Bartłomiej Szypuła

BARTŁOMIEJ SZYPUŁA, PhD, University ProfessorInstitute of Earth Sciences · Faculty of Natural Sciences · University of Silesia in Katowice

Publications

Complete published scientific output

Articles

    2026

    • Krodkiewska M., Cieplok A., Spyra A., Koczorowska A., Waga J., Fajer M., Szypuła B., Molenda T. 2026. Value of ponds in bomb craters formed during World War II in maintaining biodiversity. The European Zoological Journal, 93(1), 936–948. DOI: 10.1080/24750263.2026.2716439
    • Waga J.M., Sendobry K., Jochymczyk K., Pierwioła J., Grabiec M., Szypuła B., Dolejš M., Fajer M., 2026. Identification of remnants of World War II air campaign for spatial management using geophysical methods (Koźle Basin, Southern Poland). Quaestiones Geographicae, 45, 1. DOI: 10.14746/quageo-2026-0004

    2025

    • Marciak M., Sobczyński D., Szypuła B., Abadi O., Mróz K. 2025. Jesus’ Itineraries in the Light of GIS Research: Three Case Studies. The Biblical Annals, 15, 3, 551-592. DOI: 10.31743/ba.18331
    • Żemła-Siesicka A., Szypuła B., Myga-Piątek U., Piechota A.M. 2025. How to assess landscape changes caused by land subsidence due to deep coal mining? Methodology tested in the mining area of Jastrzębie coal company (Southern Poland). Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 115, 108025. DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2025.108025

    2024

    • Szypuła B., Głogowski P., Marciak M. 2024. In search of the Plains of Gaugamela. Iranica Antiqua, 59, 63-82. DOI: 10.2143/IA.59.0.3293982
    • Abadi O., Szypuła B., Marciak M. 2024. The Jerusalem Pilgrimage Road in the Second Temple Period: An Anthropological and Archaeological Perspective. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 16, 173. DOI: 10.1007/s12520-024-02079-1
    • Rahmonov O., Szypuła B., Sobala M., Islamova Z.B., 2024. Environmental and land use changes as a consequence of land reform in the Urej River catchment (western Tajikistan). Resources, 13, 59. DOI: 10.3390/resources13040059
    • Pirowski T., Szypuła B. 2024. Dasymetric population mapping using building data. Annals of the American Association of Geographers. DOI: 10.1080/24694452.2024.2313500
    • Michałowska K., Pirowski T., Głowienka E., Szypuła B., Malinverni E.S. 2024. Sustainable Monitoring of Mining Activities: Decision-Making Model Using Spectral Indexes. Remote Sensing, 16, 388. DOI: 10.3390/rs16020388

    2023

    • Wójcikowski R.S., Bonacossi D.M., Marciak M., Szypuła B. 2023. Memorials of the Battle of Gaugamela in the Navkur Plain. PARTHICA, 25, 31-84. DOI: 10.19272/202303501002
    • Czajka A., Rahmonov O., Szypuła B. 2023. The natural consequences of land use change on transformation and vegetation development in the upper Odra floodplain. Water, 15, 3493. DOI: 10.3390/w15193493
    • Marciak M., Sobczyński D., Abadi O., Szypuła B., Schwimmer L., Čilová M. 2023. In Search of Ancient Pre-Roman Imperial Roads: A Case Study of the Application of Remote Sensing in Road Archaeology in the Southern Levant. Remote Sensing, 15, 4545. DOI: 10.3390/rs15184545
    • Marciak M., Szypuła B., Sobczyński D., 2023. In search of ancient pre-Roman imperial roads: state of research and some methodological recommendations. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 15. DOI: 10.1007/s12520-023-01820-6
    • Waga J.M., Fajer M., Szypuła B. 2023. Current and potential landscape functions of areas with the remnants of World War II bombing in the Koźle Basin, southern Poland. Environmental & Socio-economic Studies, 11, 2: 29-41. DOI: 10.2478/environ-2023-0009
    • Szypuła B., 2023. Accuracy of UAV-based DEMs without ground control points. GeoInformatica. DOI: 10.1007/s10707-023-00498-1

