Landscape typology of Czechia

Romportl, Dušan; Chuman, Tomáš; Lipský, Zdeněk

doi:10.37040/geografie2013118010016

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“…For the case study, a total of 4 historical cadastral territories were selected, which fall into higher landscape types as defined by Romportl et al, (2013). Selected areas of interest ( Fig.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Selected areas of interest ( Fig. 1) fall under type 4 and 5 (Romportl et al, 2013), i.e. the Cool Landscape of Highlands and the Moderately Cold Landscape of Mountains.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…However, the spatial context of the displaced areas is also interesting. Due to the clearly demarcated areas dominated by the German population (Staněk & von Arburg, 2010), there are often two cadastral territories in a comparable landscape type (Romportl et al, 2013), which were completely depopulated and, on the other hand, such territories that only were affected marginally by this sudden drop in the population. This represents a unique opportunity to compare the impact of demographic change on the development of the countryside.…”

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Continuity and Extinction of Agricultural Land in the Sudetes - A Case Study in the Landscape of Highlands and Mountains

Zelinka

2018

Journal of Landscape Ecology

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The Sudetenland has undergone a dramatic development in Czechia. Above all, the frontier regions of the then Czechoslovakia lost due to the decision on the displacement of the Sudeten Germans in 1945 almost 3 million native inhabitants, who left their settlement areas in several waves by 1947. This change affected up to 3 million hectares of agricultural land that became the state property. This had in many places eliminated the traditional way of farming and the disruption of ownership relations consequently led to the breaking of relations in the landscape. This case study focuses on the comparison of the development of the agricultural landscape of 4 selected cadastral areas on the border of Krkonoše and Jizera Mountains from the post-war period to the present. Selected areas of interest are pairs of comparable cadastres from areas affected by the displacement of the local German population and areas with a permanent population structure. This four sites covering a total area of 4052 ha were studied in Cool Landscape of Highlands and the Moderately Cold Landscape of Mountains. Historical and contemporary land-cover information was provided by aerial photographic images from 1953/1954 and aerial orto-photos from 1998 and 2015/2016. The results have shown that on all four of the areas there was a noticeable increase in forests on former agricultural land. However, the monitored areas differ in the continuity of agricultural land. Continuous agricultural land represents, in both areas affected by post-war displacement, approximately 55 % of the original agricultural land. Areas with a well-preserved population structure, on the other hand, show an overall continuity of agricultural land on about 71 % of the former area of agricultural land.

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Section: Definition Of Areas Of Interestmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Selected areas of interest ( Fig. 1) fall under type 4 and 5 (Romportl et al, 2013), i.e. the Cool Landscape of Highlands and the Moderately Cold Landscape of Mountains.…”

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Continuity and Extinction of Agricultural Land in the Sudetes - A Case Study in the Landscape of Highlands and Mountains

Zelinka

2018

Journal of Landscape Ecology

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“…Some works have already proved the existence of this differentiation in Czechia. Romportl et al [31] confirm that since 1990 Czech landscape has been "subject to homogenization and unification" (ibid., p. 49) with a clear influence of natural conditions on territorial differentiation of main land cover processes. Lipský [32] comes to similar conclusions and focuses on the development of "new wilderness" (abandoned agricultural land under succession) on marginal soils unsuitable for agriculture.…”

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Regional Differentiation of Long-Term Land Use Changes: A Case Study of Czechia

Štych

Kabrda

Bičı́k

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The major topic of this article is the evaluation of the regional differentiation of the long-term changes in land use in Czechia. This study searches the spatial and temporal differentiation of the changes and their driving forces since the 19th century. The comprehensive land use land cover change database (LUCC Czechia Database) which comprises cadastral data on the land use in the years 1845, 1896, 1948, 1990, 2000, and 2010 for more than 8000 units, was the main data source. The chief benefit of this article can be seen in the methodical procedures of the application of the “Rate of heterogeneity” (H) derived from the Gini coefficient in the research of the differentiation/inequality of the long-term land use change. GIS modeling tools were used to calculate the selected geographical characteristics (altitude and slope) of the examined units for the purpose of searching the factors of the land use changes. The results show a strong trend in the differentiation of the long-term land use changes. Two main antagonistic processes took place in the land use structure during the observed period of 1845–2010. The fertile regions experienced agricultural intensification with the concentration of the arable land in these regions. On the other hand, the infertile regions experienced extensification, accompanied by afforestation and grass planting during the last decades. The influence of natural conditions (altitude and slope) on the distribution of the land use has been growing—the arable land has been concentrated into the lower altitudes and, more significantly, into less steep areas. Grasslands and forests predominantly occupy the less favored areas with higher altitudes and steeper slopes. The built-up areas have been strongly concentrated and regionally polarized. In 1845, half of the Czech built-up areas were concentrated in 31% of the total country area, whereas in 2010, it was in 21%.

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“…This crucial step was mentioned and conducted at continental level for different European landscape maps [1][2][3][4]. Besides delineating landscape units, studying landscape pattern analysis was successfully conducted in different countries such as Kim and Pauleit [5], Swanwick [6], Ongsomwang and Ruamkaew [7], Ongsomwang and Sutthivanich [8], Tudor [9], Ongsomwang [10], Van Eetvelde and Antrop [11], Bosun et al [12], Käyhkö et al [13], Blasi et al [14], Brabyn [15], Otahel [16], Lioubimtseva and Defourny [17], Nogué et al [18], Perko et al [19], Romportl et al [20], Divíšek et al [21].…”

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A New Landscape Classification Approach for Quantifying Spatial Pattern of Bac Kan Province, Vietnam

Ly¹,

Ongsomwang²

2019

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Landscape theory and its application have played an important role in natural resource exploitation and environmental protection. Various classification approaches had been employed worldwide in landscape ecology studies. This paper had developed a new hierarchical landscape classification framework for quantifying spatial pattern of Bac Kan province. A landscape formation equation was applied with three natural factors (geology, topography, and soil) and cultural factor (land use). A multi-level segmentation technique with multiresolution segmentation algorithm was chosen to segment landscape units (patches) and to categorize landscape types at different levels. The results revealed that the landscape classification of Bac Kan province has 4 hierarchical levels. Level 4, which provided full details of spatial pattern based on geologic period, elevation, soil depth, and land use, had 315 landscape types. At this level, there are 8,427 landscape units mapped with a minimum and maximum areas of 0.02 km 2 and 116.63 km 2 , respectively. A new Bac Kan landscape map at a scale of 1:100,000 along with 16 different attributes for each landscape unit was also produced. In conclusion, the framework of research methodology presented in this paper can be used as a guideline for landscape classification at provincial and national levels.

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Landscape typology of Czechia

Cited by 27 publications

References 23 publications

Continuity and Extinction of Agricultural Land in the Sudetes - A Case Study in the Landscape of Highlands and Mountains

Continuity and Extinction of Agricultural Land in the Sudetes - A Case Study in the Landscape of Highlands and Mountains

Regional Differentiation of Long-Term Land Use Changes: A Case Study of Czechia

A New Landscape Classification Approach for Quantifying Spatial Pattern of Bac Kan Province, Vietnam

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