Landscape-ecological mapping of the Netherlands |
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| Authors: | Kees J Canters Cees P den Herder Aart A de Veer Paul W M Veelenturf Rein W de Waal |
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| Institution: | (1) Centre for Environmental Studies, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9518, NL-2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands;(2) National Physical Planning Agency, P.O. Box 90618, NL-2509 LP The Hague, The Netherlands;(3) Winand Staring Centre for Integrated Land, Soil and Water Research, P.O. Box 125, NL-6700 AC Wageningen, The Netherlands;(4) Present address: P.O. Box 5700, NL-6202 MA Maastricht, Province of Limburg, The Netherlands |
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| Abstract: | The Landscape-ecological Mapping of the Netherlands project (LMN project) started in 1983 with the aim of establishing a landscape-ecological database for use in developing and evaluating national land-use plans. The project, working with grid cells of 1 km2, has four working objectives: a) development of mapping potential for basic landscape-ecological data, b) assessment of susceptibility to interventions, c) evaluation of significance for nature conservation and d) production of vulnerability maps, as a combination of susceptibility and significance. In addition to information on soil, groundwater, ecotopes, flora and fauna, the database also incorporates information on physiographical features and entire landscapes. The resulting database is a geographic information system (GIS). This article describes the second phase of the project (1985–1989), covering the  Randstad area, and focusses on the methods and the applications potential of the database. |
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| Keywords: | geographical database GIS grid map landscape ecology land classification nature conservation susceptibility significance vulnerability |
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