LAND COVER TYPES AND CHANGES IN LAND USE IN REPUBLIC OF SRPSKA (BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA) OVER THE PERIOD 2000–2018

Authors

  • Branislav Drašković University of East Sarajevo, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Geography, Istočno Sarajevo
  • Aleksandr Ponosov Perm State Agro-Technological University named after Academician D. N. Pryanishnikov, Faculty of Land Management and Cadaster, Perm
  • Natalija Zhernakova Perm State Agro-Technological University named after Academician D. N. Pryanishnikov, Faculty of Land Management and Cadaster, Perm
  • Marko Gutalj University of East Sarajevo, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Forestry, Istočno Sarajevo
  • Boban Miletić University of East Sarajevo, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Forestry, Istočno Sarajevo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2298/IJGI2001081D

Keywords:

land cover, CLC database, spatial trends, Republic of Srpska

Abstract

Republic of Srpska (RS) covers an area of 24,666 km2 or about 48.5% of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s territory. Spatial and environmental changes accelerated due to dynamic historical period upon the RS formation and the following development period. The extent of these changes can be determined by comparing satellite images obtained from different acquisition periods. By processing images, with the support of geographic information systems, it is possible to create a database that aims to analyze spatial processes in a specific area in order to determine quantitative and qualitative parameters. In this way, the trends of spatial development (e.g. excessive logging, land cover damage, water pollution, etc.) and potentially vulnerable components of the environment can be monitored. The data for Bosnia and Herzegovina were collected from CORINE Land Cover (CLC) database for 39 European countries. The CLC is a project launched by the European Environment Agency (EEA) more than thirty years ago with the aim of collecting, coordinating and ensuring the consistency of information on natural resources and the environment. The goal of the paper is to identify land cover types and determine environment changes in the territory of Republic of Srpska over the period 2000–2018 as a consequence of the land use conversion.

Article metrics

References

Agency for Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina. (2016). Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i stanova u Bosni i Hercegovini 2013 [Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in Bosnia and Herzegovina 2013]. Retrieved from https://web.archive.org/web/20150221092202/http://popis2013.ba/index.php/en/

Büttner, G., & Kosztra, B. (2017). CLC2018 Technical Guidelines. Retrieved from https://land.copernicus.eu/usercorner/technical-library/clc2018technicalguidelines_final.pdf

Copernicus Land Monitoring Services. (2019). CORINE Land Cover [Database]. Retrieved from http://land.copernicus.eu/pan-european/corine-land-cover/

Drašković, B., & Drešković, N. (2017). Trendovi prostornog razvoja na području opštine Pale u periodu 2000–2012 [Trends of Spatial development in municipality of Pale during the period 2000–2012]. In M. Kulić (Ed.), Zbornik radova sa naučnog skupa: Nauka i stvarnost (Knjiga 11, Tom 2) [Proceedings of Conference Science and Realit (Book 11, Vol. 2)] (pp. 523–536). Retrieved from http://ff.ues.rs.ba/files/docs/users/Urednik/Naukai-stvarnost/zbornik-2017-2-ilovepdf-compressed.pdf

Drašković, B., Drešković, N., & Mirić, R. (2016). East Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina) twenty years later: Changes in land use. Geographica Pannonica, 20(3), 161–167. https://doi.org/10.5937/GeoPan1603161D

European Environment Agency. (1995). CORINE land cover: Part I Methology, Part II Normenclature. Retrieved from https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/COR0-landcover

European Environment Agency. (2007). CLC2006 technical guidelines (EEA Technical report No. 17). https://doi.org/10.2800/12134

European Environment Agency. (2017). Bosnia and Herzegovina land cover country fact sheet 2012. Retrieved from https://www.eea.europa.eu/themes/landuse/land-cover-country-fact-sheets/ba-bosnia-and-herzegovinalandcover-2012.pdf/view

Hościło, A., & Tomaszewska, M. (2014). CORINE Land Cover 2012– 4th CLC inventory completed in Poland. Geoinformation Issues, 6(1), 49–58. Retrieved from http://www.igik.edu.pl/upload/File/wydawnictwa/GI6AHMT.pdf

Institute for Urban Planning of Republic of Srpska. (2013). Izmjene i dopune Prostornog plana Republike Srpske do 2025: Nacrt [Amendments to the spatial plan of Republic of Srpska until 2025: Draft] Retrieved from http://www.vladars.net/sr-SP-Cyrl/Vlada/Ministarstva/mgr/Documents/Nacrt%20draft%2025%2011%202013.pdf

Institute for Statistics Federation Bosnia and Herzegovina. (1998). Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava/kućanstava, stanova i poljoprivrednih gazdinstava 1991 [Census of population, households, dwellings and agricultural holdings 1991]. Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina: Institute for Statistics Federation Bosnia and Herzegovina.

QGIS (Version 3.6) [Computer software]. (2019). Retrieved from https://qgis.org/en/site/

Republika Srpska Institute of Statistics. (2018). Statistički godišnjak Republike Srpske 2018 [Statistical Yearbook of Republika Srpska 2018]. Retrieved from http://www2.rzs.rs.ba/static/uploads/bilteni/godisnjak/2018/StatistickiGodisnjak_2018_WEB.pdf

Downloads

Published

2020-04-20

How to Cite

Drašković, B. ., Ponosov, A. ., Zhernakova, N. ., Gutalj, M. ., & Miletić, B. . (2020). LAND COVER TYPES AND CHANGES IN LAND USE IN REPUBLIC OF SRPSKA (BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA) OVER THE PERIOD 2000–2018. Journal of the Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” SASA, 70(1), 81–88. https://doi.org/10.2298/IJGI2001081D

Issue

Vol. 70 No. 1 (2020): Journal of the Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” SASA

Section

Research note

License

Copyright (c) 2020 Journal of the Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” SASA

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.