Geospatial Data in Land Use Change and Landscape Dynamics Assessment
A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X). This special issue belongs to the section "Landscape Ecology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 May 2023) | Viewed by 1635
Special Issue Editor
Interests: geography; landscape ecology; remote sensing; geoinformatics; geomorphology; land use change; landscape pattern physical geography; geostatistical analysis; natural hazards
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Land-use change and landscape processes are interconnected, forming a complex multi-scale system under the influence of multiple biophysical and socioeconomic factors. Understanding land use patterns, which states that changes in land use result in landscape patterns, is one way to comprehend landscape dynamics. The combination of new or realizable algorithms, better-resolution data, and advances in geographic information systems can help us uncover the complex dynamics of this process.
However, over the past few decades, most ecological land has been converted to urban land or bare land, resulting in increased fragmentation and reduced aggregation. At present, issues related to landscape dynamics have attracted extensive attention from the international community in terms of land use change, urbanization, ecological structure and function, and environmental protection. Land use and landscape dynamics are an important part of livelihood strategies and it is, therefore, necessary to use geographic data to assess land use change and landscape dynamics before constructing land cover scenarios for the wider region to support regional sustainable planning.
This special issue intends to include original research articles, reviews, and technical comments on land use change and landscape dynamics of the highest calibre, with respect to the above and/or the following topics (but are not limited to):
- Land use/land cover change;
- Relationship between land use change and landscape pattern;
- Landscape metrics used to analyze changes in landscape patterns;
- Aggregation, fragmentation and heterogeneity in landscape;
- Time series analyses;
- Land management policies and environment protection decisions.
Prof. Dr. Martin Boltiziar
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- land use change
- land use/land cover change
- landscape dynamics
- landscape pattern
- connectivity
