Baltic SurveyingPub Date : 2018-10-31DOI: 10.22616/J.BALTICSURVEYING.2018.004
G. Ivaviciute
{"title":"The Change of Forest Area in Alytus and Vilnius Counties (Lithuania)","authors":"G. Ivaviciute","doi":"10.22616/J.BALTICSURVEYING.2018.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22616/J.BALTICSURVEYING.2018.004","url":null,"abstract":"The article presents the analysis of the current situation of the forest area in Alytus and Vilnius counties.\u0000Comparative, analytical as well as statistical and logical analysis methods were used for the investigation.\u0000The aim of the investigation is to carry out the analysis of the Alytus and Vilnius counties forest area during the period between the years 2006 and 2018.\u0000The object of the investigation – Alytus and Vilnius counties forest area. Tasks of the investigation: 1. To describe the status quo of forest in Alytus and Vilnius counties. 2. To analyze and compare the forest area change in Alytus and Vilnius counties during the period between the years 2006 and 2018.\u0000The study found that forests prevailing in Alytus and Vilnius Counties are 50-59 years old. It was determined that pine trees prevail in Alytus County (71.05 percent) and in Vilnius County (16.38 percent) as well. The type of ownership prevailing in both Alytus and Vilnius counties is the forests of state significance managed by forest enterprises, national parks and state reserves. In Alytus County, during the period between the years 2006 and 2018, the forest area decreased by 4123.16 ha or 1.55 percent, in Vilnius County increased by 9593.16 ha or 2,35 percent.","PeriodicalId":225470,"journal":{"name":"Baltic Surveying","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132246098","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Baltic SurveyingPub Date : 2018-10-31DOI: 10.22616/J.BALTICSURVEYING.2018.009
A. Martyn
{"title":"The Concept of Land Plot as a Combination of Smart Contracts: a Vision for Creating Blockchain Cadastre","authors":"A. Martyn","doi":"10.22616/J.BALTICSURVEYING.2018.009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22616/J.BALTICSURVEYING.2018.009","url":null,"abstract":"The key features of the blockchain databases, such as decentralization, distribution, security, and record of the history of all transactions, create significant prospects for their application in the field of cadastre and real estate registration activities, including creation of the global real estate cadastre infrastructure, which will be able to go beyond national legal systems and jurisdictions. The conceptual approach to registration of land plots as spatial objects using blockchain technology is proposed. The land plot should be considered as a combination of smart contracts between landowners, surveyors, appraisers, notaries and other persons. The subject of such contracts will be the description and establishment of spatial (plot boundaries, territorial zones, etc.) and other (property rights and encumbrances, monetary valuation, soil bonitet, etc.) characteristics of land plots. The classification of such smart contracts reliability is also presented.","PeriodicalId":225470,"journal":{"name":"Baltic Surveying","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116639046","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Baltic SurveyingPub Date : 2018-10-31DOI: 10.22616/J.BALTICSURVEYING.2018.005
G. Khasaev, A. Vlasov, D. Vasilieva, V. Parsova
{"title":"Assessment of the Role of Forest Land in Samara Region as Environmental Protection and Land Degradation Prevention Factor","authors":"G. Khasaev, A. Vlasov, D. Vasilieva, V. Parsova","doi":"10.22616/J.BALTICSURVEYING.2018.005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22616/J.BALTICSURVEYING.2018.005","url":null,"abstract":"The article discusses the current state of forest land, the history of formation of large tracts of forest in the Samara region and analyses some of the results of implementation of target programs to improve the forest cover in the region under the Kyoto Protocol. This program was designed for the period from 2006 to 2015, but in 2009 was discontinued. However, large segment of assets was allocated and a number of works was carried out. Currently the objectives of the programme to increase the forest cover in the territory of Samara region through the creation of tracts of forest are not achieved. Tree and shrub plantations play an important role in reducing the activity of processes of erosion, prevent degradation and desertification. Therefore, the problem of increasing forest cover, especially in the steppe zone of the region, to the level of the preindustrial era remains relevant and requires science-based measures for their solution.","PeriodicalId":225470,"journal":{"name":"Baltic Surveying","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125085900","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Baltic SurveyingPub Date : 2018-10-31DOI: 10.22616/j.balticsurveying.2018.008
Irena Kukule, V. Pukite, V. Cintina
{"title":"Similar and Different Aspects of Spatial Development Planning in Latvia and England","authors":"Irena Kukule, V. Pukite, V. Cintina","doi":"10.22616/j.balticsurveying.2018.008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22616/j.balticsurveying.2018.008","url":null,"abstract":"Spatial sustainable development planning and providing is a very responsible process. During the process, many spatial development planning documents for specific different time periods on different planning levels are being developed. However, there are only slight differences between the spatial development planning in many European countries where few of them can notice more than the others. Latvia and England, two European Union countries, which had some significant changes in legislation regarding spatial development planning in 2011, were selected for the comparison.\u0000The research aims to evaluate similar and different aspects of spatial development planning in Latvia and England. To achieve the aim, the information on spatial development planning tendencies in both countries, legislation, development order of planning documents and other aspects. The result is a comparison of different and similar aspects of spatial development planning in Latvia and England.","PeriodicalId":225470,"journal":{"name":"Baltic Surveying","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122970106","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}