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Application of geoinformation technologies for the assesment of landscape structure using landscape-ecological indexes. Case study of the Handlová landslide = Térinformatikai technológiák alkalmazása a tájstruktúra értékelésére tájmetriai mutatók használatával (Esettanulmány: A Nyitrabányai földc...more
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The Carpathian region had a rich and diverse history during the last 200 years, with patterns and drivers of land change for the region as a whole remaining still largely unexplored. We aim to investigate land use and land cover change... more
The Carpathian region had a rich and diverse history during the last 200 years, with patterns and drivers of land change for the region as a whole remaining still largely unexplored. We aim to investigate land use and land cover change (LULCC) and its drivers acrossthe study area. We created an inventory of existing LULCC case studies, and carried out a meta‐analysis of the patterns and drivers ofland change in the Carpathian Basin. The case studies are focused on analysis of a broad range of spatial data: cadaster, topographic maps, aerial photographs and satellite data and go back asfar asthe mid‐18th century. Information was summarized for several key time periods (Austro‐Hungarian Empire, interwar, socialist period, post 1989). Data on LULCC classes, processes and driving forces was collected and compiled in a structured way and georeferenced where possible. During the study period, land use change substantially in response to socioeconomic and political transformations. Major t...
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BIOPRESS (‘Linking Pan-European Land Cover Change to Pressures on Biodiversity’), a European Commission funded ‘Global Monitoring for Environment and Security’ project, produced land cover change information (1950—2000) for Europe from... more
BIOPRESS (‘Linking Pan-European Land Cover Change to Pressures on Biodiversity’), a European Commission funded ‘Global Monitoring for Environment and Security’ project, produced land cover change information (1950—2000) for Europe from aerial photographs and tested the suitability of this for monitoring habitats and biodiversity. The methods and results related to the land cover change work are summarized. Changes in land cover were established through 73 window and 59 transect samples distributed across Europe. Although the sample size was too small and biased to fully represent the spatial variability observed in Europe, the work highlighted the importance of method consistency, the choice of nomenclature and spatial scale. The results suggest different processes are taking place in different parts of Europe: the Boreal and Alpine regions are dominated by forest management; abandonment and intensification are mainly encountered in the Mediterranean; urbanization and drainage are m...
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The geomorphic processes in high-mountain environments are crucial and often limiting factors of vegetation development. Studies based on the long-term field monitoring are still scarce, however, thus limiting our understandng to... more
The geomorphic processes in high-mountain environments are crucial and often limiting factors of vegetation development. Studies based on the long-term field monitoring are still scarce, however, thus limiting our understandng to vegetation dynamics and the knowledge needed for effective conservation management. In this paper we interpret results of a 20 years long observation considering the relationship between alpine vegetation and intensity of geomorphic processes in the territory of seven permanent plots in the Belianske Tatra Mts. (Slovakia, Central Europe). In principle, these sites represent a “battle field” for ongoing geomorphic processes and vegetation. They are either gradually occupied by initial stages of ecological succession of vegetation or were occupied in the past with the vegetation being more or less destructed. The field research was combined with data collection for standard phytosociological relèves. Spatial distribution of particular tussocks or individuals ...
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The aim of the paper is the land-use analysis on the basis of multi-temporal aerial photos analysis. Following the creation of the secondary landscape structure thematic maps in the GIS background , the context with social-economical... more
The aim of the paper is the land-use analysis on the basis of multi-temporal aerial photos analysis. Following the creation of the secondary landscape structure thematic maps in the GIS background , the context with social-economical changes in the last 50 years was considered. The research area includes settlements: Dara, Ostrožnica, Ruské, Smolník, Starina, Veľká Poľana and Zval. Among the changes of the secondary landscape structure in the individual time horizons (1949, 1987, 2003) presented by the maps and graphs, we can observe the increase of the forest caused by overgrowing of the extensive abandoned meadows. The mentioned problems are included in the research project BIOSCENE under the EU fifth framework programme.
