment. - (L'A.).
Exploring local rural landscape changes in Denmark : a human-environmental timeline perspective
Agricultural land use ; Agriculture ; Denmark ; Farm ; Landscape dynamics ; Man-environment relations ; Rural landscape
The paper investigates land use changes in a rural landscape with contrasting biophysical potential for agricultural production in western Denmark in a 136 year period (1870-2006). The purpose is to explore links between drivers of landscape change
and observed changes during this period as well as to document the spatial variability of landscape changes. The environmental history of rural landscape is examined in order to highlight the co-evolution of the land use dynamics and major socio-economic
Rejecting violence on the landscape in Lawrence, Kansas
Cemetery ; Identity ; Kansas ; Landscape ; Memorial monument ; Semiotics of space ; Site of memory ; Town ; United States of America
The town of Lawrence endured attacks twice in 19th century. The memorialized landscapes of these tragedies display ambivalence toward the past. The town found sources for its historical identity that do not reflect these tragedies. The A. uses a set
of methods for reading the memorialized landscape that includes archival and landscape analysis.
Management of cultural landscapes : what does this mean in the former Soviet Union ? A case study from Latvia
Cultural landscape ; Land use ; Landscape ; Landscape dynamics ; Latvia ; Nature conservation ; Rural area ; Rural parish
In countries of the former Soviet Union the landscape underwent many changes as a result of agricultural collectivisation and its aftermath. This situation has been analysed for six sample rural municipalities (pagasts) in Latvia. All sampled
pagasts had experienced significant landscape change during the Soviet times that replaced the pre-Soviet character with a new ‘ideological landscape’.
Following the previous report on this subject, published in 2007, there has been a very substantial increase in publications relevant to landscape ecology. The continuing identity crisis of landscape ecology is described and recent literature
in the field is then summarized under the following headings : Landscape ecology and climate research; Alternatives to fragmentation and the patch-based model - the links between pattern and process; Fragmentation research; Methodology and techniques
in landscape ecology; and Connectivity and graph theoretical approaches. The review concludes that landscape ecology now represents one important focus within biogeography, linked to ecological biogeography, and takes its place alongside other key foci
Spatial metrics - useful indicators for society or mainly fun tools for landscape ecologists ?
Geographical information system ; Indicator ; Landscape ; Landscape ecology ; Spatial scale
There is a demand for indicators to measure progress towards policy aims. Further, there is an increasing interest in documenting changes in the surrounding landscapes, and comparing trends of change in space and time, through landscape monitoring
. Based on the theoretical framework of landscape ecology, this has initiated the development of spatial metrics. Remote sensing information, GIS, and spatial metrics are used to provide a range of measures of landscape content and composition assumed
Two main harvesting regimes in a Norwegian boreal forest landscape over a period of 150 years are detected. A homogeneous impact regime resulting from selective logging changed the forest structure by logging the oldest and largest trees evenly
throughout the forest, resulting in a homogeneous landscape structure. Clear-cutting from the 1950s has resulted in a new heterogeneous impact regime, giving a landscape structure dominated by patches of even-aged stands.
This paper highlights some of the new research fields in landscape ecology, which has developed rapidly over the last 2 decades. The AA. also analyse the development of some classical branches of landscape ecology regarding pattern and process
relationships at broad spatial and temporal scales, such as landscape metrics, the influence of anthropogenic factors and global climate change on landscape development, the fragmentation of ecosystems and disturbances of populations, and material and energy
Degree of human transformation of landscapes : a case study from Hungary
Ecology ; Human impact ; Hungary ; Impact ; Land use ; Landscape ; Microregion
In the study the CORINE land use categories were used to identify the scale of human impact on the landscapes. The test area covered 12 natural microregions in north-eastern Hungary. - (AM)
There are special sections of the public roads, the so-called ’scenic roads’, which are considered to be interesting and specific regarding the aspects of landscape and view. The aim of the study is to draw attention of the values of landscape
. In the study the authors undertook to plan a ’scenic road’ which connects two castles being apart within distance of sight of each other in the area. In addition to the presentation of values of landscape aligning along the scenic road, a visibility map
was constructed on which the stops and lookout points from where the visitors could admire various landscapes were signed. - (AM)
Cultural Landscapes and Asia : Reconciling International and Southeast Asian Regional Values
Asia ; Cultural landscape ; Landscape ; Man-environment relations ; South-Eastern Asia ; Value system
The term cultural landscape is now widely circulated internationally, although its use in South-eastern and Eastern Asia (hereafter SE and E Asia) presents problems. Cultural landscapes that have evolved in SE and E Asia reflect beautifully
the interaction between people and their environment as a result of cultural process with associated intangible values. SE and E Asian cultural landscapes are placed here in an international context.
