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Landscape identification forms a base for landscape management and sustainable land use policy. According to the European Landscape Convention, each Member State needs to recognize the landscapes as an essential component of people’s surroundings. Poland developed a method for landscape auditing that will be conducted for landscapes in the whole country. The identification of landscape units is based on landscape type characteristics and spatial data that is layered and analyzed in order to identify landscape units. In this paper, we aim to test the possibilities of automatic landscape identification. We take the assumptions designed for landscape identification for the needs of the audit. Based on the “Typology of Poland’s current landscapes”, we design a process to identify landscape units with the use of the aggregation of land cover data and multivariable analysis. We use tools in an ArcGIS environment to design a process that will support human perception. Our approach is compared with the approach presented in the method designed for a landscape audit in order to be used for landscape unit identification at the municipal level. The case study area is the municipality of Siechnice within the suburban area of the city of Wrocław, an example of a changing landscape under suburbanization pressure. We conclude that both approaches can support each other in the landscape identification process.
Iga Solecka; Dietmar Bothmer; Arkadiusz Głogowski. Recognizing Landscapes for the Purpose of Sustainable Development—Experiences from Poland. Sustainability 2019, 11, 3429 .
AMA StyleIga Solecka, Dietmar Bothmer, Arkadiusz Głogowski. Recognizing Landscapes for the Purpose of Sustainable Development—Experiences from Poland. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (12):3429.
Chicago/Turabian StyleIga Solecka; Dietmar Bothmer; Arkadiusz Głogowski. 2019. "Recognizing Landscapes for the Purpose of Sustainable Development—Experiences from Poland." Sustainability 11, no. 12: 3429.
Undermined by the increasing urban sprawl as well as intensification of agricultural production, the urban–rural fringe agricultural landscapes face challenges of ensuring viable food production, reducing environmental degradation and biodiversity loss, as well as sustaining rural development. Policies and strategies such as the Common Agricultural Policy, the European Landscape Convention and Biodiversity Strategy address these problems in their objectives, but they are based on different concepts regarding landscape functions and ecosystem services. To provide planners with a comprehensive landscape valuation framework, we refer to the policy objectives by assessing three rural landscape functions: environmental balance, food production and providing vital space to live, and tourist businesses with the use of landscape indicators and ecosystem services. We introduce the criteria of vulnerability to landscape changes, legal environmental protection, cultural heritage, scenic variety, and clarity to assess landscape values and water purification and retention, food production and recreational potential to assess ecosystem services. The results encourage the combination of the two approaches, since in a well-structured framework they complement each other in terms of covering different aspects of landscape value. An integrated approach to landscape assessment enables the picturing of more diverse values, and can better inform landscape and spatial planners. The novelty of this research is the use of landscape units as the basis for the application of ecosystem service and landscape valuation integrated assessment at the level that matches the scale of land use policy on the municipality level.
Marta Sylla; Iga Solecka. Highly valued agricultural landscapes and their ecosystem services in the urban-rural fringe – an integrated approach. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 2019, 63, 883 -911.
AMA StyleMarta Sylla, Iga Solecka. Highly valued agricultural landscapes and their ecosystem services in the urban-rural fringe – an integrated approach. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. 2019; 63 (5):883-911.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMarta Sylla; Iga Solecka. 2019. "Highly valued agricultural landscapes and their ecosystem services in the urban-rural fringe – an integrated approach." Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 63, no. 5: 883-911.
This study analyzes legal system of urban landscape management in Poland and its changes in last decade on the example of Wroclaw – city located in central part of Lower Silesia region in south-western Poland. The main objective of the study was to assess the current legal system of urban landscape management in Poland in terms of the implementation of the European Landscape Convention provisions. Before coming into force the act of 24 April 2015 amending certain laws in connection with the reinforcement of the tools for landscape protection (so-called "Landscape Act") the basis of landscape management were spatial planning documents and guidelines from documents forming protection areas of nature or monument values. Study of the conditions and directions of spatial development, selected land development plans as well as guidelines for seven nature conservation areas and one cultural park were analyzed in terms of landscape management provisions. Changes of legal basis were also taken into account. After 11 years since ratifying European Landscape Convention in 2004 Polish authorities have finally noticed the necessity to implement its provisions to Polish law. Legal basis for urban landscape management has been drastically changed. Landscape Act introduces new tool for landscape management at regional level called landscape audit which will affect all new spatial planning documents of the city. It consists in characterization and assessment of all landscape types identified within the borders of each region in Poland. It is the basis for selection of priority landscapes, identification of threats and determination the way of spatial development of landscape units. Local authorities have also received new tool for shaping advertising policy. In the context of European Landscape Convention implementation, it should be emphasized that before 2015 there was no document dedicated strictly for landscape management of Wroclaw because there was no legal basis for it. All the provisions were scattered in various kind of documents that's why there was no coherent landscape management policy. It remains to be hoped that in the coming years, a coherent policy in this area will finally be developed and adopted thanks to the use of new landscape management tools.
