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Assessing Relationships between Land Use Changes and the Development of a Road Network in the Hodonín Region (Czech Republic)

Jiří Jedlička
Jiří Jedlička
, 
Marek Havlíček
Marek Havlíček
, 
Ivo Dostál
Ivo Dostál
, 
Jiří Huzlík
Jiří Huzlík
 and 
Hana Skokanová
Hana Skokanová
   | Mar 29, 2019
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Published Online: Mar 29, 2019
Page range: 145 - 159
Received: Apr 18, 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2019-0003
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Fig. 1

The Hodonín model region and surroundings with important roads.Source: Czech National Geoportal, CENIA, 2017.
The Hodonín model region and surroundings with important roads.Source: Czech National Geoportal, CENIA, 2017.

Fig. 2

Examples of the road network around the town of Veselí nad Moravou on maps from 1841, 1876, 1953, 1991 with the addition of road classification to the map.Source: State Archive/Military Archive, Vienna, Geoinformatics laboratory, J. E. Purkyně University, Ústí nad Labem, Map collection Faculty of Science, Charles University of Prague, Military Geographic and Hydrometeorologic Office, Dobruška.
Examples of the road network around the town of Veselí nad Moravou on maps from 1841, 1876, 1953, 1991 with the addition of road classification to the map.Source: State Archive/Military Archive, Vienna, Geoinformatics laboratory, J. E. Purkyně University, Ústí nad Labem, Map collection Faculty of Science, Charles University of Prague, Military Geographic and Hydrometeorologic Office, Dobruška.

Fig. 3

Example of a hexagonal grid and the interpreted land use map from 1955.
Example of a hexagonal grid and the interpreted land use map from 1955.

Fig. 4

The road network in the Hodonín region in the 1840s (left) and 2010s (right) with distance zones from a road axis.
The road network in the Hodonín region in the 1840s (left) and 2010s (right) with distance zones from a road axis.

Fig. 5

The road network and land use in the Hodonín region in the 1840s.
The road network and land use in the Hodonín region in the 1840s.

Fig. 6

The road network and land use in the Hodonín region in the 2010s.
The road network and land use in the Hodonín region in the 2010s.

Fig. 7

Land use change processes in the Hodonín region in four comparative periods.
Land use change processes in the Hodonín region in four comparative periods.

Fig. 8

The proportion (%) of stably used areas in the Hodonín region at various distances from existing roads.
The proportion (%) of stably used areas in the Hodonín region at various distances from existing roads.

Fig. 9

Agricultural intensification (in%) in the Hodonín region at various distances from existing roads.
Agricultural intensification (in%) in the Hodonín region at various distances from existing roads.

Fig. 10

Urbanisation and other anthropogenic processes in the Hodonín region at various distances from existing roads.
Urbanisation and other anthropogenic processes in the Hodonín region at various distances from existing roads.

Fig. 11

Afforestation in the Hodonín region at various distances from existing roads.
Afforestation in the Hodonín region at various distances from existing roads.

Fig. 12

Grassing in the Hodonín region at various distances from existing roads.
Grassing in the Hodonín region at various distances from existing roads.

Lengths of road classes in the Hodonín region (in km) in the 1840s, 1880s, 1950s, 1990s, and 2010s.

Road classPrimarySecondaryTertiaryTotal
1840s59.516.824.6100.9
1880s88.36.4155.0249.7
1950s85.299.3327.8512.3
1990s122.1163.3247.8533.2
2010s114.4171.8247.8534.0

Land use in the Hodonín region (proportion in%) in the 1840s, 1880s, 1950s, 1990s, 2010s.

Land use1840s1880s1950s1990s2010s
Arable land45.6054.4557.5651.2850.94
Permanent grassland26.2416.668.716.486.85
Garden and orchard0.850.421.522.152.36
Vineard and hop-field3.503.002.185.223.93
Forest20.9322.9624.9326.3027.10
Water area0.670.050.460.570.66
Built-up area2.212.444.497.537.68
Recreational area0.000.000.020.290.34
Other area0.000.020.130.180.14
Total100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00

Topographic maps covering the Hodonín region.

Name of the map setScaleYear of publishingTime period
The 2nd Austrian Military Survey1:28,8001836–18411840s
The 3rd Austrian Military Survey1:25,00018761880s
Czechoslovak military topographic maps1:25,0001953–19551950s
Czechoslovak military topographic maps1:25,00019911990s
Czech topographic base maps1:10,00020162010s
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