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Spatio-Temporal Analysis Using Urban-Rural Gradient Modelling and Landscape Metrics

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Computational Science and Its Applications - ICCSA 2011 (ICCSA 2011)

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Urbanization can be considered as a particular environmental gradient that produces modifications in the structures and functions of ecological systems. In landscape analysis and planning there is a clear need to develop specific and comparable indicators permitting the spatio-temporal quantification of this gradient and the study of its relationships with the composition and configuration of other land uses. This study, integrating urban gradient modelling and landscape pattern analysis, aims to investigate the spatiotemporal changes induced by urbanization and by other anthropogenic factors. Unlike previous studies, based on the transect approach, landscape metrics are calculated diachronically within five contiguous zones defined along the urban to rural gradient and characterized by decreasing intervals of settlement density. The results show that, within the study area, urban sprawl and agricultural land simplification remain the dominant forces responsible for the landscape modifications that have occurred during the period under investigation.

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  1. Department of Man and Territory, University of Perugia, Borgo XX Giugno 74, 06121, Perugia, Italy

    Marco Vizzari

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  1. L.I.S.U.T. - D.A.P.I.T., Basilicata University Potenza, 10, Viale dell’Ateneo Lucano, 85100, Potenza, Italy

    Beniamino Murgante

  2. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Perugia, Via Vanvitelli, 1, 06123, Perugia, Italy

    Osvaldo Gervasi

  3. Department of Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences, University of Cantabria, Avda. de los Castros, s/n, C.P. 39005, Santander, Spain

    Andrés Iglesias

  4. School of Business Systems, Monash University, 3800, Clayton, VIC, Australia

    David Taniar

  5. Department of Intelligent Informatics, Kyushu Sangyo University, 2-3-1 Matsukadai, Higashi-ku, 813-8503, Fukuoka, Japan

    Bernady O. Apduhan

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Vizzari, M. (2011). Spatio-Temporal Analysis Using Urban-Rural Gradient Modelling and Landscape Metrics. In: Murgante, B., Gervasi, O., Iglesias, A., Taniar, D., Apduhan, B.O. (eds) Computational Science and Its Applications - ICCSA 2011. ICCSA 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6782. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21928-3_8

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