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Dr. Jan SkalošDr. Jan SkalošDepartment of Landscape Ecology Department of Landscape Ecology

Czech University of Life Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Environmental SciencesFaculty of Environmental Sciences

January 11 2011January 11 2011

Faculty of EnvironmentalSciences

Dept. of Landscape EcologyDept. of Landscape Ecology

Deals with all the issueDeals with all the issuess concerning landscape research concerning landscape research

from theory to practicefrom theory to practice

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Located in Kostelec nad Černými lesy

Kostelec nad Černými lesy

Department located in a beautiful and inspiring surroundings of the Renaissance castle

•All the necessary equipment for work, including the GIS laboratory•Students take a big advantage of the equipment during the education process (lectures, seminars, work on thesis)

Examples of research projects Examples of research projects with studentwith student participationparticipation

• No. 2B08006 New approaches to enable effective research practices for remediation and reclamation of devastated areas

• No. QH82106 Reclamation as a water regime recovery tool of the landscape after surface mining of brown coal

Overall Overall goals of goals of the the projectprojectss

• To analyse present state and functions of the post-mining landscape.

• To integrate a holistic scientific approach to landscape features in the reclamation procedures.

• On the basis of scientific outputs to propose a conceptual scenario of the total rehabilitation of the landscape.

Czech RepublicKrusne hory region

Sokolov

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Sokolov basin

Medard mine area

Examples of concrete case Examples of concrete case studies in the projectstudies in the project

• Analysis and evaluation of landscape changes:– Changes in land use– Functional changes in the landscape

Example of student participationExample of student participation

1. Field data collection, such as mapping the current state of the landscape

2. Processing maps

3. Processing and Analysis data in GIS

4. Processing tabular and graphical outputs

5. Data Visualization, incl. 3D modelling of landscape change

Mapping the current state of the landscape

Processing maps

Processing and Analysis in GIS

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Built-up areas Arable landGrassland Fruit groves, gardens and other productive green surfacesForests and functional green Water surfaces, streams and wetlandsCommunication – Land transpornetwork

Processing tabular and graphical outputs

Data Visualization

3D modeling of landscape change

Outcomes of students' workOutcomes of students' work

• Master and Bachelor thesis

• Ph.D. thesis

• Scientific publications (conferences, books, papers in journals with IF)

ContactsContacts

• Head of the Dept.: Dr. Miroslav Martiš (martis@knc.czu.cz)

• Project managers: Dr. Emilie Pecharová (pecharovae@knc.czu.cz)

• Dr. Jan Skaloš (skalos@knc.czu.cz)• Dept. of Landscape Ecology, Nám. Smirických

1, 281 63 Kostelec n.C.l., Czech Republic, Czech University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Environmental Sciences