Many countries in Central and Eastern Europe have been undergoing marked economic
changes following the collapse of the former" Eastern Bloc" and totalitarian regimes. In the …

Eastern Europe has experienced drastic changes in political and economic conditions
following the breakdown of the Soviet Union. Furthermore, these changes often differ among …

The aim of this study is to bring a unique overview of past, current and plausible future land
use development in Slovakia. The study assessed land change processes and their spatial …

The drastic socio-economic and political changes that occurred after the breakdown of
socialism in Eastern Europe triggered widespread land use change, including cropland …

Land-use changes in Europe have been influenced by social forces including economic,
demographic, political, technological and cultural factors. Contributing to a refined …

Widespread changes of agricultural land use occurred in Eastern Europe since the collapse
of socialism and the European Union's eastward expansion, but the rates and patterns of …

This study has analysed changes in land use and land cover (LUCC) in two post-socialist
countries–Hungary and Poland, based upon cadastral data, statistical data, and CORINE …

In the Mediterranean region, natural vegetation has been strongly affected by human
activities for thousands of years. During the last decades, there has been a notable tendency …

Humans have altered land cover for centuries, and land-cover change is a main component
of global change. Land use transition trajectories, such as the forest transition theory (ie …

Changes in the cultural landscape provide essential evidence about the manner and
intensity of the interactions between humans and nature. Czechia has a specific location in …