Abstract
Abstract. The objective of this study is vulnerability and exposer intensity due to land use change in Olomouc, Czech Republic. Vulnerability assessment with exposer intensity to land use/cover change is an important step for enhancing the understanding and decision-making to reduce vulnerability. This study work includes quantification of Exposure Index (EI), Sensitivity Index (SI) and Adaptive Capacity Index (AI). EI is based on intensity of land use/cover change, SI and AI based on natural factors such as elevation, slope, vegetation and land use/cover. Vulnerability Index (VI) derived on the quantification of SI and AI and compared from 1991, 2001 and 2013. Comparing of EI and VI for last three decades, settlements have highest vulnerability index due to high socio-economic activities and water have lowest vulnerability index due to less human interferences. Agriculture has highest exposer index and second highest vulnerability, which show its high rate of exploitation and production. In the study areas, vulnerability tends to increase with the increase of exposure to land use change, but can peak off once the land use start to benefit socio-economically from development. Only in this way we can enhance the adaptive capacity of study area to use change of land.
Highlights
IntroductionThese areas are experiencing various environmental impacts and climate change associated with local, regional and global issues
While there is considerable heterogeneity in both the potential impacts of environmental changes, and the adaptive capacity to cope with these impacts, this assessment shows that study area in particular will be vulnerable to natural parameters, ecosystem and land use change (Boori, and Amaro, 2010)
The main objective of this paper is to develop a module with an indicator system to compare vulnerability due to exposed of land use change, using the concepts of exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity (Boori, and Vozenílek, 2014)
Summary
These areas are experiencing various environmental impacts and climate change associated with local, regional and global issues. These areas are highly vulnerable to threats from both natural processes and socio-economic activities (Andrade, et al, 2010; Boori, et al, 2014). While there is considerable heterogeneity in both the potential impacts of environmental changes, and the adaptive capacity to cope with these impacts, this assessment shows that study area in particular will be vulnerable to natural parameters, ecosystem and land use change (Boori, and Amaro, 2010). The potential impacts of more environmentally oriented developments are smaller, indicating an important role for both policy and society in determining eventual residual impacts (Boori, and Amaro, 2010)
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