Determination of Intensity and Directions of Environmental Changes of o Space Based on Coverage Area Analysis

Abstract

By transforming space, man optimally adjusts it to new directions of his activities. This process leads to the division of space due to the forms of its coverage and associated human activities. Very often changes in land cover are related to the intensification of the processes of anthropisation of the natural environment. The main purpose of this article is to present tools for measuring the direction of changes in land cover, taking into account the impact of these changes on the quality of the natural environment. The author identifies the coverage of the area with the type of human activity and the natural value of this area. Based on this assumption, by using the CORIN Land Cover data, the article presents an assessment of the directions and intensity of environmental changes in the area of the province of Warmia and Mazury.