The paper focuses on the identification and classification of spatial patterns in the relation to landforms and geomorphic processes considering the middle-scale and micro-scale of the high-mountain landscape. These determine not only the... more
The paper focuses on the identification and classification of spatial patterns in the relation to landforms and geomorphic processes considering the middle-scale and micro-scale of the high-mountain landscape. These determine not only the shape of patches or the character of boundaries, but also the character of fragmentation, the heterogeneity of patches, the gradient and the tendency of patches development. Georelief, especially its spatial morphodynamic attributes, represents relevant phenomena of the landscape which facilitate to understand the scale and hierarchy of the landscape structure. The algorithm of this study is based on the spatial identification of landforms, processes and patterns considering large-scale aerial photographs, a field reconnaissance and the partial classification. The main aim of this paper is to create the classification system of spatial patterns as the physiognomic spatial attributes of the landscape structure mosaic in the high-mountain areas. The ...
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Multitemporal trend analysis of remote sensing data from two model valleys, namely the Velicka dolina Valley in the central and Dolina Zeleneho plesa Valley in the eastern parts of the the High Tatra Mts, made it possible to outline the... more
Multitemporal trend analysis of remote sensing data from two model valleys, namely the Velicka dolina Valley in the central and Dolina Zeleneho plesa Valley in the eastern parts of the the High Tatra Mts, made it possible to outline the temporal trends in the activity and geomorphic effectiveness of debris flows in both valleys in the period 1949-2006. Comparison of trends indicated that the debris flow effectivity was in both valleys rather different, sometimes even opposed, within the earlier decades of this period. It is connected with the local character of extreme precipitation in these years. However, since the 1980s the simultaneous increase in the geomorphic effectiveness of debris flows in studied valleys is observable, though that in the Velicka dolina Valley was more marked. This fact can be con- nected with manifestations of the climate change, expressing itself by the increased frequency and inten- sity of extreme precipitation events. Increased frequency of extreme rai...
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This is a document issuing from the project: Linking Pan-European Landcover Change to Pressures on Biodiversity (BIOPRESS); a project funded by the European Commission DG Research under the specific research and technological development... more
This is a document issuing from the project: Linking Pan-European Landcover Change to Pressures on Biodiversity (BIOPRESS); a project funded by the European Commission DG Research under the specific research and technological development programme “Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development” and the “Global Monitoring for the Environment and Security” initiative of the Fifth Framework Programme (GMES: http://www.gmes.info/). The main objective of the BIOPRESS project was to determine historical changes (1950 – 1990 – 2000) in land cover across Europe for the purpose of measuring changes in habitats and their biodiversity. The BIOPRESS project is strongly linked to CORINE Land Cover project, as it uses the same 44 class nomenclature (CORINE Land Cover nomenclature: http://reports.eea.eu.int/COR0-landcover/en). The adopted approach was to sample Europe using 2 x 15 km transects and 30 x 30 km windows, containing one or more Natura-2000 sites, and establish changes by finding and ...
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Aim of the study: The aim of this paper is to analyze and assess the land cover change in three transects in Slovakia by applying the coefficient of ecological stability and the coefficient of anthropogenic impact in four different time... more
Aim of the study: The aim of this paper is to analyze and assess the land cover change in three transects in Slovakia by applying the coefficient of ecological stability and the coefficient of anthropogenic impact in four different time horizons (1950, 1990, 2000, and 2020). Based on the specific natural and socio-economic factors influencing landscape formation and change, we chose three transects from the territory of Slovakia as study areas. The study areas are located in western Slovakia (transect called Záhorie: Rudava – Buková), central Slovakia (transect called Turiec: Martin – Moškovec), and eastern Slovakia (transect called Poloniny: Stakčín – Ruské). Material and methods: Several methodological tools have been created to express the level of ecological stability of a given territory. In our study, we used the coefficient of ecological stability (CES). The intensity of changes in the landscape as a result of human activity was also described through the coefficient of anthr...
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One of the likely power centers of Great Moravia was located in the Moravian-Slovak border near Mikulcice and Kopcany municipalities in the floodplain of the Morava River in 8th and 10th century. Available mapping documentation of this... more
One of the likely power centers of Great Moravia was located in the Moravian-Slovak border near Mikulcice and Kopcany municipalities in the floodplain of the Morava River in 8th and 10th century. Available mapping documentation of this area comes only from the 16th century. Reliable maps, however, are available from the early 19th century. Some elements of the historical cultural landscape could have survived the deep turbulences and in the paper we propose the possibilities to identify some of them. Their finding is based not only on old maps, but also on some indications in the current thematic maps describing the components of the nature.
