Sentence examples for fragmented land use from inspiring English sources

The paper argues that the existing fragmented land use pattern in Panyu has been somewhat locked in, and the redevelopment of rural industrial land has been difficult due to historical institutional uncertainty and path dependency.

Koch (2013) gives reasons for continued use of aerial photography, such as long traditions, high spatial resolution, greater probability of acquiring cloud free data within a specific time window as well as smaller areas and fragmented land use in European countries compared to, e.g., larger non-European countries such as the USA, Canada, or countries in South America.

The objective of the present study is to introduce a validation approach assessing the correlation between the FIRISK and seven independent fire indicators and quantifying the similarity in their spatial distribution in a study area (Attica, Greece) characterized by high fire risk and fragmented land-use structure.

Planning for an inter-city railway network and construction between cities increased the connectivity of urban space, but fragmented other land use types.

However, it has been strongly fragmented due to land use intensification during the last centuries.

The region is endowed with many fragile and fragmented ecosystems, and land use and land cover changes have accelerated destructive processes with irreversible effects on ecosystems.

Identifying and making use of ecological indicators becomes an essential task in the conservation of tropical systems, mainly in fragmented landscapes where land use intensification and habitat loss are confounding factors in the detection of species' responses to human-caused disturbance.

Significant differences were found when comparing inner city (highly fragmented, dominated by many land use categories) to fringes, (only few dominant categories e.g. residential, reserves), which are challenging to accurately represent in urban water models if oversimplified.

That is, as urbanization continued to unfold, both landscapes became increasingly more diverse in land use, more fragmented in structure, and more complex in shape.

The existing Mistbelt grassland in the Umvoti Conservancy in KwaZulu-Natal is highly fragmented due to intensive agricultural land use (plantations and pastures), with Mistbelt grassland now occupying less than 3.5% of the area.

Around Alta Floresta the amount of fragmented forest was significant, with land use change evident on all sides.