Land cover changes in northern Croatia from 1981 to 2011

Jogun, Tomislav; Pavlek, Katarina; Belić, Tomislav; Buhin, Smiljan; Malešić, Nino

doi:10.21861/hgg.2017.79.01.02

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“…After the collapse of the socialism in these countries, one of the main LULC trends was decrease in agricultural land use due to extensification, land abandonment and afforestation from one side, or suburbanisation on the other (Václavík and Rogan, 2009;Baumann et al, 2012;Alcantara et al, 2013;Griffiths et al, 2013). Similar studies have been conducted in the area of northern Croatia (Horvat, 2013;Cvitanović et al, 2016;Jogun et al, 2017), where similar trends and driving forces of LULC were detected, like in the previously mentioned papers. The methodology of those papers was based on analysis of historical LULC, while this study aims to extend them using predictive simulation models of LULC.…”

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confidence: 78%

Simulation model of land cover changes in a post-socialist peripheral rural area: Požega-Slavonia County, Croatia

Jogun¹,

Lukić

Gašparović

2019

Hrv. geogr. glas.

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Uvod Promjene načina korištenja zemljišta i zemljišnog pokrova (engl. LULC) rezultat su složenog odnosa između mnoštva prirodnih i društvenih čimbenika (Pijanowski i dr., 2002). Razumijevanje uzroka i posljedica tih promjena postalo je važno jer one utječu na bioraznolikost, dinamiku ugljika, klimu, hidrologiju i život ljudi (Memarian i dr., 2012). Globalni trendovi spomenutih promjena mogu se podijeliti na dvije suprotne kategorije: intenzifikaciju (poljoprivredna ekspanzija, urbanizacija, deforestacija itd.) i ekstenzifikaciju (napuštanje zemljišta, aforestacija itd.) (Díaz i dr., 2011). Polarizacija tih trendova najčešća je na poljoprivrednom zemljištu, najvećem svjetskom staništu. Postoji konsenzus o tome da poljoprivredna intenzifikacija uzrokuje degradaciju zemljišta te smanjuje kvalitetu i kvantitetu usluga koje ekosustavi pružaju čovječanstvu. Međutim, napuštanje ili ekstenzifikacija poljoprivrede ima dvojne posljedice (Rey Benayas i dr., 2007). Negativne posljedice ekstenzifikacije uključuju nestanak tradicionalnih poljoprivrednih djelatnosti, dugoročni gubitak staništa visoke ekološke vrijednosti, povećanu vjerojatnost šumskih požara, invaziju egzotičnih vrsta, nesigurnost hrane (Díaz i dr., 2011), smanjenje bioraznolikosti, gubitak identiteta krajolika itd. (Ruskule i dr., 2012). Neke od pozitivnih posljedica su poboljšana hidrološka regulacija, oporavak tla i sprečavanje erozije, povećanje kvalitete vode, povećana plodnost, biomasa gljiva i aktivnost razlagača te sekvestracija ugljika (Rey Benayas i dr., 2007). Spomenute posljedice nisu jednako relevantne u svim područjima svijeta ili su relevantne u sitnim razmjerima (Rey Benayas i dr., 2007). Danas je bioraznolikost poludivljih poljoprivrednih zemljišta u Europi važna gotovo kao bioraznolikost divljine. Središnji je problem europskih tradicionalnih kulturnih pejzaža njihova nestabilnost, tj. ovisnost o umjerenom ljudskom utjecaju. Ako se zemljište napusti, tradicionalne će pejzaže zamijeniti spontana sekundarna sukcesija. Suprotno, preintenzivan ljudski utjecaj dovest će do transformacije tradicionalnih pejzaža u jednostavnije pejzaže (Plieninger i dr., 2006). Od sredine dvadesetog stoljeća europska su periferna ruralna područja izgubila dosta svoga poludivljega poljoprivrednog zemljišta, a simulacijski su modeli

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confidence: 78%

Simulation model of land cover changes in a post-socialist peripheral rural area: Požega-Slavonia County, Croatia

Jogun¹,

Lukić

Gašparović

2019

Hrv. geogr. glas.

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“…Usually, the sources of nitrate are fertilizers, organic and mineral [44][45][46]. Although agricultural production is dominant in the research area, there has been a decrease in agricultural surfaces and the application of fertilizers in the past 10-15 years, followed by an increase in the urban area by 12% [47]. The construction of the sewerage network did not follow the urbanization of the study area, and nitrate pollution may also occur due to the discharge of waste water into the ground.…”

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Geochemical Characteristics of Alluvial Aquifer in the Varaždin Region

Karlović

Marković

Miko

et al. 2021

Water

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The variation in the major groundwater chemistry can be controlled by dissolution and precipitation of minerals, oxidation-reduction reactions, sorption and exchange reactions, and transformation of organic matter, but it can also occur as a result of anthropogenic influence. The alluvial aquifer represents the main source of potable water for public water supply of the town Varaždin and the surrounding settlements. Sampling campaigns were carried out from June 2017 until June 2019 to collect groundwater samples from nine observation wells. Major cations and anions, dissolved organic carbon and nutrients were analyzed in the Hydrochemical Laboratory of Croatian Geological survey. The sampled waters belong to the CaMg-HCO3 hydrochemical type, except the water from observation well P-4039 that belongs to NaCa-HCO3 hydrochemical type. It was identified that groundwater chemistry is mainly controlled by hydrogeological environment (natural mechanism), but anthropogenic influence is not negligible. The results of this research have significant implications on sustainable coexistence between agricultural production and water supply.

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“…Examples of studies that cover the CEE area and address different aspects of suburbanization include works on the Czech Republic [20], Germany [21], Croatia [22], Romania [23], Hungary [24], Greece [3], and Slovakia [25]. The Polish literature, too, contains many valuable publications: both reviews [26][27][28][29][30] and case studies [31][32][33][34][35].…”

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Suburban Morphology Dynamics: The Case of the Tricity Agglomeration, Poland

Korwel-Lejkowska

2021

Sustainability

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Suburbanization is a phase of the development of cities that consists in the growth of the suburban zone at the expense of the city center, which becomes gradually depopulated. The phenomenon of uncontrolled suburbanization (urban sprawl) causes infrastructural (including transport), environmental, social, economic, and legal problems. This paper presents the results of a study of the phenomenon of suburbanization conducted on the basis of vector data using two methods: one based on the use of a grid of primary square fields, and one based on the use of concentric zones/rings. The analyses were conducted in the surroundings of the Tricity agglomeration, which is located in the northern part of Poland on the Gulf of Gdansk, and covered the period from 2000 to 2018. Using a grid of primary fields, the areas of the greatest increase and decrease in the developed areas, irrespective of administrative boundaries, were determined for the selected periods, and the areas of the constant positive and negative balance of the buildings were identified. Using concentric rings, the process of the shifting of the new development zones was traced. The paper also refers to the route of the Pomeranian Metropolitan Railway (PKM), which was commissioned in 2015, and its potential impact on suburbanization in the Tricity area. The results made it possible to trace the suburbanization process in time and space and to learn the advantages and disadvantages of the use of vector data in spatial studies.

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Land cover changes in northern Croatia from 1981 to 2011

Cited by 8 publications

References 17 publications

Simulation model of land cover changes in a post-socialist peripheral rural area: Požega-Slavonia County, Croatia

Simulation model of land cover changes in a post-socialist peripheral rural area: Požega-Slavonia County, Croatia

Geochemical Characteristics of Alluvial Aquifer in the Varaždin Region

Suburban Morphology Dynamics: The Case of the Tricity Agglomeration, Poland

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