The comparison between historical maps and modern orthophotos can allow to better understand the evolution of the landscape and the territory of Aquileia, and to formulate some hypotheses and remarks about the origins of particular elements.

Studies of past human-landscape interactions rely upon the integration of archaeological, biological and geological information within their geographical context. However, detecting the often ephemeral traces of human activities at a landscape scale remains difficult with conventional archaeological field survey. Geophysical methods offer a solution by bridging the gap between point finds and t...

linear green infrastructures along rivers and canals serve different functions: green corridors, or ecological network, maintain biological diversity, improve water quality, and provide areas for fauna and flora to grow and thrive. greenways connect people with landscape resources and serve as recreational areasthat are easy to use and accessible to the greatest number of potential human users....

City growth and environmental difficulties last decades leads the art of urban design and development think more precisely and new approaches for conserving environment and developing urban areas have been evolved.The present study deals with concepts related to ecology in the city and in particular the theory of Ecological Urbanism and its criteria is expressed. Also theory and characteristics...

Landscape patterns in the northwestern United States are mostly shaped by the interaction of fire and succession, and conversely, vegetation patterns influence fire dynamics and plant colonization processes. Historical landscape pattern dynamics can be used by resource managers to assess current landscape conditions and develop target spatial characteristics for management activities. The histo...

This paper discusses the process of compositing historical and modern photographs of an urban landscape into a novel view depicting structures from both time periods. Issues unique to this application of image compositing are addressed using techniques inspired by recent work in data-driven methods, and the use of these methods is demonstrated on an example scene. Finally, extensions of these t...

This paper constitutes a preliminary introduction to a project concerning the south-western area of Aquileia in antiquity. Through the collection and the study of historical and archaeological documents, historical maps, modern aerial photos and the fulfillment of geomorphological surveys, the evolution of the forms of settlement and land use will be investigated. Historical maps and modern ort...

This study seeks to benefit from a medical science-based implication for urban and landscape planning in the Gorgan Township area, a highly developing region in northeastern Iran. Based on growth stages and patterns of a malignant cancer tumor inside a human's body, a sustainable, realistic and practical urban growth pattern is introduced applying land suitability analysis, SLEUTH urban growth ...

Historical maps are precious materials, which show spatial distribution of land use, streets and so on at the time the maps were produced. However, the imprecision, in the geometrical sense, of the historical maps makes the task of comparison very difficult. This drawback brings us to the idea of incorporating the historical maps into GIS after rubber-sheet transformation, i.e. geometric correc...