    2022

    • Waga J.M., Szypuła B., 2022. Past and present capabilities for inventorying natural resources and cultural heritage – reflections based on the research of Jakub Waga. Studia Łomżyńskie, XXXIIa, 19-34. ResearchGate
    • Waga J.M., Fajer M., Szypuła B., 2022. The scars of war: A programme for the identification of the environmental effects of World War II bombings for the purposes of spatial management in the Koźle Basin. Environmental & Socio-economic Studies, 10, 1: 57-67. DOI: 10.2478/environ-2022-0005
    • Waga J.M., Szypuła B., Sendobry K., Fajer M., 2022. Traces of human activity in the woodlands of the “Cistercian Landscape Compositions of Rudy Wielkie” landscape park read from LiDAR data and their importance in heritage protection. Czasopismo Geograficzne, 93,1: 107-138. DOI: 10.12657/czageo-93-05 (in Polish)
    • Waga J.M., Szypuła B., Fajer M., 2022. Heritage of war: Analysis of bomb craters using LiDAR (Kędzierzyn-Koźle, Poland). International Journal of Conservation Science, 13, 2: 593-608 ResearchGate
    • Myga-Piątek U., Sobala M., Szypuła B., 2022. Do national parks protect natural landscapes? Journal for Nature Conservation, 68, 126229. DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2022.126229
    • Rahmonov O., Czajka A., Nádudvari Á, Fajer M., Spórna T., Szypuła B. 2022. Soil and vegetation development on coal-waste dump in southern Poland. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19, 9167. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19159167
    • Pirowski T., Szypuła B., Marciak M. 2022. Interpretation of multispectral satellite data as a tool for detecting archaeological artefacts (Navkur Plain and Karamleis Plain, Iraq). Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 14:166. DOI: 10.1007/s12520-022-01637-9
    • Waga J.M., Szypuła B., Fajer M., 2022. The archaeology of unexploded WWII bomb sites in the Koźle Basin, southern Poland. International Journal of Historical Archaeology, DOI: 10.1007/s10761-022-00672-5
    • Dobiński W., Szafraniec J.E., Szypuła B. 2022. Area and borders of Antarctic permafrost – A review and synthesis. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 34(1), 37–51. DOI: 10.1002/ppp.2170
    • Waga J.M., Szypuła B., Sendobry K., Fajer M. 2022. Anthropogenic landforms derived from LiDAR data in the woodlands near Kotlarnia (Koźle Basin, Poland). Sensors, 2022, 22, 8328. DOI: 10.3390/s22218328

    2021

    • Faměra M., Grygar T.M., Ciszewski D., Czajka A., Álvarez-Vázquez M.A., Hron K. Fačevicová K., Hýlová V., Tůmová Š., Světlík I., Zimová K., Dvořáková K., Szypuła B., Hošek M., Henych J. 2021. Anthropogenic records in a fluvial depositional system: the Odra River along the Czech-Polish border. Anthropocene, 34, 100286. DOI: 10.1016/j.ancene.2021.100286
    • Marciak M., Szypuła B., Sobiech M., Pirowski T. 2021. The battle of Gaugamela and the question of visibility on the battlefield. Iraq, 83:87-103. DOI: 10.1017/irq.2021.11

