Analysis and Evaluation of Nature Space Potential in Peri-urban Spaces Using

The rapid change of running modifications and processes simultaneously require and enable the execution of a landscape monitoring. With latest methods and geo-information data an important contribution can be made in particular to monitor and evaluate developments being carried out. The landscape monitoring dedicates itself to the check and the prognosis of state and dynamics from natural to technical ecological systems. In this project an analysis and an evaluation of the nature space potential for the suburban space are to be made by means of remote sensing methods including geographical information systems (GIS). With the results derived a progress control of desired planning goals can be made. Furthermore, planning deficiencies can be discovered, and potentials for an influencing control can be shown to planning authorities of such cultural landscapes. The project assesses the suitability of IRS-1C&D data for diverse planning requirements, e.g. updating land use plans, municipal survey maps, maps of urban structure types and biotopes, surface-sealing surveys, and working maps for landscape planning. It also examines the potential of IRS-1C&D data to provide the basis for updated general data drawn to a scale of 1:25,000. This paper focuses on the use of IRS-1C data for automatic classification in urbanised areas and on the application of a space reference model to analyse regional structures of certain classes with a stress on gradients between an urban centre and its suburban surroundings. Later on, the project will test the application of very high resolution data such as IKONOS data for certain test sites that are of special interest. First very high resolution data are to be acquired and further research will then be undertaken.