The paper explores transformations in agriculture during the period 1995–2015 and shows
their impact on rural landscapes in the case of Austria. When Austria joined the European …

More than half of the German national territory is used for agriculture. Agricultural production
has formed cultural landscapes; some of these have remained unchanged for decades …

The most important recent political development has been the accession to the European
Union in 2004 of eight former communist states and their integration to the Common …

Agricultural land use in Europe has changed considerably in the last decades. However, our
understanding of agricultural land use changes, especially changes in land use intensity, is …

Agriculture is both a large-scale user of land and a provider of landscapes. The adaptation
of agricultural practices to local conditions has led to a wide variety of" cultural landscapes" …

Amidst growing concerns about the impact of agriculture on the environment, the Common
Agricultural Policy (CAP) has been overhauled to prioritize sustainable rural development in …

This chapter shows that how the post-socialist agricultural reconstruction has taken a
number of often very different forms across these 15 countries. It has, in fact, led to social …

This title was first published in 2001. An interdisciplinary team of leading European scholars
bring together case studies from Western and Eastern Europe to illustrate and critically …

With about 78% of farms in the Agri-Environmental Programme (AEP), Austria has one of the
highest participation rates in the European Union. The programme reflects a key concern in …

Agricultural systems can be seen as nested social–ecological systems. European Union
(EU) Member States vary considerably in terms of their agricultural, socio‐economic and …