Disturbance
The
influence of disturbance
Human disturbance and cultural
change
Human effects on natural
disturbance regimes
Extent of human disturbance
Gradient of human modification
The result of disturbance
Land classification
based on disturbance
Disturbance is the major cause of change and can be
natural or human.
Natural disturbance
Natural disturbance takes the form of fire, flooding, volcanic activity,
hurricanes, tornados and cyclones.
Human disturbance
Many of the major disturbances influencing recent landscapes are anthropogenic
in origin. One of the most important elements determining the appearance
and functionality of the landscape is human influence. Humans disrupt
natural processes such as fire and flooding.
This means that the pattern found in the landscape
is largely a result of human processes interacting with natural processes.
These interactions are explored in:
