Hodnotenie intenzity ľudského vplyvu na využívanie krajiny a jej vývoj: prípadová štúdia environmentálne zaťaženej obce Rudňany

Evaluation of the Intensity of Antropogenic Impact on Land Use and Its Development: A Case Study of the Enironmentally-loaded Area Rudňany

Matej Hruška, František Petrovič

In: Geografické informácie (Geographical Information), Ročník (Volume) 22, Číslo (Issue) 2, 2018, p. 70-83, ISSN 1337-9453

DOI: 10.17846/GI.2018.22.2.70-83

Abstract

Understanding of the causes and consequences of land use/cover change (LUCC) is one of the prime goals of global change research. The vast majority of the LUCC in Slovenské rudohorie Mts is associated with the deposits of mineral resources that have resulted in an increase of the anthropogenic impact. These changes significantly affect the ecological landscape stability and cause its weakening. A coefficient of ecological stability related to land use categories assigning them a weighted score of ecological significance and a coeficient of antropogenic impact have been used to measure long-term land use changes. The cadastral territory of the municipality Rudňany was segmented by a regular grid of squares (with a real square size of 1 ha) to provide a uniform level of spatial detail and a comparison over time. Used grid method has shown that there was an increase in antopogenic impact on the landscape and the consequent reduction of its impact.

Keywords: landscape change processes, land use, antropogenic impact, ecological stability, environmental loads, Rudňany

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