Multitemporal Land Use Changes in a Region of Pindus Mountain, Central Greece

Apostolos Ainalis; Ioannis Meliadis; Konstantinos Tsiouvaras; Katerina Ainali; Dimitrios Platis; Panagiotis Platis

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Multitemporal Land Use Changes in a Region of Pindus Mountain, Central Greece

Apostolos Ainalis, Ioannis Meliadis, Konstantinos Tsiouvaras, Katerina Ainali, Dimitrios Platis, Panagiotis Platis

Published in Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Volume 4, Issue 1)

Received: 28 December 2014 Accepted: 18 January 2015 Published: 2 February 2015

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Abstract

Natural ecosystems are renewable resources with special environmental, social and economical attributes and characteristics. The increasing need of the human beings for a better environment leads to the use of new technologies that offer many advantages in detecting changes in the ecosystems. In this study the integration of remote sensing tools and technology and the spatial orientation analysis of Geographical Information Systems (G.I.S.) combined with in situ observations were used in determining any changes in land cover categories along an 18 year period. The study area of 9,287 ha extends to Pindus mountain, in the municipality of Plastira, central Greece. The results have shown that the current technologies can be used for the modelling of environmental parameters improving our knowledge on its attributes, characteristics, situation, trends and changes of natural ecosystems. The multitemporal changes that were observed are mostly due to vegetation evolution and less to socioeconomic reasons. The basic management strategy for the specific area should combine forest, pasture and livestock in such a way that each component produces usable products, while in the same time preserves sustainability.

Published in	Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Volume 4, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.aff.20150401.14
Page(s)	18-23
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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G.I.S., Image Processing, Multitemporal Analysis, Range Management, Land Use, Livestock Fluctuation

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Apostolos Ainalis, Ioannis Meliadis, Konstantinos Tsiouvaras, Katerina Ainali, Dimitrios Platis, et al. Multitemporal Land Use Changes in a Region of Pindus Mountain, Central Greece. Agric For Fish. 2015;4(1):18-23. doi: 10.11648/j.aff.20150401.14

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Apostolos Ainalis

Directorate of Coordination and Inspection of Forests, Decentralised Administration Macedonia-Thrace, 46th Agriculture School St, Thessaloniki
Ioannis Meliadis

Lab. of Remote sensing and GIS, Forest Research Institute, N.AG.RE.F., Vassilika, Thessaloniki
Konstantinos Tsiouvaras

Laboratory of Range Management (236), Dept. of Forest and Natural Environment, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki
Katerina Ainali

Lab. of Geoinformatics, Rural and Surveying Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Zografou Campus, Iroon Polytechniou 9, Athens
Dimitrios Platis

Lab. of Ecology, Dept. of Agriculture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki
Panagiotis Platis

Lab. of Range science, Forest Research Institute, N.AG.RE.F., Vassilika, Thessaloniki

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