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Delimitation of landscape units treated as estimation
fields in the modelling of a landscape system Cover

Delimitation of landscape units treated as estimation fields in the modelling of a landscape system

Open Access
|Dec 2013

Abstract

The main objective of this paper is to represent the hierarchical structure of an environment by using two concepts: typology and regionalization. The Płock Region (1,766.95 sq. km) and transect crossing this area (796.2 sq. km) is the research location. It was divided into 710 individual landscape units (319 in the transect border). The existing physical-geographical regionalization, including macro-, meso- and micro-regions, was elaborated using a deductive (top-down) method, which was supplemented by a more detailed regionalization, obtained by an inductive (bottom-up) method called analysis of borders (Richling 1976). The study area was divided into more detailed sub-regions: first-level regions (87 units), second-level regions (36 units) and third-level regions (9 units). In fact, the landscape structure of third-level regions is similar to micro-regions. This is proof of the complementary nature of the two approaches – deductive and inductive regionalization, and the hierarchical landscape structure.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10288-012-0048-8 | Journal eISSN: 2084-6118 | Journal ISSN: 0867-6046
Language: English
Page range: 13 - 20
Published on: Dec 27, 2013
Published by: Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Warsaw
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2013 Andrzej Richling, Ewa Malinowska, Iwona Szumacher, published by Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Warsaw
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons License.

Volume 17 (2013): Issue 4 (December 2013)