Temporal changes of land cover in relation to chosen environmental variables in different types of landscape

• Authors: Maria Zachwatowicz , Tomasz Giętkowski

Abstracts

EN

Good understanding of relations between historical land cover changes and accompanying environmental components should be a starting point for landscape modelling and forecasting its future patterns. Analysis presented here focuses on the relationships between chosen environmental conditions and agricultural land cover changes in the period of over 150 years. The study area consisted of fragments of Nidziańska Basin and South Pomeranian Lake District macroregions. The land cover data was derived from a number of archival and contemporary topographical maps. Long-term changes of land cover were then related to underlying landscape elements (geological deposits and morphometric landforms). With the help of canonical analysis major correlations were identified and described.

Keywords

EN

Land cover changes; redundancy analysis (RDA); abiotic components

• Publisher: Wydział Geografii i Studiów Regionalnych Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
• Journal: Miscellanea Geographica. Regional Studies on Development
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 14
• Pages: 33-45

Dates

published

2010

Contributors

author

Maria Zachwatowicz

• University of Warsaw, Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, Department of Geoecology

author

Tomasz Giętkowski

• University of Warsaw, Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, Department of Geoecology
• Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Institute of Geography, Spatial Analysis Laboratory

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