Mapping mountain areas: learning from Global, European and Norwegian perspectives  

作　　者：Martin F.PRICE Tor ARNESEN Erik GL?ERSEN Marc J.METZGER 

机构地区：[1]Centre for Mountain Studies, Perth College, University of the Highlands and Islands [2]Mountain Research Programme, Eastern Norway Research Institute [3]Spatial Foresight, Territorial Policy Support and Research [4]Research Institute of Geography and the Lived Environment, School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh

出　　处：《Journal of Mountain Science》2019年第1期1-15,共15页山地科学学报（英文）

摘　　要：Defining the spatial extent of mountain areas has long been a challenge. In the present century, the availability of digital elevation models(DEMs) incorporated into geographic information systems(GIS) has allowed the definition of mountain areas based on topographic and other criteria. This paper presents the various delineations of mountains that have been prepared at three scales – global, regional(Europe), and national – and explores the reasons and processes leading to these delineations, and how they have been used. A detailed case study is then presented for Norway. Overall, two types of approaches to mapping mountains have been taken: first, considering mountains per se, based on elevation and/or topography; second, considering them among other categories, e.g., landforms or biogeographical, environmental or landscape zones. All attempts to map mountain areas derive essentially from the objectives of those commissioning and/or undertaking the work; a unitary definition remains unlikely.Defining the spatial extent of mountain areas has long been a challenge. In the present century, the availability of digital elevation models(DEMs) incorporated into geographic information systems(GIS) has allowed the definition of mountain areas based on topographic and other criteria. This paper presents the various delineations of mountains that have been prepared at three scales – global, regional(Europe), and national – and explores the reasons and processes leading to these delineations, and how they have been used. A detailed case study is then presented for Norway. Overall, two types of approaches to mapping mountains have been taken: first, considering mountains per se, based on elevation and/or topography; second, considering them among other categories, e.g., landforms or biogeographical, environmental or landscape zones. All attempts to map mountain areas derive essentially from the objectives of those commissioning and/or undertaking the work; a unitary definition remains unlikely.

关 键 词：MOUNTAINS MAPPING GEOGRAPHIC information systems EUROPE Norway TOPOGRAPHY 

分 类 号：P9[天文地球—自然地理学]