Land Use Has Changed through the Last 200 Years in Various Production Areas of South Bohemia
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Choice of the Cadastral Territories
2.2. Choice of Periods
2.3. Data Sources
- Aerial imagery and map data
- CORINE Land Cover Data
2.4. Data Analysis and Evaluation
3. Results
3.1. The Changes in the Authentic Representation of Individual Land Use Categories Based on Map Sources and Aerial Photographs
3.2. The Changes in the Accurate Representation of Individual Land Use Categories Based on Corine Land Cover
4. Discussion
4.1. The Comparison of the Land Use Change within the European Context
4.2. The Comparison of the Land Use Changes from the Perspective of Production Areas
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
Land Registry Since 2000 | Land Registry Until 2000 | Land Cadastre | Stable Cadastre | Corine Land Cover | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arable land | Arable land | Arable land | Field | Field Field with fruit trees, vine trees, olive trees Saffron, tobacco, and rice fields Fields alternating pasture Field with firewood | Arable land outside irrigated areas Areas under permanent irrigation Rice fields |
Grassland | Permanent grassland | Meadows | Meadows | Meadows and wet meadows Meadows with fruit trees, firewood, vine trees | Annual crops added to permanent crops. Complex systems of cultures and plots Agricultural areas with natural vegetation Agro-forestry areas |
Pastures | Pastures | Pastures Pastures with fruit and productive trees Alpine pastures | Natural pastures | ||
Gardens | Gardens | Gardens | Gardens | Vegetable gardens Fruit gardens Ornamental gardens | |
Vineyards | Vineyards | Vineyard | Vineyards | Vineyards Vineyards with trees or field crops and meadows Vineyards paths | Vineyards |
Hopyards | Hopyards | Hopyards | Hopyards | Hopyards | |
Orchards | Fruit orchard | Fruit orchard | Citrus field Chestnut forest Orchard or chestnut forest Olive forest | Fruit orchards and shrubs Olive groves | |
Water | Water bodies | Water bodies | Wetlands, lakes, ponds | Ponds and lakes with reeds Lakes without reeds Ponds without reeds Peat bogs and fens Rivers and streams | Inland swamps Peat bogs Seaside marshes Coastal zones Watercourses Water areas Lagoons Sea and oceans |
Forest | Forest land | Forest land | Forest | Deciduous forest Coniferous forest High-tree mixed forest Low-tree young forest Woodland Meadows Shrubs Park Woodland and fire plots | Deciduous forests Coniferous forests Mixed forests Bogs and heaths, scrubby formations Transitional stages of forest and scrub |
Other areas | Other areas | Other areas | Barren land | Bare rocks Snow and ice fields Glaciers Deserts Quarry Gravel pits, sand pits, clay pits, peat bogs and loam Manipulation areas | Beaches, dunes, sands Bare rocks Areas with sparse vegetation Burnt areas Glaciers and permanent snow |
Urban areas | Built-up areas and courtyards | Built-up areas and courtyards | Built-up areas and courtyards | Cross, Chapel Execution site Hunting lodge Guest house Post office, Police station Wine cellar Grain mills, Sawmill, Oil mills, Powder mill Paper mill, Brickworks, Glassworks, Blacksmith Public building, Spa Residential building Farm building Ruins | Urban areas Industrial or commercial zones Road and railway Port zones Airports Mining of rocks Landfills Construction sites Urban greenery Facilities for sports and recreation |
Other areas | Road Paved road, Rural road Road with alley Footpath Stone embankment Railway, Horse railway |
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Grain Production Area (G) | Potato Production Area (P) | Forage Production Area (F) | |
---|---|---|---|
Area [km2] | 4552.32 | 3044.29 | 2461.39 |
Elevation [m n. m.] | 300–600 | 400–650 | over 600 |
Relief | slightly wavy to sloping | moderately wavy to steeply sloping | horizontally structured with a high slope |
Average temperature [°C] | 5–8.5 | 5–8 | 5–6 |
Average precipitation [mm] | 550–700 | 550–900 | over 700 |
Incidence of dry growing seasons [%] | 5–40 | 5–30 | 0–5 |
Average arable land [%] | over 60 | over 60 | over 50 |
Average permanent culture [%] | 4.5–6.5 | 2.5–3 | 2.5–3 |
Average forest land | low-moderate | moderate-high | high–extremely high |
Map Scale Pixel Size [m] | |
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Maps of Stable Cadastre | 1:2880 |
Maps of Land Cadastre | 1:1000 (1:2000) |
Aerial photographs 1947–1953 | 0.7–1 |
Aerial photographs 1990–2008 | 0.50 |
Aerial photographs 2009–2015 | 0.25 |
Aerial photographs since 2015 | 0.20 |
Corine Land Cover | 30.00 |
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Moravcova J, Moravcova V, Pavlicek T, Novakova N. Land Use Has Changed through the Last 200 Years in Various Production Areas of South Bohemia. Land. 2022; 11(10):1619. https://doi.org/10.3390/land11101619
Chicago/Turabian StyleMoravcova, Jana, Vendula Moravcova, Tomas Pavlicek, and Nikola Novakova. 2022. "Land Use Has Changed through the Last 200 Years in Various Production Areas of South Bohemia" Land 11, no. 10: 1619. https://doi.org/10.3390/land11101619