LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Pułtusk School of Humanities International Association for Landscape Ecology

Polish Association for Landscape Ecology

LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

theory and applications practical purposes for

The Problems of Landscape Ecology vol. VI

Warsaw 2000

This publication is sponsored by: Pułtusk School of Humanities

Editorial Board:

A^ndrzej r^ichling, j^erzy l^echnio, e^wA M^AlinowskA

Publication reviewed by:

Associate Professor M^Aciej P^ietrzAk, P^h. d.

Cover design: j^erzy l^echnio Photos on the cover: o^lAf B^AstiAn

© Copyright 2000 by Pultusk School of Humanities ISBN 83-88067-21-4



TABLE OF CONTENTS

Theodore Astaras: PRESENT STATE OF REMOTE SENSING

APPLICATIONS TO LAND CLASSIFICATION AND LAND EVALUATION .... 7 Piotr Banaszuk, Agnieszka Wysocka: RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN

DEVELOPMENT OF PLANT COMMUNITIES AND HABITATS IN THE LANDSCAPE OF RIVER VALLEY ... 21 Olaf Bastian: THE ASSESSMENT OF LANDSCAPE AND VEGETATION

CHANGES: A CASE STUDY - UPPER LUSATIAN HEAT AND POND

LANDSCAPE ... 31 Agata Cieszewska: COMPARATIVE LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE STUDIES

FOR LAND USE PLANNING: PRZEDBORSKI LANDSCAPE PARK CASE STUDY ... 5

Alevtina V. Doncheva: DYNAMICS OF INDUSTRIAL-INDUCED LANDSCAPE MODIFICATIONS IN MACHE-TUNDRA AND

GEOCHEMISTRY OF AREA POLLUTED BY MACHEGORSK NICKEL FACTORY IN 1970-1990 ... 63 Kiril N. Dyakonov, Yu.G. Puzachenko, T.A. Abramova, A. Koroshev:

EVOLUATION OF MIDDLE TAIGA MORAINE LANDSCAPE OF

EASTERN-EUROPEAN TYPE IN HOLOCENE ... 69 Agnieszka Flis: THE ANALYSIS OF CONTEMPORARY LAND

TRANSFORMATION IN THE „SŁUPIA VALLEY” LANDSCAPE PARK:

ITS APPLICATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ... 78 Vasily N. Gutsuliak: ECOLOGICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL ASSESSMENT

OF LANDSCAPE FUNCTIONAL COMPLEXES IN THE CITY OF

CHERNIVTSI ... 91 Stefanka Hadzi Pecova: LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS IN SPATIAL PLANNING ... 93 Zoltán Jóri, Tímea Kiss: POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL SEGREGATION

OF SZEGED AGGLOMERATION: BASED ON HEAVY METAL

MEASUREMENTS ... 101

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Yousef S. Kajalik:AN ANALYSIS OF LAND USE WITHIN THE LIMITS OF LANDSCAPE UNITS. A CASE STUDY OF THE NORTH-WESTERN PART OF THE GEFARA PLAIN IN LIBYA ... 110 Didi Kaplan: ECODIVERSITY CHANGES IN THE HULA VALLEY, ISRAEL,

DURING THIS CENTURY ... 123 Mariusz Kistowski: THE APPLICATION OF GIS TECHNOLOGIES IN

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABLE

DEVELOPMENT IN POLAND ... 131 Aleksandr V. Khoroshev: ORIGIN OF INTRALANDSCAPE SPATIAL

VARIABILITY AT THE LOCAL LEVEL ... 12 Zdenek Lipsky: HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE CZECH RURAL

LANDSCAPE: IMPLICATIONS FOR PRESENT LANDSCAPE PLANNING ...

150

Grażyna Łaska: DYNAMIC PROCESSES IN THE SECONDARY

COMMUNITIES ... 162 Michael R. Moss: LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY: THE NEED FOR

A DISCIPLINE? ... 17

Ewa Nowak: LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE OF THE KIELCE AND CHĘCINY LANDSCAPE PARK ... 188 Jan Otahel: LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE: IDENTIFICATION AND

ASSESSMENT... 197 Fivos Papadimitriu: AESTETIC AND CULTURAL ASPECTS OF

CARTOGRAPHY OF CHINESE AND EUROPEAN LANDSCAPES ... 211 Fivos Papadimitriu: ORGANISING PROGRAMS AND METHODS FOR

CREATIVELY TEACHING LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY IN E.U.

MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES ... 215 Pene Penev: LANDSCAPE CHANGES OF IMMEDIATE SURROUNDING OF

THE CITIES ... 218 Mikhael U. Puzachenko: USE OF QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATIONS FOR

THE CREATION OF LANDSCAPE MAP ... 229

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Matthias Rőder: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LAND USE CHANGE, SOIL DEGRADATION AND LANDSCAPE FUNCTIONS ... 237 Stanisław Seniczak: SOIL MITES (ACARI) OF THE ECOTONE BETWEEN

THE SCOT PINE FOREST AND MEADOW IN THE FOREST

LANDSCAPE IN TUCHOLA FOREST, POLAND ... 29 Laurent Simon, P. Pech, M. Tabeaud: LANDSCAPE TYPES AND

GEOECOLOGY DYNAMICS OF A MEDITERRANEAN MOUNTAIN.

THE SOUTHERN ALPS CASE STUDY ... 263 Jerzy Solon: „SMAL HABITATS” AND THEIR INPUT TO FLORA AND

VEGETATION DIVERSITY ON THE LANDSCAPE LEVEL ... 277 Michał Stalski: UNCONTROLLED DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY VERSUS

DEFENCE OF ITS SLOPE (THE WARSAW SLOPE) ... 283 Mirosław Stepaniuk: CHANGES OF NATURAL HYDROGENIC

LANDSCAPES OF GRÓDEK-MICHAŁOWO BASIN ... 288 Małgorzata Strzyż: THE DIAGNOSIS OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT

AND DESCRIPTION OF ECONOMICAL UTILISATION WAYS OF THE CLEADING AREA IN MODEL FORMULATION IN EXAMPLE OF THE ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKI NATIONAL PARK ... 299 Martin Volk: A HIERARCHICAL APPROACH TO MESOSCALE

ASSESSMENT OF LANDSCAPE FUNCTIONS: MODELING -

PARAMETERS - INTEGRATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING ... 306 Mihailo Zikov: THE IMPORTANCE OF LANDSCAPE IN SPATIAL

PLANNING PROCESS IN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA ... 318 Vera K. Zhuchkova: FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF

LANDSCAPE SCIENCE AND ECOLOGY OF LANDSCAPE IN RUSSIA ... 330 Walter Zsilnicsar: PROTECTION OF CULTURAL LANDSCAPES:

A CHALENGE TO SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPE DEVELOPMENT ... 337