Assessing landscape changes in a region affected by military activity and uranium mining (Prameny municipality area, Western Bohemia, Czech Republic): a multi-scale approach

0370835 - ÚGN 2012 RIV CZ eng J - Journal Article
Raška, P. - Kirchner, Karel
Assessing landscape changes in a region affected by military activity and uranium mining (Prameny municipality area, Western Bohemia, Czech Republic): a multi-scale approach.
Moravian Geographical Reports. Roč. 19, č. 4 (2011), s. 29-37. ISSN 1210-8812. E-ISSN 1210-8812
R&D Projects: GA ČR GA105/09/0089; GA AV ČR IAA300860903
Grant - others:GA AV ČR(CZ) IAA311230901
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z30860518
Keywords : military training camp * mining * landscape development * West Bohemia
Subject RIV: DE - Earth Magnetism, Geodesy, Geography
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Areas of military activity and mining are parts of the most typical examples that enable study of the effects of anthropogenic landscape transformations. In this project, the municipality of Prameny and its surrounding area, located in the western part of the Czech borderlands, is examined. The landscape changes in the study area were affected by several events, including population loss after World War II, the operation of a military training camp, uranium mining, and the foundation of a protected landscape area. Analyses of population data, old maps and aerial photographs, as well as the results of field mapping, were used to assess the long-term effects of past events on the local landscape and its position within the region at several scales.
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