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Human activity impact on the heterogeneity of a Mediterranean landscape
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In this paper, the effects of human activity on the environmental heterogeneity of the Mediterranean landscape under study were analyzed by means of a comparative examination of a historical and a recent land use map.About:
This article is published in Applied Geography.The article was published on 2010-07-01. It has received 225 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Land use.read more
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Urban sprawl measurement from remote sensing data
TL;DR: In this article, the authors document and discuss these sprawl measurement techniques along with their merits and demerits towards the absolute acceptance or rejection of urban sprawl and highlight the scope and direction of future research for the measurement of urban Sprawl.
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Trends in the use of landscape spatial metrics as landscape indicators: A review
TL;DR: In this article, an overview on the trends in the usage of landscape metrics as indicators for: land use changes, habitat functions (biodiversity, habitats), landscape regulating functions (fire control, microclimate control, etc.), and information functions (landscape aesthetics).
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Characterizing landscape pattern and ecosystem service value changes for urbanization impacts at an eco-regional scale
TL;DR: Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper analyzed landscape pattern and ecosystem service value changes in four eco-regions in the Hang-Jia-Hu region (China), and found that landscape fragmentation, configuration and diversity, which were induced by urbanization, could significantly impair the provisions of ecosystem services.
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Monitoring land cover change of the dryland forest landscape of Central Chile (1975-2008).
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated land cover changes in Central Chile using multi-temporal satellite imagery taken in 1975, 1985, 1999 and 2008 and found that the major trends in this highly dynamic landscape were reduction of dryland forest and conversion of shrubland to intensive land uses such as farmland.
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Transformation of agricultural landscapes under rapid urbanization: A threat to sustainability in Hang-Jia-Hu region, China
TL;DR: Wang et al. as discussed by the authors analyzed the spatiotemporal dynamics of agricultural landscapes within Hang-Jia-Hu region (China) from 1994 to 2003 using a set of metrics that relate closely with sustainability.
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FRAGSTATS: spatial pattern analysis program for quantifying landscape structure
Kevin McGarigal,Barbara J. Marks +1 more
TL;DR: McGarigal et al. as mentioned in this paper developed a spatial pattern analysis program for quantifying landscape structure called FRAGSTATS, which is almost completely automated and thus requires little technical training.
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Object based image analysis for remote sensing
TL;DR: This paper gives an overview of the development of object based methods, which aim to delineate readily usable objects from imagery while at the same time combining image processing and GIS functionalities in order to utilize spectral and contextual information in an integrative way.
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The causes of land-use and land-cover change: moving beyond the myths
Eric F. Lambin,Billie Turner,Helmut Geist,Samuel Babatunde Agbola,Arild Angelsen,John W. Bruce,Oliver T. Coomes,Rodolfo Dirzo,Günther Fischer,Carl Folke,P.S. George,Katherine Homewood,Jacques Imbernon,Rik Leemans,Xiubin Li,Emilio F. Moran,Michael Mortimore,P. S. Ramakrishnan,John F. Richards,Helle Skånes,Will Steffen,Glenn Davis Stone,Uno Svedin,Tom A. Veldkamp,Coleen Vogel,Jianchu Xu +25 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors track some of the major myths on driving forces of land cover change and propose alternative pathways of change that are better supported by case study evidence, concluding that neither population nor poverty alone constitute the sole and major underlying causes of land-cover change worldwide.
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Agricultural abandonment in mountain areas of Europe: Environmental consequences and policy response
Darla Hatton MacDonald,J.R. Crabtree,Georg Wiesinger,Thomas Dax,N Stamou,P Fleury,J Gutierrez Lazpita,Annick Gibon +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a comparative analysis of European mountain case studies to assess the environmental impacts of land abandonment and decline in traditional farming practices is presented, while the influence of environmental changes is unpredictable due to environmental, agricultural and socio-economic contextual factors, abandonment generally has an undesirable effect on the environmental parameters examined.
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