Publication details
Průmyslové cukrovarnictví jako zásadní inovace druhé poloviny 19. století v přeměně říčních niv Moravy
| Title in English | Sugar Industry as Fundamental Innovation of Second Half of 19th Century in Change of River Floodplains in Moravia |
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| Year of publication | 2020 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Listy cukrovarnické a řepařské |
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| Web | http://www.cukr-listy.cz/on_line/2020/PDF/81-88.pdf |
| Keywords | land use changes; riverine plains; sugar beat cultivation; sugar mills |
| Description | The paper deals with the impact of the sugar industry, as a key innovation of the landscape of the second half of the 19th century, on the change in the land use of Moravian floodplains in the Podyjí Region and Haná Region (on the example of the surroundings of sugar mills pairs in Hrušovany nad Jevišovkou and Pohořelice, Brodek near Přerov and Prosenice). Each pair of areas always represents the vicinity of nearby sugar mills, one of which is currently in operation, while the other has already completed its activities. The process of rebuilding the use of riverine plains in the neighborhood of sugar mills was studied using publicly available data – (1) the maps of the Second Austrian military survey from the years 1836-1840 (for the period before the founding of sugar mills), (2) the maps of the Third Austrian military survey reambulled between 1919-1937 (for the period after the establishment of sugar mills) and (3) the recent state on the current aerial photographs (2016 and 2017). All geo-statistical data processing was carried out in the ArcGIS v. 10.5 and Microsoft Excel 2010. There a tenfold decrease in riverine meadows was identified before and after the construction of sugar mills, and meadows did not recover at all after their disappearance. |