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 …

Agricultural landscapes in Europe and their transformation

JHA Meeus, MP Wijermans, MJ Vroom - Landscape and urban planning, 1990 - Elsevier
This study has been set up to analyse the interaction between agriculture and landscape in
Europe. Landscapes are in a process of transformation owing to current changes in farming …

[PDF][PDF] Effects of intensification of agriculture on nature and landscape in the Netherlands

WB Harms, AHF Stortelder, W Vos - Land transformation in agriculture, 1987 - Citeseer
In the Netherlands, agriculture largely determines the quality of nature and landscape.
During this century, as agriculture has changed, sohave nature and landscape. Now we are …

Landscape planning for biological diversity in Europe

RHG Jongman - Landscape Research, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
The European landscape reflects its agricultural legacy, but agriculture is losing its dominant
position in the rural economy. The rural landscapes of Europe are in a process of …

Homogenisation and fragmentation of the European landscape: ecological consequences and solutions

RHG Jongman - Landscape and urban planning, 2002 - Elsevier
The rural landscapes of Europe are in both a homogenisation and a fragmentations process.
Regional differences are disappearing due to the dominating equalising impact of the …

Changing environmental characteristics of European cropland

MM Bakker, E Hatna, T Kuhlman, CA Mücher - Agricultural Systems, 2011 - Elsevier
The spatial configuration of agricultural systems is continuously changing in response to
changes in demand for agricultural goods, changes in the level of competition between …

Landscape planning for industrial agriculture: a proposed framework for rural areas

K Kerkstra, P Vrijlandt - Landscape and urban planning, 1990 - Elsevier
Developments in agriculture affect the landscape of the Pleistocene sandy areas in The
Netherlands in a radical way. During recent decades the old landscape pattern has …

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 …

How do we accommodate new land uses in traditional landscapes? Remanence of landscapes, resilience of areas, resistance of people

L Le Dû-Blayo - Landscape Research, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Faced with the challenge of major changes, it is becoming urgent to consider what makes
the specificity and strength of European landscapes, in particular landscapes still fashioned …

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 …