Using fractal analysis in modeling the dynamics of forest areas and economic impact assessment: Maramureș County, Romania, as a case study
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This study uses fractal analysis to quantify the spatial changes of forest resources caused by an increase of deforested areas. The method introduced contributes to the evaluation of forest resources being under significant pressure from anthropogenic activities. The pressure on the forest resources has been analyzed for Maramures, County, one of the most deforested counties in Romania. In order to evaluate this, the deforested areas were calculated for the period of 2001-2014, by using the Global Forest Change 2000-2014 database. The Fractal Fragmentation Index (FFI) and Fixed Grid 2D Lacunarity (FG2DL) were used to quantify the degree of fragmentation and dispersion of the forested areas, and thereby the extent to which a forest area is affected by deforestation. The process of quantifying the pressure on forested areas included the creation of a database for the period of 2000-2014 containing economic activities (turnover) related to woody recourses, important indicators of forest exploitation. Taken together, the results obtained indicate a dramatic increase in deforested areas (over 19,122 ha in total for the period of analysis), in Maramures, County.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 25 |
Journal | Forests |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 1 |
Number of pages | 14 |
ISSN | 1999-4907 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2017 |
- Deforested areas, Economic pressure, Forest resources, Fractal analysis, Lacunarity, Territorial management
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