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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:

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