par Lemenkova, Polina 
Référence International Congress of the Hellenic Geographical Society (10: 2014-10-22: Thessaloniki, Greece)
Publication Publié, 2014-10-22
Référence International Congress of the Hellenic Geographical Society (10: 2014-10-22: Thessaloniki, Greece)
Publication Publié, 2014-10-22
Poster de conférence
| Résumé : | Research area: Taipei, Taiwan. Located on the north of the island, Taipei is Taiwan’s core urban, political and economic center; population >2.6 M continuing to expand affecting urban landscapes. Research aim: spatio-temporal analysis of urban dynamics in study area during 15 years (1990- 2005) Research objective: application of GIS methodology and remote sens- ing data to spatial analysis for a case study of Taipei. Data: Landsat TM images taken from the USGS. Software: ENVI GIS. Recently, urbanization is notable in Taipei. Expansion of urban landscapes in Taipei has unique features. Taiwan’s exceptional economic and industrial growth since 1980s: "industrial wonder of Taiwan". Country transformed from agriculture-based traditional economy into a highly industrialized high- tech oriented economy. Changes: modified social and natural landscapes. Taiwan is now a highly ur- banized country with 80% of population living in cities. Intensive urbaniza- tion => affect biodiversity and ecosystems sustainability => transformation of natural landscapes. Natural land cover type => human-affected artificial surfaces; city enlarges. Human pressure increases rapidly due to the city expansion. Rapid urbanization affects complex interrelations of natural and urban ecosystems, changes structure, size and shape of landscapes. Taiwan has unique landscapes with high environmental value, outstanding natural beauty, rare and extinct species. Environmental monitoring is effective for city management and nature conservation. |
