Landscape connectivity: the geographic basis of geomorphic applications |
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| Authors: | Gary Brierley Kirstie Fryirs Vikrant Jain |
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| Affiliation: | School of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand Email:; Department of Physical Geography, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW 2109, Australia |
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| Abstract: | Geographic concerns for spatial relationships lie at the heart of geomorphic applications in environmental management. The way in which landscape compartments fit together in a catchment influences the operation of biophysical fluxes, and hence the ways in which disturbance responses are mediated over time. These relationships reflect the connectivity of the landscape. A nested hierarchical framework that emphasizes differing forms of (dis)connectivity in catchments is proposed. This field-based geomorphic tool can be used to ground the application of modelling techniques in analysis of catchment-scale biophysical fluxes. |
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| Keywords: | geomorphology connectivity disconnectivity spatial relations modelling biophysical template environmental management |
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