On the basis of the indicators obtained, the level of functional organization of landscape was assessed.
The research aims to investigate the spatial organization of landscape vis-à-vis the functional-behavioral settings of the local residence.
Second, human organization of landscape elements is a significant control on runoff and erosion, so that similar events can produce very different responses (and vice versa).
This study focuses on the ecological design between traditional Diyarbakır houses and their physical environment (topography and climate) and structural environment (building form, spatial organization, material, landscape and planting, and technical infrastructure).
According to the comparison of the four pre-determined analysis scales, we propose the existence of three eventual organization levels: landscape patch or ecosystem level, local level and the basic level, the most heterogeneous and complex scale.
Presented is the technique for calculating the indicators characterizing the degree of organization of landscape, based on determining the parameters of carbon cycle which are amenable to accurate numerical accounting: the amount of C that oxidizes within the soil-ground layer, and the amount of organic C that is carried with the runoff.
Pattern metrics calculated at the patch level are assessed as the spatial organization of landscape units that represent: (1) transitional areas of LULC dynamics occurring as peripheral expansion, (2) LULC change from forest to agriculture through deforestation, or (3) agriculture to forest through secondary plant succession, with savanna serving as a transitional matrix.
As a source for adequate conservation options, we used a manual for agri-environmental management (Van Paassen and Schrieken 1998), published by the Dutch national organization for landscape management which is a widely accepted source of advice about agricultural-environmental conservation options.
Four fundamental principles that may govern these processes of self-organization of landscape are proposed.
The aim is to break down the overlapping of elements constituting the organization of landscapes.
