<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Land use is defined as a spatial distribution of individual forms of land cover patches, utilised or not utilised by humans within the framework of mutual and spatial relationships. It refers to the functional character of a given terrain, and is also identified with a socio-economic description of the land surface. Changes in land use can be interpreted as a complex and, to some extent, a random process. These assumptions serve as a point of departure in an attempt to evaluate spatial and temporal differences in land use changes in the metropolitan areas of Poland, using the entropy formula. The analysis focuses on population development as a factor that impacts upon land use change. The approach proposed here allows us to study land use dynamics in detail, with the help of cartographic visualisation.</p></abstract>

Land use is defined as a spatial distribution of individual forms of land cover patches, utilised or not utilised by humans within the framework of mutual and spatial relationships. It refers to the functional character of a given terrain, and is also identified with a socio-economic description of the land surface. Changes in land use can be interpreted as a complex and, to some extent, a random process. These assumptions serve as a point of departure in an attempt to evaluate spatial and temporal differences in land use changes in the metropolitan areas of Poland, using the entropy formula. The analysis focuses on population development as a factor that impacts upon land use change. The approach proposed here allows us to study land use dynamics in detail, with the help of cartographic visualisation.

Population Potential as a Modulator of Land use Changes in Poland’S Metropolitan Areas

Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Warsaw, Poland

Stanisław Leszczycki Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

Mazovian Office for Regional Planning, Warsaw, Poland

Quaestiones Geographicae

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Land use is defined as a spatial distribution of individual forms of land cover patches, utilised or not utilised by humans within the framework of mutual and...

Population Potential as a Modulator of Land use Changes in Poland’S Metropolitan Areas

Published Online: Jun 17, 2014

Page range: 37 - 50

Received: Feb 14, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2014-0014

Keywords
land use, metropolitan area, population potential, entropy

© Faculty of Geographical and Geological Sciences, Adam Mickiewicz University

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Population Potential as a Modulator of Land use Changes in Poland’S Metropolitan Areas

Published Online: Jun 17, 2014

Page range: 37 - 50

Received: Feb 14, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2014-0014

Keywordsland use, metropolitan area, population potential, entropy

© Faculty of Geographical and Geological Sciences, Adam Mickiewicz University

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
land use, metropolitan area, population potential, entropy