Implications of Long-Term Land Use and Land Cover Change on Cyprus: A Holocene History of Soil Erosion and Conservation

该研究将通过研究塞浦路斯岛的土地使用和土地覆盖变化，调查人类活动对景观演变的影响。 1000年的人类居住历史提供了一个漫长而详细的记录，土地利用活动的签名可以合理地印在土壤发育和侵蚀上。 将采用广泛的方法，包括地貌制图、沉积分析、土壤分析、形态分析、地质考古学和地质年代学。 由此产生的数据将被纳入景观侵蚀模型，以提供对环境变化的广泛的跨学科解释。 将产生对景观敏感性，景观管理和人类在环境变化中的作用的新见解。 此外，还将促进地质学、地理学和考古学之间的合作。

The research will investigate the impact of human activity on landscape evolution by studying land-use and land-cover change on the island of Cyprus. The 1000-year history of human occupation provides a long and detailed record, and one for which the signature of land-use activity could be reasonably imprinted on soil development and erosion. A broad spectrum of methods, including geomorphic mapping, sedimentological analysis, soil analysis, morphometric analysis, geoarchaeology, and geochronology, will be employed. Resulting data will be integrated into a model of landscape erosion to provide a broadly interdisciplinary interpretation of environmental change. New insights into landscape sensitivity, landscape management, and the role of humans in environmental change will be generated. In addition, collaboration among geology, geography, and archaeology will be facilitated.