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The article deals with main problems when assessing flood hazard in small basins which are regularly affected by flash floods. The analysis of physical characteristics of individual small basins is crucial to understand which physical... more
The article deals with main problems when assessing flood hazard in small basins which are regularly affected by flash floods. The analysis of physical characteristics of individual small basins is crucial to understand which physical para meters contribute to the increase of runoff following the intensive rainfall. Such parameters a ffect also the origin and progress of the flood. The issue of accurate assessment of the exte nt of flooded area depends on the choice and use of methods which are usually used for the e stimation of T-year maximum discharges. The problem of computation of water depth is carrie d out by the means of 1D or 2D hydraulic models (e. g. HEC-RAS, MIKE11) which enable the int gration with GIS for the tasks of preprocessing of input data required for modelling and post-processing of data given by the model. The accurateness of these tasks is based on digital elevation model (DEM) which has to fulfill the requirements for accuracy and resolu tion.
Boltižiar M., Brůna V., Křováková K.: Potential of antique maps and aerial photographs for landscape assessment-an example of the High Tatra Mts. Ekológia (Bratislava), Vol. 27, No. 1, p. 65-81, 2008. The presented paper is aimed to... more
Boltižiar M., Brůna V., Křováková K.: Potential of antique maps and aerial photographs for landscape assessment-an example of the High Tatra Mts. Ekológia (Bratislava), Vol. 27, No. 1, p. 65-81, 2008. The presented paper is aimed to introduce some results of a study Historical landscape structure as a platform of landscape revitalisation in the wind-afflicted area of the High Tatras which was carried out by Geoinformatic Laboratory UJEP together with Slovakian specialists. Being focused on antique maps and aerial photographs and their value for landscape-history assessment, the study has a strong cartographic aspect which is concentrated in this paper. The main attention is paid to the military maps and stable cadastre joined both by archive and recent aerial photographs to form the temporal series of reconstructed land-cover maps which enable us to observe landscape evolution of the studied area. Since an important role in methodology is played by Geographic Information Systems (GI...
The aim of this paper is to present available historical maps and to describe their potential for a study of landscape changes. Landscape ecological research (and mainly a study of land use or landscape structure changes) is crucially... more
The aim of this paper is to present available historical maps and to describe their potential for a study of landscape changes. Landscape ecological research (and mainly a study of land use or landscape structure changes) is crucially dependent on historical maps and aerial photographs as sources of information on the former landscape. In the paper, the available historical sources are listed and discussed from the point of their applicability for a study of landscape changes. Katedra geografie a regionálneho rozvoja Fakulty prí-rodných vied Univerzity Konštantína Filozofa v Nitre, Tr. A. Hlinku 1, 949 74 Nitra; Ústav krajinnej ekológie SAV, Bratislava, pobočka Nitra, Akademická 2, P. O. BOX 22, 949 01 Nitra Doc. Ing. Branislav Olah, PhD., olah@tuzvo.sk Katedra aplikovanej ekológie Fakulty ekológie a envi-ronmentalistiky Technickej univerzity vo Zvolene , T. G. Masaryka 24, 960 53 Zvolen Doc. RNDr. František Petrovič, PhD., fpetrovič@ukf.sk Katedra ekológie a environmentalistiky Fak...
Michaeli, E., Boltižiar, M., Solár, V., Ivanová, M.: The Landfill of Industrial Waste-lúženec near the former Nickel Smelter at Sereď Town as an Example of Environmental Load. Životné prostredie, 2012, 46, 2, p. 63-68. The complex of the... more
Michaeli, E., Boltižiar, M., Solár, V., Ivanová, M.: The Landfill of Industrial Waste-lúženec near the former Nickel Smelter at Sereď Town as an Example of Environmental Load. Životné prostredie, 2012, 46, 2, p. 63-68. The complex of the former Nickel Smelter in Sereď Town was located of the Podunajská rovina Plain on the border of two cadastral territories of the Sereď and Dolná Streda. From the aspect of life quality and protection of the environment is it a very degraded landscape area. The production in Nickel Smelter (1963-1993) was after 30 years for economic and ecological reasons stopped. The environmental loads have remained and degrade the environment also today. Area of the landfill lúženec has 35 ha and together with the area former Nickel Smelter belonging to the hazardous territories. Their recultivation of has not been performed. The landfill of lúženec is the private property. Environmentálne záťaže v Slovenskej republike predstavujú vysoko negatívne, bariérne, rizik...
