Spatial changes of forests in a coastal and a remote mountainous area of Greece over a 65-year period
The scope of the study is to detect spatial changes in the forested areas over six decades (1945 - 2010) of two completely different landscapes in Greece (pilot areas). The first pilot area is Kastoria which is a relatively remote and mountainous area located north-western on the Greek peninsula, w...
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The scope of the study is to detect spatial changes in the forested areas over six decades (1945 - 2010) of two completely different landscapes in Greece (pilot areas). The first pilot area is Kastoria which is a relatively remote and mountainous area located north-western on the Greek peninsula, while the second one is Propontida which is a coastal area in the Chalkidiki peninsula (central Macedonia, Greece). High resolution orthorectified aerial images are used to detect the general types (classes) of land use/land cover (LULC) in these pilot areas. The results reveal that during the examined period, a notable spatial growth and thickening of the forest areas was found (10,51%) in the pilot area of Kastoria. The spatial homogeneity of the forested areas in Kastoria decreased only by 2,11%. Regarding Propontida, the forested areas decreased in total about 13,02% while the agricultural and arable land has increased by 12,10%.
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| spelling | doaj-art-5820c3b3eb3046858961bb25a8fe28282025-01-06T06:59:21ZengEuropean Association of GeographersEuropean Journal of Geography1792-13412410-74332020-12-0111410.48088/ejg.s.kol.11.4.93.109Spatial changes of forests in a coastal and a remote mountainous area of Greece over a 65-year periodStavros KOLIOSGeorge NTOGAS Efthimios ZERVAS The scope of the study is to detect spatial changes in the forested areas over six decades (1945 - 2010) of two completely different landscapes in Greece (pilot areas). The first pilot area is Kastoria which is a relatively remote and mountainous area located north-western on the Greek peninsula, while the second one is Propontida which is a coastal area in the Chalkidiki peninsula (central Macedonia, Greece). High resolution orthorectified aerial images are used to detect the general types (classes) of land use/land cover (LULC) in these pilot areas. The results reveal that during the examined period, a notable spatial growth and thickening of the forest areas was found (10,51%) in the pilot area of Kastoria. The spatial homogeneity of the forested areas in Kastoria decreased only by 2,11%. Regarding Propontida, the forested areas decreased in total about 13,02% while the agricultural and arable land has increased by 12,10%. https://eurogeojournal.eu/index.php/egj/article/view/171ICHGS-2019, forest changes, spatial analysis, image classification, GIS |
| spellingShingle | Stavros KOLIOS George NTOGAS Efthimios ZERVAS Spatial changes of forests in a coastal and a remote mountainous area of Greece over a 65-year period European Journal of Geography ICHGS-2019, forest changes, spatial analysis, image classification, GIS |
| title | Spatial changes of forests in a coastal and a remote mountainous area of Greece over a 65-year period |
| title_full | Spatial changes of forests in a coastal and a remote mountainous area of Greece over a 65-year period |
| title_fullStr | Spatial changes of forests in a coastal and a remote mountainous area of Greece over a 65-year period |
| title_full_unstemmed | Spatial changes of forests in a coastal and a remote mountainous area of Greece over a 65-year period |
| title_short | Spatial changes of forests in a coastal and a remote mountainous area of Greece over a 65-year period |
| title_sort | spatial changes of forests in a coastal and a remote mountainous area of greece over a 65 year period |
| topic | ICHGS-2019, forest changes, spatial analysis, image classification, GIS |
| url | https://eurogeojournal.eu/index.php/egj/article/view/171 |
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