Land use reconstruction based on historical data: case study – Meshchera Lowlands in 16-18 century

Khitrov, D.; Matasov, V.

Авторы: Khitrov D., Matasov V.
Сборник: Practical Geography and XXI Century Challenges. International Geographical Union Thematic Conference dedicated to the Centennial of the Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 4–6 June 2018, Moscow. Conference Book
Редакторы: Иванов Сергей Владимирович, Себенцов Александр Борисович, Суслова Светлана Борисовна
Том: 1
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Год издания: 2018
Издательство: Федеральное государственное бюджетное учреждение науки Институт географии Российской академии наук
Местоположение издательства: Москва
Первая страница: 216
Последняя страница: 216
Аннотация: Historical materials are an important data for the reconstruction of long-term landscape changes. In our study we made a reconstruction of the land use for the key area located in the Ryazan region at the junction of two landscapes: a low, largely swamped, with poor sandy substrate and high, better drained, with loamy soils. Basic materials for reconstruction were scribe books (“piscovie knigi”) of the 16th century. They contain text information about the types of land use and their areas that belonged to a particular village. They were also accompanied by the characteristics of boundaries of landholdings in the form of text descriptions. General Land Survey materials (18th century) and modern landscape maps were used to accurately allocate land use form scribe books. The reconstruction was carried out using a model based on logistic regression. The model was trained on the spatial distribution of land use obtained from General Land Survey maps, depending on natural and socio-economic factors. “Natural factors” meant the relief, quality and moisture of soils, etc. “Socio-economic” – population density, distance to rivers, villages, roads, etc. Then we changed in the model input data: population density and other socio-economic features according to scribe books, plus the share of the land use, which was required to obtain as a result of modelling. Thus, the reconstruction of lands for the mid-16th century was carried out. Results showed that although the proportion of arable land was somewhat less than in the 18th century, the spatial distribution remained restricted by natural factors. In addition, the relationship between the population density and the share of arable land was not linear, which must be taken into account in reconstructions based on the assertion that the population density is related to agricultural development. The study was supported by Russian Science Foundation, grant № 16-17-10045.
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