Identification and Assessment of the Driving Forces behind Changes in the Foothill Landscape
Case Studies of the Mysłakowice and Jelenia Góra Communities in Poland
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15465016 |
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| Authors | Piotr Krajewski (0000-0002-5377-9578, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, corresponding author), Monika Lebiedzińska (0009-0008-2374-2281, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences), Iga Kołodyńska (0000-0002-4275-528X, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 16 |
| Pages | 10462-10462 |
| Publication date | 2022-08-22 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph191610462 |
| PMID | 36012097 |
| OpenAlex | W4292687407 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 26 |
The main objective of this study was to determine the driving forces behind landscape change and the perceptions of change by the residents of selected research areas. The communities used for the study were Mysłakowice and Jelenia Góra, located in the Lower Silesia region in Poland. Mysłakowice is a rural community, and Jelenia Góra is an urban community. The landscape of both municipalities is dominated by forest-covered mountains surrounding dispersed built-up and agricultural areas. The time range of the analysis was 2005-2020, covering the period after Poland's accession to the European Union, and was divided into the following three time periods: 2005-2010, 2010-2015, and 2015-2020. The research methodology consisted of the following three stages: (1) the identification of landscape changes on the basis of land cover data and the calculation of the landscape change index (LCI), (2) the characterization and classification of the identified landscape changes, and (3) the identification of the driving forces of landscape changes through surveys with the residents of both municipalities. The results obtained based on the surveys were often consistent with the results from the GIS analysis. The respondents were able to identify the most important changes and proposed the driving forces affecting them. According to the residents of Mysłakowice and Jelenia Góra, the changes in the landscape between 2005 and 2020 were primarily the result of political and socio-economic driving forces, accompanied by forces from other groups. However, each time period was distinctive. The analysis showed which types of changes in the landscape were viewed positively and negatively by the people during the analyzed periods of time, and what the influence of the different driving forces was on the formation of changes in the landscape
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