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2/2013
Abstract:
This paper highlights the essential aspects Key words: geographical landscape
regarding the dynamics of certain components of dynamics, land use, agricultural use, remote
the geographical landscape (agricultural use, sensing, satellite images, industrial areas
industrial use, town site), which has increased
greatly, especially after 2000. There have been JEL Classification: Q56
extensions of built surfaces especially for the
western and eastern sectors of Sibiu site, designed
for industrial or service area, at the expense of the Introduction
agricultural use. These changes have been
The geographical landscape represents the real,
revealed by analyzing cartographic documents
visible aspect of a territory and it should be
and satellite images for various areas within Sibiu
understood and analyzed from systemic
and the surrounding areas, at scales large enough
perspective. Thus, it is made up of various
to emphasize certain details, being made in
components among which there are established
different time periods. The study focused on
interdependence relationships. When acting on a
processing and comparing maps and satellite
component, the functionality of the entire system
images for the same areas, captured in different is affected. .
moments, in order to identify similarities and The geographical landscape consists of three
differences, and to show the evolution of the town relevant components: abiotic component (relief,
site (especially of the industrial and service river, soil), biotic component (vegetation, fauna)
constructions) and the evolution of the and anthropic component (town site, land use,
agricultural use. communication network etc.).
The georeferencing process involves selecting introducing the geodetic coordinates of these
and opening the satellite image, selecting points and running the georeferencing process
cartographic projection parameters, identifying (Fig. 2).
and measuring the reference points on the image,
Analysis of industrial areas evolution to select the differential details that appeared
based on satellite images, at the expense between the used satellite recordings. The images
resulted after the differencing process were then
of the agricultural land imported to Quantum GIS, where the topographic
details selected through differencing were
LANDSAT panchromatic satellite images
vectorized and introduced in the database, the
(band 8) from 2000, 2007 and 2012 were used to
result being the digital map with the evolution in
analyze the dynamics of the industrial areas.
time of the area built at the expense of the
These satellite images were georeferenced and
agricultural lands.
were subjected to the differencing process in order
As we can see on the map presented at Figure than 30 company, most of them foreign-owned,
3, the industrial area (painted in purple) has a function in this industrial area, and they had an
spectacular evolution, lying on 123 acres, at the impact upon the economy of Sibiu and made
expense of the agricultural land of the town. More direct investment of over 250 million euro.
Analysis of land use based on satellite methods for classifying the informational content
images of the satellite images and to the method of the
normalized differencing vegetation index (NDVI)
Satellite images, especially the multispectral in order to determine the consistency and quality
ones, can be successfully used for thematic of vegetation, this process involving a good
analysis of land use, resorting, for this, to the theoretical training of the operator.
NDVI calculation can be done with the absorbed by chlorophyll, which makes it reflect
function of the used software, based on the green color of healthy vegetation).
multispectral images. For this, 4 (near infrared) Following the analysis of the NDVI calculation
and 3 (red) spectral bands are used. NDVI values results, it resulted that, in the studied area, the
are between -1 (lack of vegetation) and 1 (dense crops outside the built-up areas vary according to
vegetation). the calculated NDVI value. Thus, NDVI high
The calculation formula is based on the values were close to 0.70 (represented by dark
evidence of spectral signatures of vegetation in the green shades), and moderate vegetation by light
near infrared (the spectral area where the green color (corn, rape, hay etc). The lands with
chlorophyll has the highest reflectance), compared low vegetation are characterized by low values of
to that from the red area (where light rays are 0.25 and shown in yellow.