Essays about: "landscape mosaic"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 31 essays containing the words landscape mosaic.

  1. 1. The political ecology of wildfires, at the intersection of climate change and landscape - A case study of rural Tuscany, Italy

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Lauren Chastain; [2023]
    Keywords : wildfire; landscape mosaic; political ecology; Tuscany; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Wildfires are a climate change indicator whose increasing activity poses a threat to biodiversity and to ecosystem and human wellbeing. In the Mediterranean region, examination of the foundational drivers of intensifying wildfire regimes is necessary for the identification of sustainable wildfire mitigation measures. READ MORE

  3. 2. Naturlika planteringar med upplevelsevärden : en studie om vegetationsstrukturens betydelse för stadens gröna rum

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Nathalie Nessmar; [2022]
    Keywords : urban grönska; naturlik plantering; upplevelsevärden; vegetationsstruktur;

    Abstract : Naturlika planteringar utgör en stor del av den vardagsgrönska som människor möter i staden. Planteringarna anlades på 60- och 70-talet som ett komplement till stadens finparker, med ett löfte om upplevelserik grönska och låga skötselkostnader. READ MORE

  4. 3. Villaträdgårdarnas bidrag till biologisk mångfald i Malmö : nuläge och framtida möjligheter, med Rostorp som exempel

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Johanna Kristina Lassvik; [2022]
    Keywords : grönyta; trädgårdar; miljömål; Malmö Stad; Rostorp;

    Abstract : Malmös villaträdgårdar kan få en viktig roll för en bibehållen och/eller ökad biologisk mångfald när staden förtätas i framtiden och mosaiken av små grönområden riskerar att försvinna. Rostorps egnahemsområde i Malmö har en koncentrerad artrikedom av växter på relativt små ytor som man inte ofta stöter på ens i kommunala parker i Malmö. READ MORE

  5. 4. The importance of forest forage resources and a landscape perspective, managing bumblebees (Bombus) in Swedish forest-farmland

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och kvartärgeologi (INK)

    Author : Linda Dimrå; [2022]
    Keywords : Bombus; Forest; Vaccinium Myrtillus; Landcover change;

    Abstract : The Swedish forest has been transformed during the last hundred years, from semi-open forest of multiple tree species to dense production forest of mainly spruce and pine. This has led to alterations of species composition in the forest floor, reducing coverage of dwarf shrubs like Vaccinium myrtillus (European blueberry). READ MORE

  6. 5. Assessing the impact of post-fire restoration interventions using spectral vegetation indices: A case study in El Bruc, Spain

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Bernat Dorado Guerrero; [2022]
    Keywords : geography; GIS; restoration intervention; drylands; monitoring; BACI; spectral vegetation indices; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Ecological restoration has become an increasingly used practice to revert degraded land and mitigate the effects of extreme events in vulnerable biomes such as drylands. Methods to improve the assessment of these restoration interventions are essential to ensure their success, optimize resources and identify improvement aspects for future interventions. READ MORE