The aim of this paper is to assess the changes in land use based on assessing of changes in the four selected time frames: 1826, 1956, 1991 and 2006. The methodological approach was based on the land use categories that were adapted to... more
The aim of this paper is to assess the changes in land use based on assessing of changes in the four selected time frames: 1826, 1956, 1991 and 2006. The methodological approach was based on the land use categories that were adapted to the result of field research and the specifics of the examined territory. The process of identification and subsequent statistical-spatial analysis of land use for individual time periods was realized by ArcView GIS 3.2 software on the base of historical maps and aerial photographs.
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Ivanová M., Michaeli E., Boltižiar M., Juhaščíková J.: Analysis of landscape heterogeneity changes on the example of Hlinné, Vyšný Žipov, and Zlatník village (Contribution is aimed at the assessment of landscape heterogeneity by a grid... more
Ivanová M., Michaeli E., Boltižiar M., Juhaščíková J.: Analysis of landscape heterogeneity changes on the example of Hlinné, Vyšný Žipov, and Zlatník village (Contribution is aimed at the assessment of landscape heterogeneity by a grid approach, which is based on the monitoring of the occurrence of land cover classes in the individual squares and on the statistical-spatial analysis of the acquired data. Model region comprises cadastral areas of Hlinné, Vyšný Žipov and Zlatník village. They are situated at the contact zone of two genetically distinct entities: Panónska panva basin and the Carpathians. It is a markedly heterogenous area, which has undergone considerable changes from the aspect of landscape heterogeneity development, particularly under the influence of collectivisation of agricultural production, industrialisation, development of communication networks and with that connected rise of built-up areas. The agriculture of the area and also land use since 1826 has undergone...
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The main objective of the paper is to point out to the origin of the waste from the production of nickel at the landfill in Sereď and its physical and chemical properties that affect the environmental conditions of the site. The landfill... more
The main objective of the paper is to point out to the origin of the waste from the production of nickel at the landfill in Sereď and its physical and chemical properties that affect the environmental conditions of the site. The landfill of metallurgical technological waste in Sereď is the second largest landfill for non-ferrous metallurgy in Slovakia (Central Europe). It is located in the northern part of the Danubian Lowland, southwest of the industrial zone of town Sereď. We divided the research into two phases. The preparatory phase consisted in obtaining all available archival materials for the years 1956−1993, so from of the construction of the plant to the end of production. The production was lasting from 1963 to 1993. The second phase concerned field research and was associated with sludge sampling for laboratory analysis. The results of the analysis identified the physical and chemical properties of the sludge as well as the possibilities of its use in some sectors of the ...
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The energy of high-mountain georelief is evidently transformed into intensity and range of impact of gravitational, wateror snow-induced processes, cryogenic processes, solifluction and deflation. The altitude and climatic conditions of... more
The energy of high-mountain georelief is evidently transformed into intensity and range of impact of gravitational, wateror snow-induced processes, cryogenic processes, solifluction and deflation. The altitude and climatic conditions of the alpine zone allow for the conservation of some relict or development of some recent processes in the periglacial environment. This paper presents the results of direct measures of some geomorphic processes acting, or said to be active, in the alpine area of the Tatra Mountains. Measurements of debris flows and debris slides, as well as of eolian-nivational, solifluction and ploughing boulder processes, have been conducted at 25 sites distributed across: the Jalovecká valley in the Western Tatra Mts, of Slovakia, as well as the source area of the Predné Meďodoly and Zadné Meďodoly Valleys in the Belianske Tatry. The results have been compared with those from previous observations.
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The main objective of this case study is to refer on properties of Technosols on the landfill of black nickel mud, the industrial waste from nickel and cobalt production, at the former Nickel Smelter in Sereď (NSS) in association with the... more
The main objective of this case study is to refer on properties of Technosols on the landfill of black nickel mud, the industrial waste from nickel and cobalt production, at the former Nickel Smelter in Sereď (NSS) in association with the possibility to remediate the landfill and eliminate its impact on the environment. Chemical analysis of samples the black nickel mud pointed at the absence of some bioelements, higher content of salts along with very strong alkaline reaction, as well high content of harmful heavy metals (chromium, nickel, and cobalt) and a low retention capacity of water, low content of organic carbon and negligible microbial activity, etc. The landfill of black nickel mud has developed during the 30-year operation of the NSS (1963-1993). It is an unnatural artificial element in cultural landscape of the Podunajská nížina Lowland with highly negative effects on the environment for 53 years now. In 1982/83, research team consisting of several scientific institutes o...
