Landscape and modernizing agriculture: a case study of three areas in Finland in 1954–1998

R Hietala-Koivu - Agriculture, ecosystems & environment, 2002 - Elsevier
Landscape changes during 1954–1998 in the districts of Toholampi, Nurmijärvi and Liperi,
in west, south and east Finland, are described in relation to agricultural modernization. The …

Agricultural landscape change: a case study in Yläne, southwest Finland

R Hietala-Koivu - Landscape and Urban Planning, 1999 - Elsevier
The structural changes during a period of 39 years in an agricultural landscape in Yläne,
southwest Finland, are described, using the following indices: landscape percentage …

Patterns of change in two contrasting Norwegian agricultural landscapes

WJ Fjellstad, WE Dramstad - Landscape and Urban Planning, 1999 - Elsevier
As in many parts of Europe, two opposing forces of change have shaped Norwegian
agricultural landscapes during the last decades: intensification of cultivation in favourable …

Land reforms reflected in the farming landscape in East Bohemia and in Southern Sweden–Two faces of modernisation

J Skaloš, K Molnárová, P Kottová - Applied Geography, 2012 - Elsevier
The issue of monitoring landscape changes at the national scale has recently been
investigated by a number of authors. However, there is a lack of any comparative analyses …

Agricultural land use and landscape changes in Rostrup, Denmark: processes of intensification and extensification

SP Kristensen - Landscape and urban Planning, 1999 - Elsevier
This article examines some of the landscape changes which have accompanied agricultural
developments in Denmark over the past 25 years. GIS is used to analyse the spatial aspects …

Farm size and landscape composition in relation to landscape changes in Denmark

G Levin - Geografisk Tidsskrift-Danish Journal of Geography, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Geografisk Tidsskrift, Danish Journal of Geography 106 (2): 45–59, 2006 This
paper explores relationships between farm size and landscape composition in terms of …

GIS analysis of change in an agriculture landscape in Central Finland

R Ruuska, J Helenius - Agricultural and Food Science, 1996 - journal.fi
Abstract Changes in landscape over a period of 50 years were analysed in a rural area of
324 ha in Central Finland. The data were digitized from aerial photographs of the National …

Land use intensity and landscape complexity—Analysis of landscape characteristics in an agricultural region in Southern Sweden

AS Persson, O Olsson, M Rundlöf, HG Smith - Agriculture, Ecosystems & …, 2010 - Elsevier
It is generally recognised that agricultural intensification has lead to simplification of
landscape structure, but it has not been clarified if this is a ubiquitous relationship. That is, it …

The transformation of agricultural landscapes in Western Europe

JHA Meeus - Science of the total environment, 1993 - Elsevier
Today's agricultural landscapes are becoming decors, as the old pattern of conditions for
regionally differentiated farming systems is disappearing. The variety of regionally …

Functional and structural changes of agricultural landscapes: how changes are conceived by local farmers in two Danish rural communities

J Primdahl, L Kristensen, AG Busck… - Landscape Research, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
The subject of this paper is the views of farmers concerning their local landscape. In two
contrasting Danish case study areas previously analysed in the 1990s, a small number of …