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Application of landscape metrics in the evaluation of geodiversity

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  • Malinowska Ewa
  • Szumacher Iwona

    (Department of Geoecology Institute of Physical Geography Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies University of Warsaw)

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The purpose of this study is to present opportunities for using landscape metrics to evaluate geodiversity on individual landscape levels. The research area is located to the west of the Płock Urban and Industrial Agglomeration in Poland. Within this area, hierarchically organized regional units were delimited (Richling, Malinowska, Szumacher 2013). The area is divided into 87 first-level regions, 36 second-level regions and 9 third-level regions. The units have been treated as basic fields for geodiversity analysis purposes using selected landscape measures and metrics, to include area, density, size, edges and diversity (among others, Shannon’s Diversity Index (SDI), Shannon’s Evenness Index (SEI), domination (D) and redundancy (R)) generated in Patch Analyst v. 5, Fragstats v. 4.0, ArcGIS v.10 and Statistica v. 10 software.

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  • Malinowska Ewa & Szumacher Iwona, 2013. "Application of landscape metrics in the evaluation of geodiversity," Miscellanea Geographica. Regional Studies on Development, Sciendo, vol. 17(4), pages 28-33, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrs:mgrsod:v:17:y:2013:i:4:p:28-33:n:2
    DOI: 10.2478/v10288-012-0045-y
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    Geodiversity; landscape metrics;

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