Modern tundra landscapes of the Kolyma Lowland and their evolution in the Holocene
Asian part of Russia ; Climatic change ; Eastern Siberia ; Geomorphogenesis ; Holocene ; Lake ; Landscape ; Magadan ; Periglacial features ; Permafrost ; Thermokarst ; Tundra
The different tundra landscapes of the Kolyma Lowland, northern Siberia are described, focusing on landscape typology, digital mapping and the calculation of areas occupied by different landscape complexes. The genesis, age and evolution of yedoma
sediments and associated alas (thermokarst basins) topography are inferred from the calculation of lake-basin and lake-area changes over three decades. Connections between the present landscape and its evolution during the Holocene are described.
Spatial variability of landscape pattern change following a ponderosa pine wildfire in northeastern New Mexico, USA
Ecology ; Forest ; Forest fire ; Impact ; Landscape ecology ; Methodology ; New Mexico ; Spatial analysis ; United States of America
This research analyzes the impacts of the 2002 Ponil Fire in New Mexico on landscape patterns using a moving-window analysis of landscape metrics. Categorically derived landscape metrics and a measure of fire severity, the Normalized Burn Ratio
, are used to produce a quantitative, spatial distribution of landscape change. The moving-window approach is particularly helpful in analyzing large fires with considerable variability in severity, allowing greater insight into the relationship between fire
severity and landscape composition and structure in post-fire landscapes. The moving-window approach also can guide researchers and managers to specific areas of a landscape where large changes have occurred and where evidence for understanding the process
Ecologically based landscape pattern optimization in northwest of Beijing
Beijing ; China ; Decision making process ; Ecology ; Environmental management ; Geographical information system ; LANDSAT ; Land use ; Landscape ecology ; Model ; Remote sensing ; Thematic Mapper ; Urban growth
Supported by the technologies of remote sensing (RS) and geographical information system (GIS), the AA. chose northwest of Beijing as a study area and gave priority to understanding of the spatial-temporal characteristics of landscape pattern change
through visually interpreted Landsat TM images of 1989, 1996 and 2005. It is believed that there were a series of landscape ecological problems caused by city expansion. For this reason, this study adopted accumulative cost distance model, combined
with ecosystem services and spatial interactions of landscape types, analyzed the spatial difference of the ecological function and the compactness of landscape structure in the study area, and further discussed the landscape pattern optimization proposal
. Results are presented in the context of landscape ecological planning in Beijing region : to establish urban ecological corridors and pattern in the course of city expansion.
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[b4] The Graduate School of Landscape Architecture, Univ., Beijing, Chine
In this paper we examine whether Slovenia's landscape diversity is reflected in natural geographical classifications (landscape typifications and regionalizations) on the European level. We examine how many European natural geographical types
Landuse and landscape changes in Czechia during the period of transition 1990-2007
Czech Republic ; Land use ; Landscape ; Social change ; Twentieth Century ; Twenty-first century
The article analyzes land use changes and their influence on landscape development in Czechia during the complex period of transition after 1990 to a democratic system with a capitalist economy. Ascertained changes and trends in land use changes
Correlation ; County ; Data base ; Hungary ; Microregion ; Natural landscape ; Physical geography ; Region ; Settlement ; Social geography
The majority of the data of the physical geography concerns the natural landscapes, reservoirs or relief units. In the social geography opposite this the data to the administrative units; settlements, micro regions, counties, regions, or a whole
country refers. Since the border of the small landscapes and the administrative units is different mostly, the two databases difficult to compare.The authors calculated how Hungary’s small landscapes (microregions) are divided between the counties, in what
kind of proportion can be unloaded the 19 counties from small landscapes for wich there are 100, 90 or 2/3 of his parts in the given county. - (AM)
Concept ; Czech Republic ; Human geography ; Landscape ; Research
This discussion of landscape in Czech geography has drawn attention on some possibilities for the future development of human geographic research on landscape in Czechia inspired by Anglo-American human geography. The aim of this article
is to contribute to this discussion by presenting own place, time, culture and subject specific views of the conception of landscape and its past development as well as to suggest possible sources of inspiration for landscape research in Czech geography. - (EN)
Cultural landscape ; Cultural studies ; Japan ; Patrimony ; Town ; Village
The article deals with the fast change Japanese landscape in the last 30 years. The Japanese agrarian landscape became alter through re-allocation of rural land and rural renewal. Old feeders and old country lanes vanished. In the urban development
the wooden houses changed through stone houses or high-rise buildings. On the one hand it is an advancement but on the other hand it is a damage of historical landscape. On the example of the village Honedera the authors shows a new handling with sustainment
historical landscape. Honedera and other Japanese villages or towns are candidates for world cultural heritage. - (IfL)