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dc.contributor.authorCarlier, J.
dc.contributor.authorDoyle, M.
dc.contributor.authorFinn, J.A.
dc.contributor.authorÓ hUallacháin, D.
dc.contributor.authorMoran, J.
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-20T11:40:59Z
dc.date.available2022-09-20T11:40:59Z
dc.date.copyright2022
dc.date.issued2021-04-17
dc.identifier.citationJ. Carlier, M. Doyle, J.A. Finn, D. Ó hUallacháin, J. Moran, A landscape classification map of Ireland and its potential use in national land use monitoring, Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 289, 2021, 112498, ISSN 0301-4797, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112498.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://research.thea.ie/handle/20.500.12065/4048
dc.description.abstractThis study presents a novel landscape classification map of the Republic of Ireland and is the first to identify broad landscape classes by incorporating physiographic and land cover data. The landscape classification responds to commitments to identify and classify the Irish landscape as a signatory to the European Landscape Convention. The methodology applied a series of clustering iterations to determine an objective multivariate classification of physiographic landscape units and land cover datasets. The classification results determined nine statistically significant landscape classes and the development of a landscape classification map at a national scale. A statistical breakdown of land cover area and diversity of each class was interpreted, and a comparison was extended using independent descriptive variables including farmland use intensity, elevation, and dominant soil type. Each class depicts unique spatial and composition characteristics, from coastal, lowland and elevated, to distinct and dominating land cover types, further explained by the descriptive variables. The significance of individual classes and success of the classification is discussed with particular reference to the wider applicability of the map. The transferability of the methodology to other existing physiographic maps and environmental datasets to generate new landscape classifications is also considered. This novel work facilitates the development of a strategic framework to efficiently monitor, compare and analyse ecological and other land use data that is spatially representative of the distribution and extent of land cover in the Irish countryside.en_US
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dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherElsevier B.V.en_US
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Environmental Managementen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/*
dc.subjectLandscape characterisationen_US
dc.subjectMultivariate classificationen_US
dc.subjectEnvironmental stratificationen_US
dc.subjectLand use monitoringen_US
dc.subjectEcological surveyen_US
dc.titleA landscape classification map of Ireland and its potential use in national land use monitoringen_US
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationAgroecology and Rural Development Group, Marine and Freshwater Research Centre, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, Galway Campus, Dublin Road, Galway, Irelanden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationAgriculture & Food Science Centre, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, 4, Irelanden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationTeagasc Environment Research Centre, Johnstown Castle, Co. Wexford, Irelanden_US
dc.contributor.sponsorThis research was conducted as part of the High Nature Value Farmland and Forestry Systems for Biodiversity (FarmForBio) project funded by the Research Stimulus Fund (2019R425) of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine Research Stimulus Fund. JC and JM conceived and designed the study, JC conducted all the quantitative analyses. All authors contributed to the drafting and critical analysis of the manuscript.en_US
dc.description.peerreviewyesen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112498en_US
dc.identifier.urlhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301479721005600en_US
dc.identifier.volume289en_US
dc.rights.accessrightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subject.departmentMarine and Freshwater Research Centreen_US
dc.type.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionen_US


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