A fragmented world: mapping the global extent of Anthropogenic Landscape Fragmentation
Land consumption is a major environmental problem. In relation to it, over the past decades different studies have raised awareness of the importance of a less visible but equally damaging process: growing ‘Anthropogenic Landscape Fragmentation’. The objective of this study is to offer a global port...
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Taylor & Francis Group
2024-12-01
|
| Series: | Journal of Maps |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/17445647.2024.2307539 |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1841557217099120640 |
|---|---|
| author | Gustavo Romanillos Guido Robazza Filippo Lovato |
| author_facet | Gustavo Romanillos Guido Robazza Filippo Lovato |
| author_sort | Gustavo Romanillos |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Land consumption is a major environmental problem. In relation to it, over the past decades different studies have raised awareness of the importance of a less visible but equally damaging process: growing ‘Anthropogenic Landscape Fragmentation’. The objective of this study is to offer a global portrait of this phenomenon through a map. Following a methodology developed in previous studies, this research builds on the calculation of a widely used index for measuring Anthropogenic Landscape Fragmentation, the effective mesh size (meff). This index considers existing human settlements, as well as global railway and road networks. The maps illustrate the heterogeneity in the distribution of Anthropogenic Landscape Fragmentation worldwide. In addition, the study calculates average fragmentation values at the national level and explores the correlation of these values with other variables such as population density or the Human Development Index, revealing a positive trend but with a weak correlation. |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj-art-2fe70378fbbd4fe5818f55081f58cea9 |
| institution | Kabale University |
| issn | 1744-5647 |
| language | English |
| publishDate | 2024-12-01 |
| publisher | Taylor & Francis Group |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Journal of Maps |
| spelling | doaj-art-2fe70378fbbd4fe5818f55081f58cea92025-01-06T14:32:05ZengTaylor & Francis GroupJournal of Maps1744-56472024-12-0120110.1080/17445647.2024.2307539A fragmented world: mapping the global extent of Anthropogenic Landscape FragmentationGustavo Romanillos0Guido Robazza1Filippo Lovato2Department of Geography, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, SpainPortsmouth School of Architecture, University of PortsmouthComune di VeneziaLand consumption is a major environmental problem. In relation to it, over the past decades different studies have raised awareness of the importance of a less visible but equally damaging process: growing ‘Anthropogenic Landscape Fragmentation’. The objective of this study is to offer a global portrait of this phenomenon through a map. Following a methodology developed in previous studies, this research builds on the calculation of a widely used index for measuring Anthropogenic Landscape Fragmentation, the effective mesh size (meff). This index considers existing human settlements, as well as global railway and road networks. The maps illustrate the heterogeneity in the distribution of Anthropogenic Landscape Fragmentation worldwide. In addition, the study calculates average fragmentation values at the national level and explores the correlation of these values with other variables such as population density or the Human Development Index, revealing a positive trend but with a weak correlation.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/17445647.2024.2307539Anthropogenic landscape fragmentationland useland consumptionlandscape conservationeffective mesh size (meff)roads |
| spellingShingle | Gustavo Romanillos Guido Robazza Filippo Lovato A fragmented world: mapping the global extent of Anthropogenic Landscape Fragmentation Journal of Maps Anthropogenic landscape fragmentation land use land consumption landscape conservation effective mesh size (meff) roads |
| title | A fragmented world: mapping the global extent of Anthropogenic Landscape Fragmentation |
| title_full | A fragmented world: mapping the global extent of Anthropogenic Landscape Fragmentation |
| title_fullStr | A fragmented world: mapping the global extent of Anthropogenic Landscape Fragmentation |
| title_full_unstemmed | A fragmented world: mapping the global extent of Anthropogenic Landscape Fragmentation |
| title_short | A fragmented world: mapping the global extent of Anthropogenic Landscape Fragmentation |
| title_sort | fragmented world mapping the global extent of anthropogenic landscape fragmentation |
| topic | Anthropogenic landscape fragmentation land use land consumption landscape conservation effective mesh size (meff) roads |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/17445647.2024.2307539 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT gustavoromanillos afragmentedworldmappingtheglobalextentofanthropogeniclandscapefragmentation AT guidorobazza afragmentedworldmappingtheglobalextentofanthropogeniclandscapefragmentation AT filippolovato afragmentedworldmappingtheglobalextentofanthropogeniclandscapefragmentation AT gustavoromanillos fragmentedworldmappingtheglobalextentofanthropogeniclandscapefragmentation AT guidorobazza fragmentedworldmappingtheglobalextentofanthropogeniclandscapefragmentation AT filippolovato fragmentedworldmappingtheglobalextentofanthropogeniclandscapefragmentation |