    2020

    • Szypuła B., 2020. DEM from topographic maps - as good as DEM from LiDAR? In: Alvioli M., Marchesini I., Melelli L., Guth P. (eds.), Proceedings of the Geomorphometry 2020 Conference, p. 119-123. DOI: 10.30437/GEOMORPHOMETRY2020_34
    • Szypuła B., Wieczorek M., 2020. Geomorphometric relief classification with the k-median method in the Silesian Upland, southern Poland. Frontiers of Earth Science, 14(1): 152 -170. DOI: 10.1007/s11707-019-0765-9
    • Godziek J., Szypuła B., 2020: Durability of forest cover in the Ochotnica Valley (Gorce Mts.) and in the Solinka Valley (Bieszczady Mts.) in the 18th-21st centuries. Geographia Polonica, 93(1): 69-88. DOI: 10.7163/GPol.0163
    • Gądek B., Szumny M., Szypuła B., 2020. Classification of the Tatra Mountain lakes in terms of the duration of their ice cover (Poland and Slovakia). Journal of Limnology, 79(1): 70-81. DOI: 10.4081/jlimnol.2019.1920
    • Szypuła B., 2020. Digital adaptation of the Geomorphological Map of Upper Silesian Industrial Region, Poland (1:50,000) – old map new possibilities. Journal of Maps, 16(2), 614-624. DOI: 10.1080/17445647.2020.1800528
    • Sobala M., Myga-Piątek U., Szypuła B., 2020. Assessment of changes in a viewshed in the Western Carpathians landscape as a result of reforestation. Land, 9 (11), 430. DOI: 10.3390/land9110430
    • Marciak M., Głogowski P., Szypuła B., Pirowski T., Gomiero G. 2020. Gaugamela in the Plains of Nineveh? The Southern Location of the Battle of Gaugamela Reconsidered. Anabasis. Studia Classica et Orientalia, 11: 60-110.

    2019

    • Łupikasza E., Szypuła B., 2019. Vertical climatic belts in the Tatra Mountains in the light of current climate change. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 136, 1-2:249-264. DOI: 10.1007/s00704-018-2489-2
    • Szypuła B., 2019. Quality assessment of DEM derived from topographic maps for geomorphometric purposes. Open Geosciences, 11:843-865. DOI: 10.1515/geo-2019-0066

    2018

    • Stefańska-Krzaczek E., Fałtynowicz W., Szypuła B., Kącki Z., 2018. Diversity loss of lichen pine forests in Poland. European Journal of Forest Research, 137, 4: 419-431. DOI: 10.1007/s10342-018-1113-4
    • Łuszczyńska K., Wistuba M., Malik I., Krąpiec M., Szypuła B., 2018. Dendrochronological dating as the basis for developing a landslide hazard map – An example from the Western Carpathians, Poland. Geochronometria, 45(1), 173–184. DOI: 10.1515/geochr-2015-0093
    • Godziek J., Szypuła B., 2018. A study of changes in forest cover in the Ochotnica valley in the 19th-20th centuries based on cartographic materials. Dissertations of Cultural Landscape Commission, 39(1):189-206. DOI: 10.30450/201811

    2017

    • Szypuła B., 2017. Quantitative studies of the morphology of the south Poland using Relief Index (RI). Open Geosciences, 9:509-524. DOI: 10.1515/geo-2017-0039

    2016

    • Stefańska-Krzaczek E., Kącki Z., Szypuła B., 2016. Coexistence of ancient forest species as an indicator of high species richness. Forest Ecology and Management, 365:12–21. DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2016.01.012
    • Szypuła B., 2016. Geomorphometric comparison of DEMs built by different interpolation methods. Landform Analysis, 32:45-58. DOI: 10.12657/landfana.032.004

    2014

    • Szypuła B., 2014. Quantitative changes of anthropogenic relief over the last 100 years in the Silesian Upland (south Poland). Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, 58(2):175-183. DOI: 10.1127/0372-8854/2013/0111

    2013

    • Szypuła B., 2013. Spatial distribution and statistic analysis of the anthropogenic line forms on the different basic fields. Environmental & Socio-economic Studies. Vol. 1, Issue 2, 1–14. DOI: 10.1515/environ-2015-0007 .

    2011

    • Szypuła B., Wieczorek M., 2011. Geomorphometric relief analysis of the Silesian Upland using the TPI method. [In]: Żyszkowska W., Spallek W. (eds),: The main problems of modern cartography. Application of statistics in GIS and cartography. Wrocław. s. 73–82. (in Polish) ResearchGate
    • Szypuła B., 2011. Analysis of the anthropogenic relief of the Silesian Upland in the light of cartographic data. Kształtowanie środowiska geograficznego i ochrona przyrody na obszarach uprzemysłowionych i zurbanizowanych, 43: 89-98. DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.9944228 . (in Polish)

    2010

    • Szypuła B., 2010. Digital terrain models as primary data source in geomorphometry. [In]: Żyszkowska W., Spallek W. (eds), 2010: Digital elevation models in cartography. Wrocław University IGiRR, Department of Cartography. Wrocław. s. 110-121. (in Polish) ResearchGate

