A New Approach to Land-Use Structure: Patch Perimeter Metrics as a Spatial Analysis Tool
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Landscape Analysis
2.3. Spatial Analysis
2.4. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
Basic Characteristics of Patches and Nearest Neighbor Landscape
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variable’s Name | Abbreviation |
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Continuous Urban Fabric (S.L. > 80%) | CUF |
Discontinuous Dense Urban Fabric (S.L.: 50–80%) | DDUF |
Discontinuous Medium Density Urban Fabric (S.L.: 30–50%) | DMDUF |
Discontinuous Low Density Urban Fabric (S.L.: 10–30%) | DLDUF |
Discontinuous Very Low Density Urban Fabric (S.L. < 10%) | DVLDUF |
Industrial, commercial, public, military and private units | ICPMPU |
Agricultural + Semi-natural areas + Wetlands | AGR |
Isolated Structures | ISOL |
Airports | AIRP |
Construction sites | CON |
Fast transit roads and associated land | FAST |
Forests | FOR |
Green urban areas | GREEN |
Land without current use | LAND |
Mineral extraction and dump sites | MINE |
Other roads and associated lands | ROADS |
Port areas | PORT |
Railways and associated land | RAIL |
Sports and leisure facilities | SPORT |
Patch perimeter (m) | P |
Patch size (m2) | A |
Perimeter to area ratio | P/A |
Distance from downtown (m) | Dist |
Pielou J evenness index | J |
Variable | Lisbon | Barcelona | Rome | Athens |
---|---|---|---|---|
1110 | 229 | 218 | 114 | |
1121 | 508 | 52 | 695 | |
1122 | 538 | 196 | 1549 | |
1123 | 568 | 1053 | 1297 | |
1124 | 1802 | 304 | ||
1130 | 1625 | 2290 | 2764 | 7148 |
1210 | 496 | 77 | 555 | |
1221 | 403 | 81 | 185 | |
1222 | 638 | 5476 | 1345 | 5021 |
1310 | 148 | 90 | 132 | |
1330 | 105 | |||
1340 | 329 | 386 | 652 | 1269 |
1410 | 215 | 622 | 847 | 2069 |
1420 | 101 | |||
2000 | 1045 | 5252 | 2639 | 6627 |
3000 | 108 | |||
5000 | 250 | 308 | 115 |
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Zambon, I.; Serra, P.; Pili, S.; Bernardini, V.; Ferrara, C.; Salvati, L. A New Approach to Land-Use Structure: Patch Perimeter Metrics as a Spatial Analysis Tool. Sustainability 2018, 10, 2147. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10072147
Zambon I, Serra P, Pili S, Bernardini V, Ferrara C, Salvati L. A New Approach to Land-Use Structure: Patch Perimeter Metrics as a Spatial Analysis Tool. Sustainability. 2018; 10(7):2147. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10072147
Chicago/Turabian StyleZambon, Ilaria, Pere Serra, Silvia Pili, Vincenzo Bernardini, Carlotta Ferrara, and Luca Salvati. 2018. "A New Approach to Land-Use Structure: Patch Perimeter Metrics as a Spatial Analysis Tool" Sustainability 10, no. 7: 2147. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10072147