Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2013, 61(5), 1451-1457 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201361051451

Landscape dynamics in the Brno's surrounding between 2001 and 2011

Hana Vavrouchová, František Toman
Department of Applied and Landscape Ecology, Mendel University in Brno, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic

In surroundings of the larger cities there are possible to observe one of the symptoms of today's postmodern society - suburbanized surface. A number of primary and secondary negative effects of this process are undisputed. To identify these influences in specific locality, analyze of structural and functional changes of territory are appropriate to make first. Spatial indicators are a suitable analytical tool for the synthetic evaluation of these changes. The indicators are simple and able to document the changes within land use categories in the time period, to identify just those categories with the most significant transformations and to objectify the main landscape processes. In frame of the suburbanization, Brno's agglomeration is polarized (northern and southern part with individual development) with redistribution of dominant functions (residential and commercial). To rationalize land use and to balance the spatial disparities by planning tools, it is just this specific phenomenon which is detailed analyzed by these indicators (with emphasis on the period between 2000 and 2011) and on their basis are derived recommendations for strategic development. The greatest changes recorded in the studied territory relate to agricultural land resources. Should we take into account the surveyed territory as a whole, the loss of arable land between the years 2001 and 2011 was ca. 1% and the proportion of built-up area increased by about the same.

Keywords: landscape change, suburbanization, sustainable spatial development, indicator/index, Brno's surroundings, Czech Republic
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This study was supported by the Research plan No. MSM6215648905 "Biological and technological aspects of sustainability of controlled ecosystems and their adaptability to climate change", which is financed by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic. The research was also supported by Internal Grant Agency of the Mendel University in Brno in 2012 within the project "Landscape changes on the periphery of the large cities ".

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Vavrouchová, H., & Toman, F. (2013). Landscape dynamics in the Brno's surrounding between 2001 and 2011. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 61(5), 1451-1457. doi: 10.11118/actaun201361051451
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