Evaluating the ecological sustainability of Austrian agricultural landscapes—the SINUS approach

Peterseil, Johannes; Wrbka, Thomas; Plutzar, Christoph; Schmitzberger, Ingrid; Kiss, Andrea; Szerencsits, Erich; Reiter, Karl; Schneider, Werner; Suppan, Franz; Beissmann, Helmut

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2003.10.011

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“…Such landscape types allow representing typical mosaics of land cover but can also include a representation of the landscape elements, the management characteristics and a characterization of the spatial structure of the landscape. Landscape typologies have been made for specific regions and also many countries have national level landscape typologies available (Peterseil et al 2004;Van Eetvelde and Antrop 2009). Few landscape maps exist for larger scales and those that exist mainly represent physical characteristics and/or land cover ).…”

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The representation of landscapes in global scale assessments of environmental change

Verburg¹,

Asselen²,

Zanden³

et al. 2012

Landscape Ecol

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Landscape ecology has provided valuable insights in the relations between spatial structure and the functioning of landscapes. However, in most global scale environmental assessments the representation of landscapes is reduced to the dominant land cover within a 0.5 degree pixel, disregarding the insights about the role of structure, pattern and composition for the functioning of the landscape. This paper discusses the contributions landscape ecology can make to global scale environmental assessments. It proposes new directions for representing landscape characteristics at broad spatial scales. A contribution of landscape ecologists to the representation of landscape characteristics in global scale assessments will foster improved information and assessments for the design of sustainable earth system governance strategies.

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Section: Ways Forwardmentioning

confidence: 99%

The representation of landscapes in global scale assessments of environmental change

Verburg¹,

Asselen²,

Zanden³

et al. 2012

Landscape Ecol

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“…Toda v zadnjih desetletjih so bili ob podrobnem razmejevanju rabe in pokrovnosti zemljišč zasnovani številni koncepti monitoringa in vzorčnega ocenjevanja krajinske zgradbe, pestrosti in njenih sprememb, ki presegajo zgolj uporabo podatkov iz evidenc o rabi zemljišč (npr. Dramstad et al, 2002;Peterseil et al, 2004;Stahl et al, 2011). Z ocenjevanjem variabilnosti v rabi zemljišč smo preverili, na katerih prostorskih merilih je primerno presojati o krajinski zgradbi in oblikovati zasnovo monitoringa rabe zemljišč, ki bo upoštevala morebitne regionalne razlike na Slovenskem.…”

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Presoja prostorskega stratificiranja za vzorčno ocenjevanje gozdnih zemljišč

Hladnik¹

2015

Acta Silvae et Ligni

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(1) Biotehniška fakulteta, Oddelek za gozdarstvo in obnovljive gozdne vire, david.hladnik@bf.uni-lj.si IZVLEČEKZa vzorčno ocenjevanje rabe gozdnih zemljišč in pokrovnosti ter njunih sprememb na Slovenskem predlagamo stratificiranje prostorskih podatkov na podlagi tipologije gozdnih rastišč. Na podlagi karte rabe zemljišč in tipologije gozdnih rastišč smo ocenili prostorska merila variabilnosti za krajinske kazalce in jih primerjali s stratificiranjem po statističnih regijah. Ker gozd po površini prevladuje v 10 od 12 statističnih regij, te ne predstavljajo izhodišča za oblikovanje stratumov, s katerimi bi pojasnjevali razlike v variabilnosti deležev rabe zemljišč. S statističnimi regijami smo pojasnili 21 % skupne variance za ocenjevanje deležev kmetijske rabe in 17 % variance za delež gozda. Z razvrščanjem kilometrskih kvadratov po tipologiji gozdnih rastiščnih tipov je bil pojasnjen večji del variabilnosti kot v prostorskem merilu statističnih regij, vendar na račun velikega števila skupin oziroma 29 stratumov. Velike razlike v krajinskih kazalcih za te skupine gozdov ponazarjajo, da je prostorsko merilo za oblikovanje stratumov manjše od regionalnega.Ključne besede: raba zemljišč, varianca rabe in pokrovnosti, tipologija gozdnih rastišč ABSTRACT Stratification based on Slovenian forest typology has been proposed for sampling forest land-use/ land-cover data and changes over time. Using land-use map and forest typology map we evaluated geographic scales of variance for landscape-level indices and compared stratification by administrative units and regions. As forest prevails in 10 out of 12 statistical regions in terms of its surface area, these regions cannot be effective stratification tool for sampling and mapping land-use. Statistical regions accounted for 21 percent of the total variance of percent agriculture and 17 percent of total variance in amount of forest. Through the classification of quadratic 1 square kilometre tiles according to the typology of forest site types, somewhat greater proportion of total variance has been explained by stratification than on the spatial scale of statistical regions, although on the account of the high number of groups (29 strata). The great differences in fragmentation indices for these forest groups illustrate that the spatial scale for the formation of strata is smaller than the regional one.

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“…Wrbka et al (2004) and Peterseil et al (2004) reported problems that could arise from the low spatial resolution of the Landsat TM 30-m resolution images when they were used to describe the details of landscape patterns [54,55]. Due to these problems, the classification of images might need to be repeatedly tested and corrected until the accuracy meets the requirements.…”

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Effects of Urbanization on Landscape Patterns in a Mountainous Area: A Case Study in the Mentougou District, Beijing, China

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Abstract:We explored the process of urbanization in a mountainous area to seek a sustainable urbanization strategy. Previous urbanization research has mainly focused on flat terrain and coastal areas, and urbanization in mountainous areas remains poorly understood. This study integrated geographic information systems, remote sensing, and statistical analysis to quantify landscape patterns dynamics in response to urbanization, with a case study of Mentougou District in Beijing, China from 1985 to 2014. We found that the total built-up area increased along with the population and economic indicators. The built-up area increased by one-third over the study period, with 73.38% of the increase from converted cropland and 12.22% from converted orchard. The urban expansion area was concentrated in the plain sub-region (<200 m elevation, comprising 68.85% of the expansion area). The landscape patterns varied over this period. For the whole region, the low mountain sub-region and the high mountain sub-region, landscape patterns gradually became more heterogeneous and fragmented, but they showed the opposite trend in the plain sub-region. None of the urbanization indicators (population, economic and built-up land area) were significantly correlated with landscape metrics for the whole region, but they were significantly correlated in the plain sub-region. The impacts of urbanization on landscape patterns were mainly focused on the plain sub-region, and the effects in the low mountain and high mountain sub-regions were weak. Future urban development in mountainous areas should focus on the protection of cropland and local industries as part of a sustainable development strategy for the whole region.

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Evaluating the ecological sustainability of Austrian agricultural landscapes—the SINUS approach

Cited by 87 publications

References 32 publications

The representation of landscapes in global scale assessments of environmental change

The representation of landscapes in global scale assessments of environmental change

Presoja prostorskega stratificiranja za vzorčno ocenjevanje gozdnih zemljišč

Effects of Urbanization on Landscape Patterns in a Mountainous Area: A Case Study in the Mentougou District, Beijing, China

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