Quantification of anthropogenic effects in the landscape of Lubumbashi

16 In order to understand the dynamic of the (sub)urbanisation and so, to quantify the anthropogenic 17 effects of the rapid growth of tropical cities, it is crucial to find and apply valuable methods. In this 18 contribution, the transferability of the Rüdisser et al. (2012) «Distance to Nature» hemeroby 19 assessment method to the landscape surrounding the city of Lubumbashi (DRC) is evaluated. That 20 methodology has the advantage of taking structural connectivity into account by computing the 21 distance to natural habitats. As it had never been applied to an African city before, some adjustments 22 (fitting of the local land uses types into the hemeroby levels designed to Austria) and amendments 23 (suppression of the final classification into hemeroby level simplification) are proposed. Moreover, an 24 analysis of the decanal (2002-2013) hemeroby dynamics is presented. Results suggest that the 25 Distance to Nature methodology is transferable but requires good field knowledge to define reference 26