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 …

Traditionally, agricultural land-use change (LUC) analyses focus on the conversion of
natural land to agriculture especially in developing countries. Studies considering recent …

Many of the semi-natural landscape elements found in rural areas, such as woodlots,
hedgerows and grasslands, were originally maintained as part of the agricultural system …

Agricultural land conversion is resulting from ongoing complex interaction between the
physical environment, policy settings and socio-economic factors. Case studies of the …

In recent decades the intensification of agricultural production in many European countries
has been one of the key components of land-use change. The impact of agricultural …

Recently, we witnessed an immense increase in international land transactions in the Global
South, a phenomenon slowly expanding in northern industrialized countries, too. Even …

Assessing changes in the extent and management intensity of land use is crucial to
understanding land-system dynamics and their environmental and social outcomes. Yet …

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 role of agricultural change in transforming Greek rural landscapes is analysed within the
broader context and theory of agricultural transition from traditional to productivist and post …

Peri-urban areas are characterised by great heterogeneity and rapid changes of land use.
Furthermore, population composition changes as peri-urban areas offer attractive residential …