Context The reasons for recent landscape change in the European countryside are complex
and poorly substantiated. Identification of drivers of landscape transition and assessment of …

Over the past decades, urban sprawl and agricultural intensification have enormously
changed the traditional cultural landscape of the Swiss lowlands. This research aims to …

Over the past decades, landscapes worldwide have experienced changes (eg, urbanization,
agricultural intensification, expansion of renewable energy uses) at magnitudes that put their …

Landscapes have been changing at an increasing pace over the past century, with
countless consequences for humans and their surrounding environments. Information on …

Land is the foundation of our society and a source of economic growth. On land we build our
homes, transport goods, grow our food and produce our energy. We expect land to filter our …

Many of the semi-natural landscape elements found in rural areas, such as woodlots,
hedgerows and grasslands, were originally maintained as part of the agricultural system …

Landscape change is driven by various actors and forces which trigger a specific rate of
change. Today, many landscapes change in a direction and with a rate considered …

This study shows the link between land use, landscape changes, and ecosystem services.
Two pilot areas were investigated for how land use changes from 1824 to 2013 affect the …

Landscape appearance is controlled by a range of different environmental and human-
induced factors, although there is still a lack of knowledge about the significance of …

For a quarter of a century, sustainable development has been on the political and research
agendas. Within the field of landscape ecology, a wide array of research has documented …