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Přispěvek nabizi postup integrovane analýzy starých map a leteckých snimků pořizených v různých obdobich několika let za ucelem identifikace starých cest v dolnim Pomoravi. Rovinata krajina, reprezentovana nivou řeky Moravy, prodělala v... more
Přispěvek nabizi postup integrovane analýzy starých map a leteckých snimků pořizených v různých obdobich několika let za ucelem identifikace starých cest v dolnim Pomoravi. Rovinata krajina, reprezentovana nivou řeky Moravy, prodělala v okoli Mikulcic a Kopcan cetne změny v souvislosti jak s vývojem vlastni nivy, tak jejim využivanim clověkem od nejstarsich dob po soucasnost. Vzhledem k tomu, že jde o inundacni uzemi, fluvialni procesy vedly ke vzniku typických tvarů reliefu, ktere byly clověkem zohledněny při vedeni cest. Take pozdějsi hydrotechnicke zasahy do přirodniho režimu nivy se rovněž odrazily ve vedeni cest. Zohledněni jak přirodnich, tak antropogennich podminek působicich v nivě mohou být tedy vhodným východiskem k odliseni davných a novějsich useků cest. Ze znalosti davne cestni sitě lze odvozovat i dřivějsi majetkove poměry a dosah vlivu obci, v danem připadě dokonce přibližný průběh davne stalete mezistatni hranice v rovině nivy. Integrovana analýza starých map a letec...
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The presented paper focuses on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Site of Vlkolinec (Slovakia), changes in its cultural landscape and the possibilities of its preservation for... more
The presented paper focuses on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Site of Vlkolinec (Slovakia), changes in its cultural landscape and the possibilities of its preservation for future generations. However, it is also a living settlement with residents who have demands for their standard of living. To analyze the development of changes in the landscape of the Vlkolinec protection zone, we used available relevant data such as historical maps and aerial photographs from selected time horizons 1769, 1823, 1949, 2007 and 2017. Overall, we interpreted a total of 13 landscape elements, paying special attention to historical landscape structures. For the land use elements, we focused mainly on determining their area and percentage of the landscape in relation to their changes in the period under review in the context of natural and socio-economic conditions. In order to gain a realistic view of the future development and use of the Vl...
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Boltižiar M., Brůna V., Křováková K.: Potential of antique maps and aerial photographs for landscape assessment – an example of the High Tatra Mts. Ekológia (Bratislava), Vol. 27, No. 1, p. 65–81, 2008. The presented paper is aimed to... more
Boltižiar M., Brůna V., Křováková K.: Potential of antique maps and aerial photographs for landscape assessment – an example of the High Tatra Mts. Ekológia (Bratislava), Vol. 27, No. 1, p. 65–81, 2008. The presented paper is aimed to introduce some results of a study Historical landscape structure as a platform of landscape revitalisation in the wind-afflicted area of the High Tatras which was carried out by Geoinformatic Laboratory UJEP together with Slovakian specialists. Being focused on antique maps and aerial photographs and their value for landscape-history assessment, the study has a strong cartographic aspect which is concentrated in this paper. The main attention is paid to the military maps and stable cadastre joined both by archive and recent aerial photographs to form the temporal series of reconstructed land-cover maps which enable us to observe landscape evolution of the studied area. Since an important role in methodology is played by Geographic Information Systems (...
The presented paper is aimed to introduce some results of a study Historical landscape structure as a platform of landscape revitalisation in the wind-afflicted area of the High Tatras which was carried out by Geoinformatic Laboratory... more
The presented paper is aimed to introduce some results of a study Historical landscape structure as a platform of landscape revitalisation in the wind-afflicted area of the High Tatras which was carried out by Geoinformatic Laboratory UJEP together with Slovakian specialists. Being focused on antique maps and aerial photographs and their value for landscape-history assessment, the study has a strong cartographic aspect which is concentrated in this paper. The main attention is paid to the military maps and Stabile Cadastre joined both by archive and recent aerial photographs to form the temporal series of reconstructed land-cover maps which enable us to observe landscape evolution of the studied area. Since an important role in methodology is played by Geographic Information Systems (GIS) the questions of georeferencing and interpretation of the data sources are referred to as well.
