Analyzing Land Cover Change—The Impact of the Motorway Construction and Their Operation on Landscape Structure
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=51131#.VFbVq2fHRK0 Author(s) Zdenek Keken , Marika Sebkova , Jan Skalos Affiliation(s) Department of Applied Ecology, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic . ABSTRACT The aim of our study was to assess the influence of motorways on landscape structure changes. The research was situated on segments of the D1 and D3 motorways in the Czech Republic. The method used for determining the impacts of the construction and operation of the motorway on the landscape structure was based on comparing the development of the land cover types in an area where the motorway was present...