We analyzed the causes of cropland abandonment in Argeş County, Romania, after the fall
of the Iron Curtain in 1989. Cropland changes were derived from LandSat classifications for …

The transition from command to market-oriented economies drastically affected land
ownership and land management in Eastern Europe and resulted in widespread cropland …

Central and Eastern Europe has experienced fundamental land use changes since the
collapse of socialism around 1990. We analyzed the patterns and determinants of …

Our goal was to understand the underlying drivers and spatial determinants of agricultural
land abandonment following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the subsequent transition …

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

Agricultural land abandonment represents one of the most significant processes affecting
today's European landscapes. This process occurs more intensively in the post-socialist …

This study compares different nationwide multi-temporal spatial data sources and analyzes
the cropland area, cropland abandonment rates and transformation of cropland to other land …

Postsocialist transitions in eastern Europe have focused on the establishment of private
property rights, often to the exclusion of other aspects of rural land-use systems. After the …

The collapse of socialist governance structures in Central and Eastern Europe led to the
widespread abandonment of agricultural land. We estimated and compared the …

Farmland abandonment restructures rural landscapes in many regions worldwide in
response to gradual industrialization and urbanization. In contrast, the political breakdown in …