Professional paper
Land Cover and Land Use in Slovakia within the LUCAS 2015 Pan-European Harmonized Survey
Vladimír Hutár
orcid.org/0000-0002-7783-1764
; National Food and Agricultural Centre, Soil Science and Conservation Research Institute, Gagarinova 10, 827 13 Bratislava, Slovakia
Peter Koleda
; National Food and Agricultural Centre, Soil Science and Conservation Research Institute, Gagarinova 10, 827 13 Bratislava, Slovakia
Michal Sviček
; National Food and Agricultural Centre, Soil Science and Conservation Research Institute, Gagarinova 10, 827 13 Bratislava, Slovakia
František Petrovič
; Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Constantine the Philosopher University, Nitra, Tr. A. Hlinku 1, 949 74 Nitra, Slovakia
Zlatica Muchova
; Department of Landscape Planning and Ground Design, Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Engineering, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Hospodárska 7, 949 01 Nitra, Slovakia
Mária Leitmanová
; Department of Landscape Planning and Ground Design, Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Engineering, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Hospodárska 7, 949 01 Nitra, Slovakia
Abstract
The LUCAS project was launched following a decision by the European Parliament and Council of the European Union in May 2000. Eurostat started the LUCAS pilot project in close cooperation with the technical support of the Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural Development’s Joint Research Centre in 2001. The main aim of the project is to provide a common, aligned, in situ overview of agricultural and environmental data, using GNSS and photo documentation for specific, georeferenced points. Research was carried out in Slovakia over a three-year period, starting in 2006. In 2009, an evaluation of land cover/use was carried out. This article presents the process of preparing, securing, conducting and researching the management of land cover and land use in Slovakia. The survey was launched in 2012. The classification base consists of eight categories of land cover and land use, which are broken down into more detail. The result is a structured database of images and digital records for 2,455 selected points. The largest class mapped is forestland. The stabilization of the sampling scheme allowed the construction of a time series for monitoring land cover changes for selected types.
Keywords
land cover; land use; nomenclature standardization and harmonization; European survey
Hrčak ID:
179796
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Publication date:
20.12.2016.
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