Natural and Cultural Landscapes of Equatorial Africa

This paper attempts to characterise various cultural landscapes in the area of Equatorial Africa. To achieve this, the contents of various thematic maps and satellite photos representing: areas covered with forests (mostly secondary forests), nature reserves, areas of extensive and intensive agricul...

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Main Author:	Gilarowski Jerzy
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Sciendo 2006-12-01
Series:	Miscellanea Geographica: Regional Studies on Development
Subjects:	natural landscape cultural landscape transformation prediction
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2006-0019

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spelling	doaj-01e8de90bff8498ab76859052e9467d32021-09-06T19:22:31ZengSciendoMiscellanea Geographica: Regional Studies on Development2084-61182006-12-0112115516310.2478/mgrsd-2006-0019Natural and Cultural Landscapes of Equatorial AfricaGilarowski Jerzy0Institute of Developing CountriesThis paper attempts to characterise various cultural landscapes in the area of Equatorial Africa. To achieve this, the contents of various thematic maps and satellite photos representing: areas covered with forests (mostly secondary forests), nature reserves, areas of extensive and intensive agriculture and urban-industrial areas were overlaid with the contents of map of potential vegetation (which represent, to use a simplification, the natural, primeval landscape). The method applied allowed for distinguishing five types of cultural landscape that correspond to five levels of transformation of the primeval landscape.https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2006-0019natural landscapecultural landscapetransformationprediction
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title	Natural and Cultural Landscapes of Equatorial Africa
title_short	Natural and Cultural Landscapes of Equatorial Africa
title_full	Natural and Cultural Landscapes of Equatorial Africa
title_fullStr	Natural and Cultural Landscapes of Equatorial Africa
title_full_unstemmed	Natural and Cultural Landscapes of Equatorial Africa
title_sort	natural and cultural landscapes of equatorial africa
publisher	Sciendo
series	Miscellanea Geographica: Regional Studies on Development
issn	2084-6118
publishDate	2006-12-01
description	This paper attempts to characterise various cultural landscapes in the area of Equatorial Africa. To achieve this, the contents of various thematic maps and satellite photos representing: areas covered with forests (mostly secondary forests), nature reserves, areas of extensive and intensive agriculture and urban-industrial areas were overlaid with the contents of map of potential vegetation (which represent, to use a simplification, the natural, primeval landscape). The method applied allowed for distinguishing five types of cultural landscape that correspond to five levels of transformation of the primeval landscape.
topic	natural landscape cultural landscape transformation prediction
url	https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2006-0019
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Natural and Cultural Landscapes of Equatorial Africa

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