LDTtool:: A toolbox to assess landscape dynamics

Rui Machado; Roy Bayot; Sergio Godinho; Janez Pirnat; Pedro Santos; Nuno Alexandre Gouveia de Sousa  Neves

doi:10.1016/j.envsoft.2020.104847

LDTtool: A toolbox to assess landscape dynamics

Rui Machado, Roy Bayot, Sergio Godinho, Janez Pirnat, Pedro Santos, Nuno Alexandre Gouveia de Sousa Neves

Centro Interdisciplinar de Ciências Sociais (CICS.NOVA - NOVA FCSH)

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Abstract

The "LDTtool" python toolbox is introduced. This ArcGIS toolbox can be applied to assess land cover or land use changes between two or three moments, considering landscape composition and configuration. The development of LDTtool occurs in a time when the studies on landscape dynamics looking at amount and configuration changes are becoming mainstream. The use of analytical units, whether regular polygons like squares or irregular like districts, allows to study at broad as well as at detailed scales, depending on the base maps spatial resolution and intrinsic quality. The ultimate goal of the toolbox is to assign each analytical unit to a type of dynamic. The paper shows how to operate the toolbox and provides a case study regarding the olive groves dynamics in Portugal in the period 1990-2018.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-7
Number of pages	7
Journal	Environmental Modelling & Software
Volume	133
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2020.104847
Publication status	Published - Nov 2020

Keywords

GIS
Landscape dynamics
Land cover
Land use
Spatial metrics
Python

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