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Between paper and plan: contrasting data on urban habitats in literature with planning documents Cover

Between paper and plan: contrasting data on urban habitats in literature with planning documents

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|Jul 2024

Figures & Tables

Figure 1.

Number of publications containing data on urban habitats in respective yearsSource: own elaboration
Number of publications containing data on urban habitats in respective yearsSource: own elaboration

Figure 2.

Habitat groups identified in the literature and included in planning documents, analyzing the period from 1980 to the presentSource: own elaboration
Habitat groups identified in the literature and included in planning documents, analyzing the period from 1980 to the presentSource: own elaboration

List of studied cities with area, population and number of identified habitats in literature and planning documents

LpCityArea [km2]Population [thous.]Number of types of habitats found in research articlesNumber of types of habitats in plansPercentage of habitats found in the literature and included in planning documents
1Białystok102,1296,95821015473,3
2Bielsko Biała124,4169,7561252822,4
3Bydgoszcz176,0344,09121400,0
4Częstochowa159,7217,531145245,6
5Elbląg79,8118,582144149,7
6Gorzów Wielkopolski85,7122,589821417,1
7Kielce109,6193,41520816378,4
8Upper Silesian Urban Area1468,61487,79233111936,0
9Koszalin98,3106,23514514499,3
10Kraków326,8779,9661226250,8
11Lublin147,5338,5862155123,7
12Łódź293,3672,185925863,0
13Olsztyn88,3171,2491181210,2
14Opole149,0127,839714056,3
15Płock88,0118,2687679,2
16Poznań261,9532,06231100,0
17Radom111,8217,53127129,4
18Rybnik148,3137,128847892,9
19Rzeszów126,6197,8631324433,3
20Szczecin300,6398,25517200,0
21Tarnów72,4107,49810800,0
22Toruń115,7198,6131311914,5
23Tricity418,4751,061374734,3
24Wałbrzych84,7109,971482960,4
25Warszawa517,21794,1662839232,5
26Włocławek84,3108,561151117,3
27Wrocław292,8641,9281613723,0
28Zielona Góra278,3140,892712028,2
Mean 149,047,033,2

Number of habitat types at the class level identified from research articles and included in planning documents

Habitat type (vegetation class)Number of types of habitats found in the research articlesNumber of types of habitats in plansPercentage of habitats found in the literature and included in planning documents
Agropyretea17211,8
Alnetea211361,9
Ammophilletea100,0
Artemisietea281139,3
Asplenietea8112,5
Asteretea200,0
Bidentea18738,9
Cakiletea maritimae11100,0
Charetea200,0
Epilobietea24625,0
Festuco–Brometea18844,4
Isoeto–Nanojuncetea8112,5
Koeleria–Corynephoretea241041,7
Lemnetea191157,9
Litoirelletea3133,3
Molinio–Arrhenatheretea281864,3
Montio–Cardaminetea5120,0
Nardo–Callunetea15853,3
Oxycocco–Sphagnetea900,0
Phragmitetea271555,6
Potametea211361,9
Querceta robori-petraeae9666,7
Querco–Fagetea282278,6
Rhamno–Prunetea20735,0
Salicetea purpureae221463,6
Scheuchzerio–Caricetea24937,5
Stellarietea26830,8
Trifolio–Geranietea14214,3
Vaccinio–Picetea251664,0
Mean 38,8
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2023-0039 | Journal eISSN: 2084-6118 | Journal ISSN: 0867-6046
Language: English
Page range: 132 - 139
Submitted on: Apr 17, 2024
Accepted on: Jun 12, 2024
Published on: Jul 31, 2024
Published by: Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Warsaw
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2024 Piotr Archiciński, Piotr Sikorski, Adrian Hoppa, Richard J. Hopkins, Ivana Vitasović-Kosić, Daria Sikorska, published by Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Warsaw
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