Assessing Landscape Instability through Land-Cover Change Based on the Hemeroby Index (Lithuanian Example)
The increasing anthropogenic impact on landscapes globally has increased interest in assessing landscape naturalness. This study assessed the changes in land cover in Lithuania and identified the most common reasons for land-use change. Coordination of Environment Information (CORINE) land-cover dat...
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| author | Agnė Jasinavičiūtė Darijus Veteikis |
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| description | The increasing anthropogenic impact on landscapes globally has increased interest in assessing landscape naturalness. This study assessed the changes in land cover in Lithuania and identified the most common reasons for land-use change. Coordination of Environment Information (CORINE) land-cover data were used to assess the changes in land cover naturalness in Lithuania from 1995 to 2018. Land-cover types were ranked according to the hemeroby index, ranging from natural landscape with no human impact to anthropogenic landscapes with excessively strong human impact. Land use trends in Lithuania were related to agricultural and forestry activities. During the analysed period, these areas decreased by as much as 11.19%, and the number of areas with a particularly strong impact from human activities also decreased. Land cover naturalness did increase in areas less suitable for agriculture. The impact of human activities on the naturalness of the landscape needs to be explored in detail at the local level, which should be followed by appropriate spatial-planning decisions to ensure ecological balance through as many sustainable solutions as possible, especially with the European Commission adoption the European Green Deal. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5faa5f763edf4a67bfc92fcb5ba811092023-11-30T21:16:51ZengMDPI AGLand2073-445X2022-07-01117105610.3390/land11071056Assessing Landscape Instability through Land-Cover Change Based on the Hemeroby Index (Lithuanian Example)Agnė Jasinavičiūtė0Darijus Veteikis1Faculty of Chemistry and Geosciences, Institute of Geosciences, Vilnius University, 03101 Vilnius, LithuaniaFaculty of Chemistry and Geosciences, Institute of Geosciences, Vilnius University, 03101 Vilnius, LithuaniaThe increasing anthropogenic impact on landscapes globally has increased interest in assessing landscape naturalness. This study assessed the changes in land cover in Lithuania and identified the most common reasons for land-use change. Coordination of Environment Information (CORINE) land-cover data were used to assess the changes in land cover naturalness in Lithuania from 1995 to 2018. Land-cover types were ranked according to the hemeroby index, ranging from natural landscape with no human impact to anthropogenic landscapes with excessively strong human impact. Land use trends in Lithuania were related to agricultural and forestry activities. During the analysed period, these areas decreased by as much as 11.19%, and the number of areas with a particularly strong impact from human activities also decreased. Land cover naturalness did increase in areas less suitable for agriculture. The impact of human activities on the naturalness of the landscape needs to be explored in detail at the local level, which should be followed by appropriate spatial-planning decisions to ensure ecological balance through as many sustainable solutions as possible, especially with the European Commission adoption the European Green Deal.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/11/7/1056land-use changenaturalnesshemeroby indexCORINElandscape assessment |
| spellingShingle | Agnė Jasinavičiūtė Darijus Veteikis Assessing Landscape Instability through Land-Cover Change Based on the Hemeroby Index (Lithuanian Example) Land land-use change naturalness hemeroby index CORINE landscape assessment |
| title | Assessing Landscape Instability through Land-Cover Change Based on the Hemeroby Index (Lithuanian Example) |
| title_full | Assessing Landscape Instability through Land-Cover Change Based on the Hemeroby Index (Lithuanian Example) |
| title_fullStr | Assessing Landscape Instability through Land-Cover Change Based on the Hemeroby Index (Lithuanian Example) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing Landscape Instability through Land-Cover Change Based on the Hemeroby Index (Lithuanian Example) |
| title_short | Assessing Landscape Instability through Land-Cover Change Based on the Hemeroby Index (Lithuanian Example) |
| title_sort | assessing landscape instability through land cover change based on the hemeroby index lithuanian example |
| topic | land-use change naturalness hemeroby index CORINE landscape assessment |
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