Landscape heterogeneity is an important factor affecting biological population distribution and biodiversity.In urban park design,heterogeneous spaces are also an important way to create personalized and diversified s...Landscape heterogeneity is an important factor affecting biological population distribution and biodiversity.In urban park design,heterogeneous spaces are also an important way to create personalized and diversified spatial experience.Although there are ever-changing forms of heterogeneous spaces in the natural landscape,as ordinary tourists and viewers,they can be intoxicated with the plot representation of nature.As backstage directors,designers should think about the structural logic and functional significance of heterogeneous spaces,and summarize their interpretation and idioms to serve specific design purposes.Based on the complexity and diversity of urban parks’ heterogeneous space patterns,we arranged their structural logic from the topological relationship of space,restored the constituent materials of urban parks to four matrix elements:forest belts,lawns,water bodies and hard ground,deduced the constituent logic of heterogeneous spaces by using schema language,and analyzed the humanized function of these heterogeneous space schemas and checked the possibility of its application in design practice.展开更多
The northwestern Himalaya harbors high levels of biodiversity due to its unique topography, climatic conditions and heterogeneity. Forest fragmentation is one of the major threats causing a decline in biodiversity in ...The northwestern Himalaya harbors high levels of biodiversity due to its unique topography, climatic conditions and heterogeneity. Forest fragmentation is one of the major threats causing a decline in biodiversity in the Himalayan region. We assesses forest fragmentation and changes in land use land cover（LULC） patterns using multi-temporal satellite data over a time span of four decades（1976–2013）. Fragmentation analysis using the Landscape Fragmentation Tool（LFT） reveals a decrease in core and edge areas by 14 and 2.3 %, respectively; while an increase in non-forest, patch area and perforation area by 2.1, 0.4, and 14 %, respectively. The LULC dynamics show that the areas under dense forest and scrub forest have decreased by 2.8 % and 1.9 %, respectively; and there is an increase in open forest, crop land and fallow land area by 2.6, 1.7 and 2.1 %, respectively. The quantification of landscape heterogeneity is undertaken with the help of landscape metrics computed using FRAGSTATS at class and landscape level, showing signs of increased fragmentation. Our study provides baseline database that can support the future biodiversity conservation and sustainable forest management initiatives.展开更多
文摘Landscape heterogeneity is an important factor affecting biological population distribution and biodiversity.In urban park design,heterogeneous spaces are also an important way to create personalized and diversified spatial experience.Although there are ever-changing forms of heterogeneous spaces in the natural landscape,as ordinary tourists and viewers,they can be intoxicated with the plot representation of nature.As backstage directors,designers should think about the structural logic and functional significance of heterogeneous spaces,and summarize their interpretation and idioms to serve specific design purposes.Based on the complexity and diversity of urban parks’ heterogeneous space patterns,we arranged their structural logic from the topological relationship of space,restored the constituent materials of urban parks to four matrix elements:forest belts,lawns,water bodies and hard ground,deduced the constituent logic of heterogeneous spaces by using schema language,and analyzed the humanized function of these heterogeneous space schemas and checked the possibility of its application in design practice.
基金supported by the Ministry of Environment&Forests(MoEF)Government of India(GoI)(Project Serial Number:R&D/NNRMS/2/2013-14)
文摘The northwestern Himalaya harbors high levels of biodiversity due to its unique topography, climatic conditions and heterogeneity. Forest fragmentation is one of the major threats causing a decline in biodiversity in the Himalayan region. We assesses forest fragmentation and changes in land use land cover（LULC） patterns using multi-temporal satellite data over a time span of four decades（1976–2013）. Fragmentation analysis using the Landscape Fragmentation Tool（LFT） reveals a decrease in core and edge areas by 14 and 2.3 %, respectively; while an increase in non-forest, patch area and perforation area by 2.1, 0.4, and 14 %, respectively. The LULC dynamics show that the areas under dense forest and scrub forest have decreased by 2.8 % and 1.9 %, respectively; and there is an increase in open forest, crop land and fallow land area by 2.6, 1.7 and 2.1 %, respectively. The quantification of landscape heterogeneity is undertaken with the help of landscape metrics computed using FRAGSTATS at class and landscape level, showing signs of increased fragmentation. Our study provides baseline database that can support the future biodiversity conservation and sustainable forest management initiatives.
