MODELLING THE LAND USE AND LAND COVER CHANGES IN PORTUGAL: A MULTI-SCALE AND MULTI-TEMPORAL APPROACH
The Portuguese territory has undergone a relevant land use and land cover changes (LUCC) over the past decades. The land use and land cover (LUC) datasets revision and new datasets production allow us to understand LUCC over time. This study goes further into this analysis using the most recent LUC...
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| author | Bruno M. Meneses Eusébio Reis Maria J. Vale Rui Reis |
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| description | The Portuguese territory has undergone a relevant land use and land cover changes (LUCC) over the past decades. The land use and land cover (LUC) datasets revision and new datasets production allow us to understand LUCC over time. This study goes further into this analysis using the most recent LUC datasets, covering the whole Portuguese continental area, from 1990 to 2012 and presents innovative knowledge that helps understanding LUC dynamics within this period. It shows that the trends inducing spatial variation within different LUC classes changed over time, revealing different spatial and temporal dynamics of these LUCC in the Portuguese territory. The main LUCC are related to the reduction of forest and certain types of agricultural areas, and an increase in urban areas, but the main LUCC assume different dynamics when taken at the regional scale (NUTS II). Future tendencies within LUCC are also estimated using CA-Markov, and the results point out the tendency of increase and decrease of the LUC types previously mentioned. The areas of LUC datasets with different properties were compared and large area discrepancies were observed for some LUC classes. These assessments are relevant results for the evaluation and understanding of LUCC and namely for the Portuguese planning process in the near future. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bcb12ca804554a3e904ead5d0259cef02022-12-21T22:05:46ZengCEGFinisterra - Revista Portuguesa de Geografia0430-50272182-29052018-03-015310710.18055/Finis1225812258MODELLING THE LAND USE AND LAND COVER CHANGES IN PORTUGAL: A MULTI-SCALE AND MULTI-TEMPORAL APPROACHBruno M. Meneses0Eusébio Reis1Maria J. Vale2Rui Reis3Universidade de Lisboa, Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, Centre for Geographical StudiesUniversidade de Lisboa, Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, Centre for Geographical StudiesGeneral Directorate for Territorial DevelopmentGeneral Directorate for Territorial DevelopmentThe Portuguese territory has undergone a relevant land use and land cover changes (LUCC) over the past decades. The land use and land cover (LUC) datasets revision and new datasets production allow us to understand LUCC over time. This study goes further into this analysis using the most recent LUC datasets, covering the whole Portuguese continental area, from 1990 to 2012 and presents innovative knowledge that helps understanding LUC dynamics within this period. It shows that the trends inducing spatial variation within different LUC classes changed over time, revealing different spatial and temporal dynamics of these LUCC in the Portuguese territory. The main LUCC are related to the reduction of forest and certain types of agricultural areas, and an increase in urban areas, but the main LUCC assume different dynamics when taken at the regional scale (NUTS II). Future tendencies within LUCC are also estimated using CA-Markov, and the results point out the tendency of increase and decrease of the LUC types previously mentioned. The areas of LUC datasets with different properties were compared and large area discrepancies were observed for some LUC classes. These assessments are relevant results for the evaluation and understanding of LUCC and namely for the Portuguese planning process in the near future.https://revistas.rcaap.pt/finisterra/article/view/12258Land use and land cover (LUC)LUC Changes (LUCC)LUCC projectionmainland Portugal |
| spellingShingle | Bruno M. Meneses Eusébio Reis Maria J. Vale Rui Reis MODELLING THE LAND USE AND LAND COVER CHANGES IN PORTUGAL: A MULTI-SCALE AND MULTI-TEMPORAL APPROACH Finisterra - Revista Portuguesa de Geografia Land use and land cover (LUC) LUC Changes (LUCC) LUCC projection mainland Portugal |
| title | MODELLING THE LAND USE AND LAND COVER CHANGES IN PORTUGAL: A MULTI-SCALE AND MULTI-TEMPORAL APPROACH |
| title_full | MODELLING THE LAND USE AND LAND COVER CHANGES IN PORTUGAL: A MULTI-SCALE AND MULTI-TEMPORAL APPROACH |
| title_fullStr | MODELLING THE LAND USE AND LAND COVER CHANGES IN PORTUGAL: A MULTI-SCALE AND MULTI-TEMPORAL APPROACH |
| title_full_unstemmed | MODELLING THE LAND USE AND LAND COVER CHANGES IN PORTUGAL: A MULTI-SCALE AND MULTI-TEMPORAL APPROACH |
| title_short | MODELLING THE LAND USE AND LAND COVER CHANGES IN PORTUGAL: A MULTI-SCALE AND MULTI-TEMPORAL APPROACH |
| title_sort | modelling the land use and land cover changes in portugal a multi scale and multi temporal approach |
| topic | Land use and land cover (LUC) LUC Changes (LUCC) LUCC projection mainland Portugal |
| url | https://revistas.rcaap.pt/finisterra/article/view/12258 |
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