Military land use and the impact on landscape: A study of land use history on Danish Defence sites
| Autor: | Stig Roar Svenningsen, Mads Linnet Perner, Gregor Levin |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Militær arealer
Military landscapes Geography Planning and Development 0211 other engineering and technologies Biodiversity 02 engineering and technology Land cover Landscape trajectories 010501 environmental sciences Management Monitoring Policy and Law Present day 01 natural sciences Agricultural land Land use land-use change and forestry Landsscape trajectories Military training areas 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Nature and Landscape Conservation Land use business.industry Environmental resource management 021107 urban & regional planning Forestry Land use history Geography Habitat Agriculture business |
| Zdroj: | Svenningsen, S R, Levin, G & Perner, M L 2019, ' Military land use and the impact on landscape: A study of land use history on Danish Defence sites ', Land Use Policy, vol. 84, no. May, pp. 114-126 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.02.041 Svenningsen, S R, Levin, G & Linnet Perner, M 2019, ' Military land use and the impact on landscape: A study of land use history on Danish Defence sites ', Land Use Policy, vol. 84, no. May, pp. 114-126 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.02.041 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.02.041 |
| Popis: | Counting for as much as 6 % of Earth’s terrestrial surface, military land use constitutes an important share of humanland use. Yet, only few studies analyse the general impact of military land use on land-scape and biodiversity. Thisarticle presents a countrywide study of land use, land use change and biodi-versity content on all Danish defence siteslarger than 10 hectares, comprising roughly 40,000 hectares or 1 % of the Danish terrestrial area. Based oninterpretation of historical maps, land use history was ana-lysed for the period from the 1870’s to the present.Furthermore, available national data were applied to assess present land use and biodiversity content within and in thesurrounding of defence sites. The his-torical analysis revealed six typical trajectories of land use change. In terms oftotal area, the two most important were conservation of open, semi-natural habitat types (47 %) and change fromagriculture to open, semi-natural habitat types (34 %). Results also show, that for sites characterised by these two landuse change trajectories, present proportions of open semi-natural habitats as well as biodiversity con-tents aresignificantly higher within the sites compared to their surroundings. It is concluded that military land use in most caseshad a significant beneficial impact on present day land cover composition and biodiversity. Counting for as much as 6% of Earth’s terrestrial surface, military land use constitutes an important share of human land use. Yet, only few studies analyse the general impact of military land use on landscape and biodiversity.This article presents a countrywide study of land use, land use change and biodiversity content on all Danish defence sites larger than 10 ha, comprising roughly 40,000 ha or 1% of the Danish terrestrial area. Based on interpretation of historical maps, land use history was analysed for the period from the 1870′s to the present. Furthermore, available national data were applied to assess present land use and biodiversity content within and in the surrounding of defence sites. The historical analysis revealed six typical trajectories of land use change. In terms of total area, the two most important were conservation of open, semi-natural habitat types (47%) and change from agriculture to open, semi-natural habitat types (34%). Results also show, that for sites characterised by these two land use change trajectories, present proportions of open semi-natural habitats as well as biodiversity contents are significantly higher within the sites compared to their surroundings. It is concluded that military land use in most cases had a significant beneficial impact on present day land cover composition and biodiversity. |
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