The article attempts to define and determine the intangible components of cultural heritage
related to the spatial structure of land in a comprehensive way using computational …

Historical field systems are an essential part of the traditional cultural landscape of societies
with primarily agricultural subsistence. They embody many functions and values, as they …

Over the last six decades, land-cover patterns in Europe have dramatically changed, and
major future changes are expected. Land-cover changes affect landscape functions …

Even if a landscape is characterized by the occurrence of no particular natural or cultural
attractions, it is of undeniable cultural and historical value since it documents a long-term …

The integral part of the cultural heritage in Europe are agricultural historical landscape
structures. In Slovakia they represent well preserved historical landscape structures. They …

Though on a global scale, for ecological reasons, increased forest cover is universally
regarded as positive, on a local scale, the reforestation of arable land may pose threats to …

Rural land has been affected over the years by profound, complex and difficult to understand
transformations due to natural events, human intervention and changes in natural cycles …

The apparent features of a rural landscape are the final result of the interaction among
several natural and anthropic factors. The analysis of a landscape, as well as the …

Historic rural landscapes are valuable not only as artefacts and as cultural heritage, but also
as natural sites with great scenic qualities. Unfortunately, the total area of these landscapes …

Old maps are a fundamental source for land-use reconstruction frequently used in
biodiversity conservation and environmental management. In particular, cadastral maps as …