Historical land use, actual vegetation, and the hemeroby levels in ecological evaluation of an urban river valley in perspective of its rehabilitation plan

• Autorzy: Kiedrzynski M. , Kiedrzynska E. , Witoslawski P. , Urbaniak M. , Kurowski J. K.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The rehabilitation of landscapes along river valleys play an ever more important role in urban management. The first step is evaluation of natural conditions of green areas. We propose a validation method based on analysis of land use changes in the last 200 years, actual vegetation mapping, and the hemeroby concept. The field study was conducted in the Sokołówka River valley in Łódź city (Central Poland). All analyses were performed using the GIS software. The results show that after World War II, during urbanization and industrialization of Łódź, a surprising increase in the forest cover and a decline of agricultural areas have been observed in the study area. The current naturalization of the landscape should be used for rehabilitation projects.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

history; land use; vegetation; hemeroby level; hemerochora zob.hemeroby; ecological evaluation; urban area; river valley; land use change; perspective; rehabilitation plan

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Polish Journal of Environmental Studies
• Rocznik: 2014
• Tom: 23
• Numer: 1
• Opis fizyczny: p.109-117,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Kiedrzynski M.

• Department of Geobotany and Plant Ecology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, Banacha 12/16, 90-237 Lodz, Poland

autor

Kiedrzynska E.

• European Regional Centre for Ecohydrology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lodz, Poland
• Department of Applied Ecology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland

autor

Witoslawski P.

• Faculty of Environmental Protection and Agriculture, City Council of Lodz, Lodz, Poland

autor

Urbaniak M.

• European Regional Centre for Ecohydrology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lodz, Poland
• Department of Applied Ecology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland

autor

Kurowski J. K.

• Department of Geobotany and Plant Ecology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, Banacha 12/16, 90-237 Lodz, Poland

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