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An integrated airborne laser scanning approach to forest management and cultural heritage issues: a case study at Porolissum, Romania / Anamaria Roman in Annals of forest research, vol 60 n° 1 (January - June 2017)  

Public [article]  inAnnals of forest research > vol 60 n° 1 (January - June 2017) . - pp 127 - 143 Titre : An integrated airborne laser scanning approach to forest management and cultural heritage issues: a case study at Porolissum, Romania Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Anamaria Roman, Auteur ; Tudor-Mihai Ursu, Auteur ; Sorina Farcas, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2017 Article en page(s) : pp 127 - 143 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Lasergrammétrie [Termes IGN] anthropisation [Termes IGN] antiquité [Termes IGN] déboisement [Termes IGN] forêt tempérée [Termes IGN] patrimoine archéologique [Termes IGN] patrimoine immobilier [Termes IGN] paysage rural [Termes IGN] site archéologique [Termes IGN] voie romaine Résumé : (auteur) This paper explores the opportunities that arise where forest ecosystem management and cultural heritage monuments protection converge. The case study area for our analysis was the landscape surrounding the Moigrad-Porolissum Archaeological site. We emphasize that an Airborne Laser Scanning (ALS or LiDAR-Light Detection and Ranging) approach to both forest management and cultural heritage conservation is an outstanding tool, assisting policy-makers and conservationists in decision making for integrated planning and management of the environment. LiDAR-derived surface models enabled a synoptic, never-seen-before view of the ancient Roman frontiers defensive systems while also revealing the present forest road network. The thorough and accurate road inventory data are very useful for updating and modifying forest base maps and registries and also for identifying the priority sectors for archaeological discharge. The ability to identify and determine optimal routes for forest management and to locate previously unmapped ancient archaeological remains aids in reducing costs and creating operational efficiencies as well as in complying with the legislation and avoiding infringements. The potential of LiDAR to demonstrate the long-term and comprehensive human impact on wooded areas is discussed. We identified a significant historical landscape change, consisting of a deforestation period, spanning over more than 160 years, during the Roman Period in Dacia (106-271 AD). The transdisciplinary analysis of the LiDAR data provides the base for combining knowledge from archaeology, forestry and environmental history in order to achieve a thorough analysis of the landscape changes and history. In the “nature versus culture” dichotomy, the landscape, outfield areas and forests are primarily perceived as nature, while in reality they are often heavily marked by human impact. LiDAR offers an efficient method for broadening our knowledge regarding the character and extent of human interaction with landscapes – forested or otherwise. Numéro de notice : A2017-612 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : FORET/IMAGERIE Nature : Article DOI : 10.15287/afr.2016.755 En ligne : http://doi.org/10.15287/afr.2016.755 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=86920 [article]