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Thirty-year land cover dynamics of a Ukrainian small town Cover

Thirty-year land cover dynamics of a Ukrainian small town

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|Dec 2024

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Figure 1.

The scheme of the location of Kaharlyk on the territory of the Kyiv region, Ukraine.
The scheme of the location of Kaharlyk on the territory of the Kyiv region, Ukraine.

Figure 2.

Map of land cover types of Kaharlyk as of 2021.
Map of land cover types of Kaharlyk as of 2021.

Figure 3.

Dynamics of land cover in Kaharlyk from 1991 to 2021 (%).
Dynamics of land cover in Kaharlyk from 1991 to 2021 (%).

Figure 4.

Dynamics of urban forest connectivity on the territory of Kaharlyk.
Dynamics of urban forest connectivity on the territory of Kaharlyk.

Figure 5.

Sankey plot showing the transition of land cover types in Kaharlyk during 1991–2021. Colored bars represent the proportion of land cover for a given year. The width of the gray connecting bands visualizes the redistribution of land cover area between other classes.
Sankey plot showing the transition of land cover types in Kaharlyk during 1991–2021. Colored bars represent the proportion of land cover for a given year. The width of the gray connecting bands visualizes the redistribution of land cover area between other classes.

Errors matrix in fractions of the total number of observations_

ClassificationReference classTotalAccuracy


12345User’sProducer’s
1 – Forest0.1460.0190.0080.015 0.1880.7770.711
2 – Grassland0.0110.0670.0160.0030.0030.1000.6760.455
3 – Cropland0.0110.0390.2870.031 0.3680.7800.859
4 – Urban0.0380.0190.0200.2400.0040.3210.7480.828
5 – Wetland 0.0040.0030.0010.0150.0230.6470.688

Together0.2050.1480.3350.2900.0221.000

The main indicators of Kaharlyk according to the master plan data_

IndicatorsArea, ha in years
20132036
Residential buildings, including:316.9461.0
homestead306.2447.5
Landscape recreation area, including:237.2256.7
public use100.8179.8
forests136.476.9
Special purpose green spaces105.5
Agricultural enterprises1087.7865.7
Water87.687.6
Wetlands74.5
Open lands without vegetation cover1.238.5
The area of the whole town2130.72280.0
Population, thousands13.816.0

Elements of green areas of Kaharlyk by 10-year intervals (%)_

Categories1991200120112021
Core4.734.744.984.85
Islet2.932.792.552.58
Perforation0.030.120.100.11
Edge6.947.257.126.80
Loop0.270.360.390.43
Bridge1.441.391.251.36
Branch3.223.253.343.44
Background80.4480.1080.2880.43
Core Opening00.030.010.03
Border Opening0.520.600.560.64

Distribution of sampling units by land cover types_

Land cover classLand cover subclassSampling volume
ForestForest stands60
Reforestation42
Parks14
Homestead wood vegetation38
GrasslandMeadows8
Grassland with shrubs39
Grassland with single trees63
CroplandArable land97
Orchards158
Urban (Buildings)Multi-storey buildings21
Private building150
Infrastructure44
WetlandRivers, lakes, ponds, swamps16

Total750
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fsmu-2024-0003 | Journal eISSN: 1736-8723 | Journal ISSN: 1406-9954
Language: English
Page range: 41 - 56
Published on: Dec 31, 2024
Published by: Estonian University of Life Sciences
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

© 2024 Olha Zibtseva, Viktor Myroniuk, Vasyl Yukhnovskyi, Simay Kirca, Victoria Minder, Ihor Mishchenko, Kamila Pokotylova, published by Estonian University of Life Sciences
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.