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Recent land use land cover change tendencies in Continental Portugal: Are they sustainable?
| datacite.subject.fos | Ciências Naturais::Ciências da Terra e do Ambiente | |
| datacite.subject.sdg | 12:Produção e Consumo Sustentáveis | |
| dc.contributor.author | Quinta-Nova, L. C. | |
| dc.contributor.editor | G. Guerriero, G. | |
| dc.contributor.editor | Rey-Gozalo, A. M. | |
| dc.contributor.editor | El-Kenawy, R. | |
| dc.contributor.editor | Hadji, H. | |
| dc.contributor.editor | Chenchouni, A. | |
| dc.contributor.editor | Sousa, P. | |
| dc.contributor.editor | Di Carlo, J. | |
| dc.contributor.editor | Lopes Velho, I. | |
| dc.contributor.editor | Hassan, Ikrema | |
| dc.contributor.editor | Perilli, Nicola | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-10-20T11:53:23Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-10-20T11:53:23Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2026 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The Land Use Land Cover (LULC) pattern is fundamental to the structural framework of landscapes, playing a key role in effective landscape management. Additionally, the growing impact of human activities on the ecological environment has become a significant concern. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between human disturbance intensity and the configuration and quality of landscape patterns. The objectives were to analyze the spatiotemporal dynamics of landscape changes and human disturbance associated with land-use changes in Continental Portugal from 1990 to 2018 and to examine how landscape change trajectories relate to human disturbance and naturalness metrics, assessing their potential as sustainability indicators. Landscape configuration was evaluated by using various land-use metrics, including Mean Patch Size, Mean Shape Index, Total Edge, and Mean Patch Fractal Dimension. These metrics were derived from LULC data obtained from the Corine Land Cover databases (1990, 2006, and 2018). Patch and landscape-level metrics were calculated for 163 quadrats of 25 km2 each, covering the country, using the Patch Analyst plugin in ArcGIS 10.8. The Hemeroby Index (HI) was used to quantify the degree of human-induced disturbance in the landscape. Correlation analysis was performed to identify statistical relationships between changes in landscape metrics and HI. The results revealed a negative correlation between the Total Edge metric changes and human disturbance, suggesting that greater landscape complexity corresponds to lower disturbance levels. These findings support using landscape metrics as indicators of human disturbance, aligning with previous research. Integrating structural and quality indicators can provide valuable insights for planners and decision-makers, aiding in analyzing regional land-use trends and supporting sustainable landscape management. | eng |
| dc.identifier.citation | QUINTA-NOVA, L. (2026) - Recent land use land cover change tendencies in continental Portugal: Are they sustainable? In GUERRIERO, G. [et al.], (Eds.) - Recent advances in environmental science from the Euro-Mediterranean and surrounding regions: Proceedings of the 5th Euro-Mediterranean Conference for Environmental Integration (EMCEI-5). Springer Nature. Vol. 2, pp. 145–149. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-16577-0_29 | |
| dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-16577-0 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2522-8722 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.11/11017 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | |
| dc.publisher | Springer | |
| dc.relation | This work was supported by national funds through FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., within the scope of the CERNAS project, reference UID/00681/2025 (DOI: 10.54499/UID/00681/2025) | |
| dc.relation.hasversion | https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-032-16577-0_29 | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation; IEREK Interdisciplinary Series for Sustainable Development | |
| dc.rights.uri | N/A | |
| dc.subject | Landscape pattern | |
| dc.subject | LULC change | |
| dc.subject | Sustainability | |
| dc.subject | GIS | |
| dc.title | Recent land use land cover change tendencies in Continental Portugal: Are they sustainable? | eng |
| dc.type | book part | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| oaire.citation.edition | 5 | |
| oaire.citation.endPage | 149 | |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 145 | |
| oaire.citation.title | Recent Advances in Environmental Science from the Euro-Mediterranean and Surrounding Regions | |
| oaire.version | http://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85 | |
| person.familyName | Quinta-Nova | |
| person.givenName | Luís | |
| person.identifier.ciencia-id | 7E1C-426F-DCFF | |
| person.identifier.orcid | 0000-0002-8464-7527 | |
| person.identifier.rid | O-2888-2014 | |
| person.identifier.scopus-author-id | 36094927600 | |
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