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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Main Authors: Stavros KOLIOS, George NTOGAS, Efthimios ZERVAS
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Language:English
Published: European Association of Geographers 2020-12-01
Series:European Journal of Geography
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Online Access:https://eurogeojournal.eu/index.php/egj/article/view/171
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description 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
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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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