This paper presents the development of quantitative, spatially explicit and alternative
scenarios of future agricultural land use in Europe (the 15 European Union member states …

The structure of agricultural production and spatial patterns of agricultural land use in
Europe are expected to face major changes over the next decades due to changes in global …

The future of agricultural land use in Europe is unknown but is likely to be influenced by the
productivity of crops. Changes in crop productivity are difficult to predict but can be explored …

Major changes in land use may be anticipated in Europe in the decades to come as a result
of technological, socio-economic and political developments as well as global …

The eight papers in this special issue provide an overview of the state-of-the-art in land use
scenario development at the European scale. The results of the Advanced Ecosystem …

This paper presents a range of future, spatially explicit, land use change scenarios for the
EU15, Norway and Switzerland based on an interpretation of the global storylines of the …

The global land system is facing unprecedented pressures from growing human populations
and climatic change. Understanding the effects these pressures may have is necessary to …

Climatic and land use change are amongst the greatest global environmental pressures
resulting from anthropogenic activities. Both significantly influence the provision of crucial …

Given scenarios describing future climates and socio-techno-economics, this study
estimates the consequences for agricultural land use, combining models of crop growth and …

Changes in rural areas, such as depopulation and land abandonment, but also
intensification and loss of biodiversity, usually proceed very slowly yet are often irreversible …