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- Title
SPATIAL CHANGES AND POPULATION MOVEMENTS ON THE ALBANIAN COASTLINE.
- Authors
Kanjir, U.; Bon, N. Gregorič
- Abstract
The last decade has seen a large increase in construction along the southern Albanian coastline, mainly in the rise of large tourist complexes comprising hotels, apartment houses, touristic villages, and so on. These constructions rarely follow urban planning and not only change its landscape but also often threaten the ecological value of the coastal zone. The uncontrolled and devastating construction along the coast has been accompanied by coastal erosion caused by the sea with the intensity up to 50 cm/year. This paper investigates the environmental change monitoring on the Albanian Riviera by analysing optical remote sensing data (Landsat 5 and 8) in the period between 1984 and 2015. The image analysis results grounded on the change vector analysis indicate coastal morphology changes and land cover changes in the coastal environment, which appear mostly due to erosion in river delta and urban growth. Apart from identifying both phenomena through time, the objective of this study is to show that these landscape changes in fact correlate with the population migration as well as to explain why and the extent to which Albania is one of the most migratory countries in Europe. Based on the multidisciplinary research, which combines anthropological method with spatial analysis, this presentation anticipates future changes in this area. It argues that movements of both people and in landscape formations strongly influence each other, constituting a closely corresponding relationship.
- Subjects
GEOGRAPHIC spatial analysis; COASTAL changes; URBAN planning &; the environment
- Publication
International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing & Spatial Information Sciences, 2016, Vol 41, Issue B8, p1141
- ISSN
1682-1750
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5194/isprsarchives-XLI-B8-1141-2016