Landscape Diversity Indexes Application for Agricultural Land Use Optimization

AbstractThe paper is focused on land use optimization using landscape metrics (landscape diversity indexes) in order to solve the urgent problem of biological and landscape diversity loss due to intensive agricultural activities. Besides the ecological and social values, more diverse ecosystems appear to be more productive and stable, than are less diverse landscapes, affecting the economic component. Landscape metrics applications allow objectively and expeditiously assess landscape diversity and present an appropriate model for optimized allocation of lands in agro-landscapes