Can Depopulation Stop Deforestation? The Impact of Demographic Movement on Forest Cover Changes in the Settlements of the South Banat District (Serbia)

被引：9

作者：

Gataric, Dragica ^{[1
]}

Dercan, Bojan ^{[2
]}

Zivkovic, Milka Bubalo ^{[2
]}

Ostojic, Milos ^{[2
]}

Manojlovic, Sanja ^{[1
]}

Sibinovic, Mikica ^{[1
]}

Lukic, Tamara ^{[2
]}

Jeftic, Marija ^{[1
]}

Lutovac, Milos ^{[3
]}

Lutovac, Milena ^{[4
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Belgrade, Fac Geog, Belgrade, Serbia

[2] Univ Novi Sad, Fac Sci, Dept Geog Tourism & Hotel Management, Novi Sad, Serbia

[3] Belgrade Business & Arts Acad Appl Studies, Belgrade, Serbia

[4] Univ Belgrade, Fac Econ, Belgrade, Serbia

来源：

FRONTIERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE | 2022年 / 10卷

关键词：

forest; GIS; spatial analysis; settlements; land cover changes; spatial-demographic transformation; POPULATION-GROWTH; CLIMATE-CHANGE; LAND; EXPANSION; PRESSURE; FORCES;

D O I：

10.3389/fenvs.2022.897201

中图分类号：

X [环境科学、安全科学];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0830 ;

摘要：

The key problem of rural settlements in the South Banat district lasted into the 21st century through the spread of depopulated areas. Considering that settlements give a cultural landscape its basic features, that they are the main bearers of functional organization, and the hotspots of geo-spatial transformation, based on quantitative-qualitative indicators this paper analyzes the spatial-demographic determinants of the development of 94 settlements, and the impact of depopulation on the changes in the surrounding forest cover. The time span included in the analytical-statistical research of the demographic components and forest dislocation lasted from 1990 to 2018. Geo-spatial data for forest areas were taken from the Corine Land Cover database. The data obtained were then turned into visual representations, or maps, using the GIS ArcMap 10.8. software. The results indicated that total depopulation has been an ongoing, 30-years process in this area on the one hand, while the forest cover in the depopulated settlements located on the outskirts of the Deliblato sands (a special nature reserve) has decreased, and the forest cover in the depopulated settlements in the zone of the Vrsac mountains has increased, on the other. These analyses are useful for obtaining more detailed insight into the state of forested areas in this part of Serbia, which is the least afforested one.

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