Determination of landscape hotspots of Slovenia
Based on digital data on relief, rock, and vegetation, the most significant elements of the internal structure of Slovenian landscapes, and their external appearance, a geographic information system was used to calculate landscape diversity of Slovenia. Areas with high landscape diversity are landsc...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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ZRC SAZU, Založba ZRC
2017-01-01
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| Series: | Acta Geographica Slovenica |
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| Online Access: | https://ojs.zrc-sazu.si/ags/article/view/4618 |
| Summary: | Based on digital data on relief, rock, and vegetation, the most significant elements of the internal structure of Slovenian landscapes, and their external appearance, a geographic information system was used to calculate landscape diversity of Slovenia. Areas with high landscape diversity are landscape hotspots, and areas with low landscape diversity are landscape coldspots. One-tenth of Slovenia with the highest landscape diversity was defined as landscape hotspots, and one-tenth of Slovenia with the lowest landscape diversity was defined as landscape coldspots. Most landscape hotspots are located in the Alpine part of Slovenia (more than two-thirds of their total area), and most landscape coldspots in the Dinaric part of Slovenia (almost half of their total area). |
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| ISSN: | 1581-6613 1581-8314 |