Publication Details |
| Category | Text Publication |
| Reference Category | Book chapters |
| DOI | 10.1007/978-3-662-04532-9_7 |
| Title (Primary) | Landscape balance |
| Title (Secondary) | Landscape balance and landscape assessment |
| Author | Volk, M.; Steinhardt, U. |
| Publisher | Krönert, R.; Steinhardt, U.; Volk, M. |
| Year | 2001 |
| Department | CLE |
| Page From | 163 |
| Page To | 202 |
| Language | englisch |
| UFZ inventory | Leipzig, Bibliothek, Hauptlesesaal, 00517324, 16-0340 DK: 574.4 Lan |
| Abstract | The characteristic distribution of the landscape’s components land use, land cover, soil, morphology, hydrology, climate, geology, etc., forms the landscape structure. These components are interrelated by fluxes of water, material, energy and information (landscape-ecological processes), which result in the ‘landscape balance’. This term is based on the German concept of the Landschaftshaushalt, which describes the associations between the geoecofactors in a geoecosystem due to the laws of nature (Leser 1997, Marks et al. 1992, Troll 1939, Zepp & Müller 1999)1. The geoecosystem is regarded as an ‘open system’ characterized by an equilibrium of flows, with input and output interactions with the landscape balances of the adjacent geoecosystems (the environment). Despite the dimension of the landscape ecosystem, a model of the landscape balance can be created for any order of magnitude. In doing so, methodological extensions or limitations arise for the different dimension steps. Several problems have emerged with the development of scale-specific methods, the improvement of knowledge about the interactions between landscape structure and landscape-ecological processes and the processual interactions and changes within the landscape ecosystem itself at different dimensions and scales. These questions become even more important when considering the impact of land use and its changes on the landscape balance and its assessment as a basis for a sustainable development. |
| Persistent UFZ Identifier | https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=6889 |
| Volk, M., Steinhardt, U. (2001): Landscape balance In: Krönert, R., Steinhardt, U., Volk, M. (eds.) Landscape balance and landscape assessment Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, p. 163 - 202 10.1007/978-3-662-04532-9_7 |
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