LANDSCAPE FRAGMENTATION AS A RESULT OF URBANIZATION IN POLAND [PL]: PRESJA FRAGMENTACJI KRAJOBRAZU W WYNIKU URBANIZACJI W POLSCE

Abstract

The article presents an assessment of changes in land use in Poland in 1980-2018 and fragmentation of individual arable lands using basic landscape statistics and CLC 2000-2018 data. In Poland, areas with medium pressure of fragmentation prevail, but almost 24% surface is under high or very high pressure. Certainly with the development of housing estates, expressways and the development of other roads, this value will be much higher.