Use of Vegetation to Classify Urban Landscape Types: Application in a Mediterranean Coastal Area
The objectives of this paper are (a) to incorporate vegetation cover into quantitative techniques for identifying and classifying urban landscape types, (b) to implement a methodology to analyse the urban landscape units of three zones in the Mediterranean coastal area and (c) to design a methodolog...
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| description | The objectives of this paper are (a) to incorporate vegetation cover into quantitative techniques for identifying and classifying urban landscape types, (b) to implement a methodology to analyse the urban landscape units of three zones in the Mediterranean coastal area and (c) to design a methodology that could be extrapolated to other urban spaces with a similar type and spatial scale. To achieve the objectives, the urban landscape units are characterized in three Mediterranean coastal municipalities in the south of Spain, in the province of Málaga: Benalmádena, Marbella and Manilva. The characterization is based on some of the most representative variables of the urban morphology, such as construction density, road density and building height, also incorporating the presence of vegetation cover, both arboreal and herbaceous and shrub. Data were obtained from the Spanish Cadastral (urban morphology variables) and through remote sensing techniques (vegetation), spatial analysis tools and multivariate analysis were implemented to obtain the characterization and spatial delimitation of the urban typologies. As a result, six clusters are recognized with predominant urban landscape typologies. The proposed procedure is a useful tool to segment the city following landscape criteria, as well as to assess the changes experienced in urban spaces. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-42a71e70706548fa9c6173773c84a00a2023-11-23T20:42:58ZengMDPI AGLand2073-445X2022-02-0111222810.3390/land11020228Use of Vegetation to Classify Urban Landscape Types: Application in a Mediterranean Coastal AreaHugo Castro Noblejas0José María Orellana-Macías1Matías Francisco Mérida Rodríguez2Geography Department, University of Malaga, 29071 Malaga, SpainDepartment of Research in Geological Resources, Geological and Mining Institute of Spain, 50006 Zaragoza, SpainGeography Department, University of Malaga, 29071 Malaga, SpainThe objectives of this paper are (a) to incorporate vegetation cover into quantitative techniques for identifying and classifying urban landscape types, (b) to implement a methodology to analyse the urban landscape units of three zones in the Mediterranean coastal area and (c) to design a methodology that could be extrapolated to other urban spaces with a similar type and spatial scale. To achieve the objectives, the urban landscape units are characterized in three Mediterranean coastal municipalities in the south of Spain, in the province of Málaga: Benalmádena, Marbella and Manilva. The characterization is based on some of the most representative variables of the urban morphology, such as construction density, road density and building height, also incorporating the presence of vegetation cover, both arboreal and herbaceous and shrub. Data were obtained from the Spanish Cadastral (urban morphology variables) and through remote sensing techniques (vegetation), spatial analysis tools and multivariate analysis were implemented to obtain the characterization and spatial delimitation of the urban typologies. As a result, six clusters are recognized with predominant urban landscape typologies. The proposed procedure is a useful tool to segment the city following landscape criteria, as well as to assess the changes experienced in urban spaces.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/11/2/228urban areasspatial patternsurban growthvegetation coverGISMediterranean coast areas |
| spellingShingle | Hugo Castro Noblejas José María Orellana-Macías Matías Francisco Mérida Rodríguez Use of Vegetation to Classify Urban Landscape Types: Application in a Mediterranean Coastal Area Land urban areas spatial patterns urban growth vegetation cover GIS Mediterranean coast areas |
| title | Use of Vegetation to Classify Urban Landscape Types: Application in a Mediterranean Coastal Area |
| title_full | Use of Vegetation to Classify Urban Landscape Types: Application in a Mediterranean Coastal Area |
| title_fullStr | Use of Vegetation to Classify Urban Landscape Types: Application in a Mediterranean Coastal Area |
| title_full_unstemmed | Use of Vegetation to Classify Urban Landscape Types: Application in a Mediterranean Coastal Area |
| title_short | Use of Vegetation to Classify Urban Landscape Types: Application in a Mediterranean Coastal Area |
| title_sort | use of vegetation to classify urban landscape types application in a mediterranean coastal area |
| topic | urban areas spatial patterns urban growth vegetation cover GIS Mediterranean coast areas |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/11/2/228 |
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