Zastosowanie analiz lokalnych zmian pokrycia terenu do oceny zmian potencjału świadczeń ekosystemowych na przykładzie miasta Białogard
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2016
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Wydawnictwo Poznańskiego Towarzystwa Przyjaciół Nauk
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Spatial planning and spatial management are only to a small degree based on the knowledge of the
benefits provided by the ecosystem in urbanized areas. The analysis in question made it possible to check the
validity of the interpretation of the changes in the land cover structure with respect to the benefits provided by
the ecosystems. The study contains results of changes in the land use structure in the Białogard municipality
between the 1930s and the first decade of the 21st century. The selection of the research area stemmed from the
fact that in the town’s administrative territory, various biologically active areas prevail the structure of which
was strongly impacted in the period of the analysis. The changes between the various types of biologically active
areas and their proportions with respect to the developed areas were examined in detail. For this purpose,
an approach was adopted of assigning benefits to the individual land cover forms ranging from 0 (no relevant
capacity) to 5 (very high relevant capacity) derived from the Benjamin Burkhard research group (2009, 2012,
2014). The research revealed a range of changes in the land cover structure of Białogard. The most profound
changes pertained to the agricultural areas (a considerable decrease in the surface area), forests and the developed
area (a high increase). When the surface areas of individual land cover classes was multiplied by their
assigned point weights, we obtained results to be used in ecosystem services and to estimate the values of the
natural environment of the analysed area. The presented procedure shows the changes in the land cover in
a new light and provides new arguments for sustainable spatial management.
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changes in the land use structure, urban planning, valuation of the ecosystem services supply
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Badania Fizjograficzne, Seria A, Tom 67, 2016, s. 331-346