Jedno z možných mocenských center Velke Moravy se nachazelo v moravsko-slovenskem pomezi v blizkosti obci Mikulcice a Kopcany v nivě řeky Moravy od 8. do 10. stoleti. K dispozici jsou mapove podklady z tohoto uzemi pochazejici nejprve z... more
Jedno z možných mocenských center Velke Moravy se nachazelo v moravsko-slovenskem pomezi v blizkosti obci Mikulcice a Kopcany v nivě řeky Moravy od 8. do 10. stoleti. K dispozici jsou mapove podklady z tohoto uzemi pochazejici nejprve z 16. stoleti. Nicmeně, spolehlive mapy jsou teprve z pocatku 19. stoleti. Některe prvky davne kulturni krajiny mohly přežit hluboke turbulence v uzemi a clanek nabizi možnosti k identifikaci některých z nich. Jejich zjistěni podporuje nejen analýza starých map, ale take některe indicie v soucasných tematických mapach, ktere popisuji jednotlive složky přirody.
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The expulsion of the Ottoman Turks (1699) and the defeat of the last estates uprising (1711) marked a turning point in economic and social development throughout Hungary and the Central and Eastern European region and adjacent areas of... more
The expulsion of the Ottoman Turks (1699) and the defeat of the last estates uprising (1711) marked a turning point in economic and social development throughout Hungary and the Central and Eastern European region and adjacent areas of the Balkans. Large migratory movements (especially in the north–south), which occurred after the Treaty of Szatmár in Hungary, affected the ethnic structure of the population. These included the migration of Slovaks to the territory of today’s Békés County, which was marked by significant ethnic structure of the region. Colonization process of the depopulated settlement in fertile Békés plains with chernozems soils took place in several waves and was supported by Hungarian nobility. Since the last third of the 17th century, population from (relatively) overpopulated regions came here. These regions were mainly in Preddunajsko and Upper Hungary (today’s Slovakia). Later, at the turn of 18th and 19th century, it has become an important internal coloniza...
The principal aim of the study is to identify the nature and causes of changes to the surface of a landfill body of waste from nickel production located in the industrial zone of the town of Sereď (Slovak Republic). This change is related... more
The principal aim of the study is to identify the nature and causes of changes to the surface of a landfill body of waste from nickel production located in the industrial zone of the town of Sereď (Slovak Republic). This change is related to natural and anthropogenic geomorphological processes characteristic of the temperate zone of the northern hemisphere. The landfill is an accumulative anthropogenic form of relief, and its body is composed from an artefact-metallurgical sludge, which has specific properties. The landfill constitutes a strange shape of relief at the Danubian Plane, which attracts attention with its physiognomy and also with the black color of the material significantly. It formed during the 30-year-long existence of the nickel smelter plant (1963–1993) and remained in this location, until the present day, for another 28 years after the end of production. Since 1994, the landfill has been the property of a private company that mines sludge in order to obtain residu...
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European agricultural land is constantly changing, following different development trajectories. On the one hand, they are urbanisation trends and agricultural intensification. On the other hand, some mountain areas have faced land... more
European agricultural land is constantly changing, following different development trajectories. On the one hand, they are urbanisation trends and agricultural intensification. On the other hand, some mountain areas have faced land abandonment (Van Vliet et al. 2015). Agricultural abandonment as an opposite process of agricultural intensification (MacDonald et al. 2000). The negative effects of agricultural land abandonment may include the loss of particular biodiversity, increased spread of fires, particularly in the southern latitudes. Abandonment encourages the loss of landscape attractiveness and landscape heterogeneity, as well as its cultural heritage (Pazúr et al. 2014). Agricultural abandonment is widespread in several regions of the world (Cramer et al. 2008), including North America (Parody et al. 2001), monsoonal Asia (Fukamachi et al. 2005; Tokuoka et al. 2011; Osawa et al. 2013), northern Europe (Robinson, Sutherland 2002) and southern Europe (Ostermann 1998). These pro...