Piotr Krajewski; Iga Solecka. Management System of Urban Landscape in Poland on the Example of Wroclaw in the Context of European Landscape Convention Implementation. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 2019, 471, 112035 .
AMA StylePiotr Krajewski, Iga Solecka. Management System of Urban Landscape in Poland on the Example of Wroclaw in the Context of European Landscape Convention Implementation. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering. 2019; 471 (11):112035.
Chicago/Turabian StylePiotr Krajewski; Iga Solecka. 2019. "Management System of Urban Landscape in Poland on the Example of Wroclaw in the Context of European Landscape Convention Implementation." IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 471, no. 11: 112035.
Changes in forest landscapes have been connected with human activity for centuries and can be considered one of the main driving forces of change from a global perspective. The spatial distribution of forests changes along with the geopolitical situation, demographic changes, intensification of agriculture, urbanization, or changes in land use policy. However, due to the limited availability of historical data, the driving forces of changes in forest landscapes are most often considered in relation to recent decades, without taking long-term analyses into account. The aim of this paper is to determine the level and types of landscape changes and make preliminary study on natural and socio-economic factors on changes in forest landscapes within the protected area, Ślęża Landscape Park, and its buffer zone using long-term analyses covering a period of 140 years (1883–2013). A comparison of historical and current maps and demographic data related to three consecutive periods of time as well as natural and location factors by using the ArcGIS software allows the selected driving forces of forest landscape transformations to be analyzed. We took into account natural factors such as the elevation, slope, and exposure of the hillside and socio-economic drivers like population changes, distances to centers of municipalities, main roads, and built-up areas.
Piotr Krajewski; Iga Solecka; Karol Mrozik. Forest Landscape Change and Preliminary Study on Its Driving Forces in Ślęża Landscape Park (Southwestern Poland) in 1883–2013. Sustainability 2018, 10, 4526 .
AMA StylePiotr Krajewski, Iga Solecka, Karol Mrozik. Forest Landscape Change and Preliminary Study on Its Driving Forces in Ślęża Landscape Park (Southwestern Poland) in 1883–2013. Sustainability. 2018; 10 (12):4526.
Chicago/Turabian StylePiotr Krajewski; Iga Solecka; Karol Mrozik. 2018. "Forest Landscape Change and Preliminary Study on Its Driving Forces in Ślęża Landscape Park (Southwestern Poland) in 1883–2013." Sustainability 10, no. 12: 4526.
Iga Solecka. The use of landscape value assessment in spatial planning and sustainable land management — a review. Landscape Research 2018, 44, 966 -981.
AMA StyleIga Solecka. The use of landscape value assessment in spatial planning and sustainable land management — a review. Landscape Research. 2018; 44 (8):966-981.
Chicago/Turabian StyleIga Solecka. 2018. "The use of landscape value assessment in spatial planning and sustainable land management — a review." Landscape Research 44, no. 8: 966-981.
Iga Solecka; Beata Raszka; Piotr Krajewski. Landscape analysis for sustainable land use policy: A case study in the municipality of Popielów, Poland. Land Use Policy 2018, 75, 116 -126.
AMA StyleIga Solecka, Beata Raszka, Piotr Krajewski. Landscape analysis for sustainable land use policy: A case study in the municipality of Popielów, Poland. Land Use Policy. 2018; 75 ():116-126.
Chicago/Turabian StyleIga Solecka; Beata Raszka; Piotr Krajewski. 2018. "Landscape analysis for sustainable land use policy: A case study in the municipality of Popielów, Poland." Land Use Policy 75, no. : 116-126.
The developments in suburban areas are changing the peri-urban landscape, by transforming the agricultural land into discontinuous urban fabric. Tracking these changes requires different approaches. The aim of the research is to identify the spatial development of suburban zone with the use of the spatial information-based approach of estimating the location of suburban plots. The authors introduced parameters describing the building plots for single family housing in the suburban areas on the example of the surrounding municipalities of the city of Wrocław, Poland. Landscape metrics tools were used to delineate the suburban plots not identified by Corine Land Cover 2012. The results were verified with the use of the prices and values register for real estates. The results show that there is an increasing pressure on farmland conversion into suburban areas expressed by the number of transactions and the total areas of sold housing plots. The plots that have been purchased for the single-family housing between 2004 and 2016 constitute about 10 % of all existing plots. About 42 % of suburban properties are designed in the distance not exceeding 3 km from the existing settlements; they are, however, not connected by infrastructure with other build-up areas.
Iga Solecka; Marta Sylla; Małgorzata Świąder. Urban Sprawl Impact on Farmland Conversion in Suburban Area of Wroclaw, Poland. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 2017, 245, 072002 .
AMA StyleIga Solecka, Marta Sylla, Małgorzata Świąder. Urban Sprawl Impact on Farmland Conversion in Suburban Area of Wroclaw, Poland. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering. 2017; 245 (7):072002.
Chicago/Turabian StyleIga Solecka; Marta Sylla; Małgorzata Świąder. 2017. "Urban Sprawl Impact on Farmland Conversion in Suburban Area of Wroclaw, Poland." IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 245, no. 7: 072002.
This study analysed spatial and temporal changes in protected landscape of Ślęża Landscape Park in Poland, covering an area of 7724 ha. The main objective was to determine level of landscape change of the research area after Polish accession to European Union by comparing land-cover maps from 2004, 2009 and 2014. With the use of prepared land cover maps, we developed a database of the surface of the main elements constituting the background landscape of the research area. The data obtained made it feasible to assess the level of change in two different periods of time (2004 - 2009 and 2009 - 2014) by means of the landscape change index (LCI). This indicator is described by one value which is the result of all the change types taking place in the background landscape in a given period of time. Comparing the index of different parts of Ślęża Landscape Park helped to identify areas where the landscape changes were the highest and areas where the changes were hardly noticeable. The results show that when we take into account whole research area landscape changes are much more intense in the second of the analysed periods of time (2009 - 2014) (LCI=1,91) then in years 2004 - 2009 (LCI=0,71). The same analysis was done for each part of municipalities located within the Park. This made it possible to determine which part of the park is the most threatened by spatial transformations. In this context, it should be emphasized that the highest rates of landscape changes were recorded in the municipalities where the largest new residential area was located – in the municipalities Sobótka and Łagiewniki. Whereas municipality Dzierżoniów with a high percentage of forests inside the Park and unchanging area of arable land have the lowest landscape change index.
Piotr Krajewski; Iga Solecka; Barbara- Mastalska- Cetera. Landscape Change Index as a Tool for Spatial Analysis. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 2017, 245, 072014 .
AMA StylePiotr Krajewski, Iga Solecka, Barbara- Mastalska- Cetera. Landscape Change Index as a Tool for Spatial Analysis. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering. 2017; 245 (7):072014.
Chicago/Turabian StylePiotr Krajewski; Iga Solecka; Barbara- Mastalska- Cetera. 2017. "Landscape Change Index as a Tool for Spatial Analysis." IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 245, no. 7: 072014.
Iga Solecka; Łukasz Dworniczak. Obywatele kształtują krajobraz miasta. Aspekty przestrzenne i funkcjonalne inicjatyw zgłaszanych w ramach Wrocławskiego Budżetu Obywatelskiego 2013-2014 / Residents shape the landscape of the city. Spatial and functional aspects of initiatives proposed under Participatory Budget of Wrocław 2013-2014. Prace Naukowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu 2016, 1 .
AMA StyleIga Solecka, Łukasz Dworniczak. Obywatele kształtują krajobraz miasta. Aspekty przestrzenne i funkcjonalne inicjatyw zgłaszanych w ramach Wrocławskiego Budżetu Obywatelskiego 2013-2014 / Residents shape the landscape of the city. Spatial and functional aspects of initiatives proposed under Participatory Budget of Wrocław 2013-2014. Prace Naukowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu. 2016; (443):1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleIga Solecka; Łukasz Dworniczak. 2016. "Obywatele kształtują krajobraz miasta. Aspekty przestrzenne i funkcjonalne inicjatyw zgłaszanych w ramach Wrocławskiego Budżetu Obywatelskiego 2013-2014 / Residents shape the landscape of the city. Spatial and functional aspects of initiatives proposed under Participatory Budget of Wrocław 2013-2014." Prace Naukowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu , no. 443: 1.