大加速之前的意大利农村景观的重建:从"Catasto Agrario" (1929) 中的地理空间基线
1Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139, USA.
Open research Europe
|August 21, 2025
概括
意大利1920年代Catasto Agrario调查的新地理空间数据集为分析农村土地使用,人口统计和环境变化提供了历史基础. 这种开放的资源有助于研究社会环境变化和传统农业实践.
科学领域:
- 历史地理
- 环境科学
- 数字人文科学
背景情况:
- 1929年的Catasto Agrario调查提供了意大利在20世纪中叶发生重大环境和社会变化之前的独特快照.
- 了解历史土地使用和覆盖面对于评估长期环境影响和农村转型至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 通过1929年Catasto Agrario调查创建一个开放的地理空间数据集.
- 为分析意大利农村地区的社会环境变革建立历史基准.
- 促进对过去和现在的景观和农业实践进行比较研究.
主要方法:
- 使用光学字符识别 (OCR) 数字化历史调查数据.
- 将数据集成到具有历史行政边界的地理信息系统 (GIS).
- 将数据组织成一个用于空间分析的矢量格式.
主要成果:
- 一个全面的地理空间数据集,详细介绍了20世纪20年代的意大利农村土地使用和土地覆盖 (LULC).
- 了解人口特征,牲畜分布,作物产量和降雨模式.
- 在单一种植之前,农业林业等传统实践的记录.
结论:
- 该数据集为研究意大利农村的长期环境和社会变化提供了关键的基准.
- 它支持环境科学,历史地理和遗产研究的研究.
- 该资源可以探索可持续农业以及农村人口减少和土地使用变化的影响.
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