Sammanfattning

A GIS-based tool for the measurement of local spatial context in satellite data is presented in this paper and used to explore the relationship between land covers present in satellite data and land use represented in official databases. By the use of the developed tool, a land configuration image (LCI) over the Siljan area in northern Sweden was produced and used for analysis. The results are twofold. First, the produced LCI holds new information about variables that are relevant for the interpretation of land use. Second, the comparison with statistics of agricultural production shows that production in the study area varies depending on the relative land configuration. Villages consisting of relatively large-scale arable fields and less diverse landscape are less diverse in production than villages which consist of smaller-scale and more heterogonous landscapes. The result is especially relevant for land use studies and policymakers working on environmental and agricultural policies. We conclude that local spatial context is an endogenous variable in the relation between landscape configuration and agricultural land use. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Nyckelord

Land configuration; Agricultural land use; Spatial context; Relative scale; European landscape convention; von Thunen

Publicerad i

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation
2013, Volym: 23, sidor: 234-244
Utgivare: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV

SLU författare

• Wästfelt, Anders

  • Institutionen för ekonomi, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

Globala målen

SDG15 Skydda, återställa och främja ett hållbart nyttjande av landbaserade ekosystem, hållbart bruka skogar, bekämpa ökenspridning, hejda och vrida tillbaka markförstöringen samt hejda förlusten av biologisk mångfald
SDG11 Göra städer och bosättningar inkluderande, säkra, motståndskraftiga och hållbara


UKÄ forskningsämne

Multidisciplinär geovetenskap
Kulturgeografi


Publikationens identifierare

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2012.09.006

Permanent länk till denna sida (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/42802