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A landscape classification map of Ireland and its potential use in national land use monitoring
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Landscape characterisationMultivariate classification
Environmental stratification
Land use monitoring
Ecological survey
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2021-07
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Carlier J, Doyle M, Finn JA, Ó hUallacháin D, Moran J. A landscape classification map of Ireland and its potential use in national land use monitoring. Journal of Environmental Management 2021;289:112498; doi https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112498Abstract
This study presents a novel landscape classification map of the Republic of Ireland and is the first to identify broad landscape classes by incorporating physiographic and land cover data. The landscape classification responds to commitments to identify and classify the Irish landscape as a signatory to the European Landscape Convention. The methodology applied a series of clustering iterations to determine an objective multivariate classification of physiographic landscape units and land cover datasets. The classification results determined nine statistically significant landscape classes and the development of a landscape classification map at a national scale. A statistical breakdown of land cover area and diversity of each class was interpreted, and a comparison was extended using independent descriptive variables including farmland use intensity, elevation, and dominant soil type. Each class depicts unique spatial and composition characteristics, from coastal, lowland and elevated, to distinct and dominating land cover types, further explained by the descriptive variables. The significance of individual classes and success of the classification is discussed with particular reference to the wider applicability of the map. The transferability of the methodology to other existing physiographic maps and environmental datasets to generate new landscape classifications is also considered. This novel work facilitates the development of a strategic framework to efficiently monitor, compare and analyse ecological and other land use data that is spatially representative of the distribution and extent of land cover in the Irish countryside.Funder
Department of Agriculture, Food and the MarineGrant Number
2019R425ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112498
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