A Landscape Ecology Approach to Assessing Development Impacts in the Tropics
A Geothermal Energy Example in Hawaii
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20153191 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jerry A Griffith (United States Geological Survey), Carl Trettin (0000-0003-0279-7191, US Forest Service), Carl C Trettin, Robert V O’neill |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-22 |
| Publication date | 2002-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0129-7619 • E-ISSN: 1467-9493 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-9493.00115 |
| OpenAlex | W2042025999 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 12 |
Geographic information systems (GIS) are increasingly being used in environmental impact assessments (EIA) because GIS is useful for analysing spatial impacts of various development scenarios. Spatially representing these impacts provides another tool for landscape ecology in environmental and geographical investigations by facilitating analysis of the effects of landscape pattern on ecological processes and examining change over time. Landscape ecological principles are applied in this study to a hypothetical geothermal development project on the Island of Hawaii. Some common landscape pattern metrics were used to analyse dispersed versus condensed development scenarios and their effect on landscape pattern. Indices of fragmentation and patch shape did not appreciably change with additional development. The amount of forest to open edge, however, greatly increased with the dispersed development scenario. In addition, landscape metrics showed that a human disturbance had a greater simplifying effect on patch shape and also increased fragmentation than a natural disturbance. The use of these landscape pattern metrics can advance the methodology of applying GIS to EIA
Biology · Cartography · Disturbance (geology) · Environmental resource management · Fragmentation (computing) · Geographic information system · Geography · Geothermal gradient · Habitat · Landscape assessment · Landscape design · Landscape ecology · Landscape epidemiology · Natural (archaeology) · Physical geography · Tropics · Ecology · Environmental Science · Geology · Land Use and Ecosystem Services · Mining and Resource Management · Rangeland and Wildlife Management
Landscape Ecology
Minireview
Some general principles of landscape and regional ecology
Biological Consequences of Ecosystem Fragmentation
A factor analysis of landscape pattern and structure metrics
Fragstats
Indices of landscape pattern
Cultural relativity of impact assessment
Impact of Macroeconomic Change on Deforestation in South Cameroon
The potential of a gis-based scoping system
Methods for cumulative effects assessment
Landscape Ecology and Geographic Information Systems
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2016 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |