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A new technique designed to help quantify the degree of damage to the landscape from one area to another shows a close relationship between population density and the degree of landscape damage. The technique establishes a scale of damage from 0 to 5 (zero=no damage; 5=severe damage) using data from aerial photographs, land-use maps, and field data. The related formula allows one to compare the relative degree of damage across regions using a combination of an absolute index, a theoretical index, a relative index, and population density. Xing an County is used to demonstrate the technique.
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Li, J., Li, C. Gradation and assessment of damage degree of natural landscape in Xing’an County, Guangxi. Chinese Geographical Science 2, 367–372 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02664567
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02664567