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Monitoring 60 Years of Land Cover Change in the Marathon Area, Greece

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  • Apostolos Gaitanis

    (Department of Geography, Harokopio University of Athens, El. Venizelou 70, Athens 17671, Greece)

  • Kleomenis Kalogeropoulos

    (Department of Geography, Harokopio University of Athens, El. Venizelou 70, Athens 17671, Greece)

  • Vassilis Detsis

    (Department of Home Economics and Ecology, Harokopio University of Athens, El. Venizelou 70, Athens 17671, Greece)

  • Christos Chalkias

    (Department of Geography, Harokopio University of Athens, El. Venizelou 70, Athens 17671, Greece)

Abstract

This study deals with the landscape evolution reflected in the changes of land cover in the suburban area of Marathon, Attica, Greece. The study was based on remote sensing images covering the time period between 1945 and 2007. Several other types of data were also used, such as a digital terrain model, historical orthophotos, vegetation maps, geological maps, cadastral maps and aerial photos. These types of data were used in order to create the spatial database for the classification/interpretation of land cover and to identify the land cover changes that occurred during the period in question. The results of this study showed significant land cover changes, especially for the land covered by forests and wetlands with a 47% and a 37% decrease, respectively. The spatial arrangement of the development of residential areas was partially predictable, while the occurrence of land cover changes due to retrogressive vegetation succession appeared rather idiosyncratically throughout the area initially covered by forest.

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  • Apostolos Gaitanis & Kleomenis Kalogeropoulos & Vassilis Detsis & Christos Chalkias, 2015. "Monitoring 60 Years of Land Cover Change in the Marathon Area, Greece," Land, MDPI, vol. 4(2), pages 1-18, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jlands:v:4:y:2015:i:2:p:337-354:d:48673
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