    2009

    • Szypuła B., 2009. Research on the rock strength of the Silesian Upland using Schmidt hammer. Geographia. Studia Et Dissertationes, 31: 65-80. (in Polish) ResearchGate

    2008

    • Szypuła B., 2008. Examples of application of cartographic-GIS analysis in the research of Silesian Upland relief. [In]: Żyszkowska W., Spallek W. (eds): Spatial analysis in cartography. Wrocław University IGiRR, Department of Cartography. Wrocław s. 79-94. (in Polish) ResearchGate

    2005

    • Szypuła B., 2005. The development of research on the relief of the Silesian Upland. Geographia. Studia Et Dissertationes, 27: 171-216. (in Polish)

    Books and book chapters

    • Piechota A.M.,Szypuła B., 2019. GIS Basics (ArcGIS). ECDL EPP GIS. Stowarzyszenie Komputer i Sprawy Szkoły KISS. 82 s. ISBN 978-83-941515-7-7 (in Polish) ResearchGate
    • Szypuła B., 2017. Digital elevation models in geomorphology. [In]: Shukla D.P. (Ed.), Hydro-Geomorphology – Models and Trends. InTech, pp. 81-112. DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.68447
    • Cieślak I., Dobińska M., Jankowska M., Kiedrowicz M., Kowalczyk A., Kulawiak M., Szuniewicz K., Szypuła B., Zwirowicz-Rutkowska A., 2015. Enhancing a city via GIS: Issues and challenges. Croatian Information Technology Society, GIS Forum. Nacionalna knjižnica, Zagreb. ISBN 978-953-6129-53-9 ResearchGate
    • Piechota A.M., Szypuła B., 2014. Basics of working with GIS software (ArcGIS 10). University of Silesia in Katowice, Katowice. 128 pp. ISBN 978-83-939308-0-7 (in Polish) ResearchGate

    Maps

    • Szypuła B. (red.), 2017. Geomorphological map of GOP 1:50 000 – digital version. WNoZ UŚ, Sosnowiec. DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.9904679.v1
    • Gądek B., Szypuła B., 2015. The contemporary cryosphere. Map 1: 250 000. [In]: Tatra atlas – Inanimate nature, sheet V-1. Wydawnictwa Tatrzańskiego Parku Narodowego, Zakopane.
    • Jania J., Dulias R., Szypuła B., Tyc A., 2014. Digital geomorphological map of Poland 1:100 000 sheet Katowice. GUGiK, GEPOL, Warsaw.

    Other studies

    • Weigle A., Kiczyńska A., Badora K., Wróbel R., Botwina J., Klimczewska A., Chmielewski S., Wasilewski M., Gębka (Ulawska) A., Myga-Piątek U., Nita J., Sitek S., Pytel S., Żemła-Siesicka A., Piechota A., Pukowiec-Kurda K., Szypuła B., Sobala M., Cieszewska A., Adamczyk J., Wałdykowski P., Giedych R., Dudek-Klimiuk J., Maksymiuk G., Olborska P., Orzińska J., Borsa M., Grzybowski A., Nagel P., Jadach-Sepioło A., Starczewski D., Pawlak Z., Andrzejewska M., Pawłowski A. 2025. Landscape Audit of the Silesian Voivodeship. Katowice, Warszawa, 181 s. (in Polish) Resources
    • Sitek S., Pytel S., Sitek A., Soczówka A., Szczepańska-Góra A., Szypuła B., Zuzańska-Żyśko E., 2019. Delimitation of the degraded area and revitalization area in Sosnowiec. AXIS Foundation – Initiatives Forum, Sosnowiec. 80 pp. Principal: City Hall of Sosnowiec. (in Polish, unpublished)
    • Brański J., Czajka A., Kadłubowski A., Maciążek E., Mierkiewicz M., Sasim M., Szypuła B., Żelaziński J., 2007. Hydrological and morphological conditions and consequences of the development of the Oder waterway, Research and implementation project, 89 pp. Principal: WWF – World Wildlife Fund Project No. 542100/54000/umowa nr 07224 (in Polish, unpublished)