Předkladaný přispěvek nabizi postup integrovane analýzy starých map a leteckých snimků pořizených v různých obdobich několika let za ucelem identifikace starých cest v dolnim Pomoravi. Rovinata krajina, reprezentovana nivou řeky Moravy,... more
Předkladaný přispěvek nabizi postup integrovane analýzy starých map a leteckých snimků pořizených v různých obdobich několika let za ucelem identifikace starých cest v dolnim Pomoravi. Rovinata krajina, reprezentovana nivou řeky Moravy, prodělala v okoli Mikulcic a Kopcan cetne změny v souvislosti jak s vývojem vlastni nivy, tak jejim využivanim clověkem od nejstarsich dob po soucasnost. Vzhledem k tomu, že jde o inundacni uzemi, fluvialni procesy vedly ke vzniku typických tvarů reliefu, ktere byly clověkem zohledněny při vedeni cest. Take pozdějsi hydrotechnicke zasahy do přirodniho režimu nivy se rovněž odrazily ve vedeni cest. Zohledněni jak přirodnich, tak antropogennich podminek působicich v nivě mohou být tedy vhodným východiskem k odliseni davných a novějsich useků cest. Ze znalosti davne cestni sitě lze odvozovat i dřivějsi majetkove poměry a dosah vlivu obci, v danem připadě dokonce přibližný průběh davne stalete mezistatni hranice v rovině nivy. Integrovana analýza starých...
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Anthropogenic landforms of relief were created in the landscape by man by the action of exogenous anthropogenic geomorphological processes. Since that all the anthropogenic forms of the relief are located in the current landscape so are... more
Anthropogenic landforms of relief were created in the landscape by man by the action of exogenous anthropogenic geomorphological processes. Since that all the anthropogenic forms of the relief are located in the current landscape so are influenced today by the natural geomorphological processes. Anthropogenic landforms of relief are directly dependent on the growth of population and on the demands the society for meet their needs (energy, processing of raw materials, agricultural production etc.) which points to the growth of these forms in the future. The variety and number of anthropogenic relief forms will continually expand and their impact on the environment will be greater. Anthropogenic landforms of relief are artificial elements in the landscape and their formation disrupts the dynamic equilibrium of the landscape. In this paper we deal the nature of geomorphological processes and the subsequent forms of relief incurred to the landfill site of metallurgical waste from nickel...
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Звалище відходів від виробництва нікелю , розташоване на південь від м .Серед у Словацькій Республіці . Полігон займає площу близько 50 га . В даний час обсяг звалища становить 5,5-6,5 мільйон тонн , а в 1993 році був близько 9 мільйон... more
Звалище відходів від виробництва нікелю , розташоване на південь від м .Серед у Словацькій Республіці . Полігон займає площу близько 50 га . В даний час обсяг звалища становить 5,5-6,5 мільйон тонн , а в 1993 році був близько 9 мільйон тонн. Звалище утворилося за 30 років виробництва , яке було з упинено через економічні та екологічні причини в 1993 році. Під час виробництва нікелевого заводу на звалищі були помічені забруднення підстилаючих порід , під ґрунтових вод , ґрунтів т а повітря , яке продовжується і до наших днів . У роботі досліджено поточна структура полігону з відходами від виробництва нікелю і його вплив на навколишнє середовище. Фізичні та хімічні властивості відходів є причиною утворення специфічної екосистеми що невластива природним ландшафтам, яка негативно апливає на якість довкілля. Пропонується для скорочення відходів використати метод мікрохвилевої витріфікації, хоча це дорого але ефективно тому що процедура скловання перетворення відходів забезпечує високу хі...
The landscape, as an open system created by the synergy of both natural and anthropogenic factors, is the leading subject of the landscape ecology research in the last decades. However, this phenomenon proves a constant development,... more
The landscape, as an open system created by the synergy of both natural and anthropogenic factors, is the leading subject of the landscape ecology research in the last decades. However, this phenomenon proves a constant development, subjected to changes and there− fore, we can specify its latent state only with difficulties. According to Feranec et al. (1997), Chrastina (2005, 2009) Pucherová (2004, 2008) Petrovič (2005), Šolcová (2009), Michaeli, Ivanová, Juhaščiková (2009): Mišovičová (2007, 2008) and the others, the analysis of changes in the land− scape is significaly important for the evaluation of natu− ral and socio−economic processes (their dynamics, caus− es and stability of the current situation), but especially it is necessary for the prediction of the possible trends of further development. People have always looked for the best places (the best conditions) to meet their needs within the land− scape. It was divided according to special characteristics to suitable areas, ...