Drivers of change in mountain farming in Slovakia: from socialist collectivisation to the Common Agricultural Policy

P Bezák, J Mitchley - Regional environmental change, 2014 - Springer
The transformations in Slovak agriculture from the 1950s to the present day, considering
both the generic (National and EU) and site-specific (local) drivers of landscape change …

Drivers of grassland loss in Hungary during the post-socialist transformation (1987–1999)

M Biró, B Czúcz, F Horváth, A Révész, B Csatári… - Landscape …, 2013 - Springer
The increase in the speed of land-cover change experienced worldwide is becoming a
growing concern. Major socio-economic transitions, such as the breakdown of socialism in …

Driving forces of main landscape change processes from past 200 years in Central Europe-differences between old democratic and post-socialist countries

H Skokanová, V Falťan, M Havlíček - Ekológia (Bratislava), 2016 - sciendo.com
The article compares and points out differences in driving forces of four main landscape
change processes that shaped post-socialist countries and old democratic countries of …

Land changes in Slovakia: Past processes and future directions

R Pazúr, J Bolliger - Applied Geography, 2017 - Elsevier
The aim of this study is to bring a unique overview of past, current and plausible future land
use development in Slovakia. The study assessed land change processes and their spatial …

Sustainable management recommendations to reduce the loss of agricultural biodiversity in the mountain regions of NE Slovakia

P Bezák, L Halada - Mountain Research and Development, 2010 - BioOne
With well-preserved nature and a geographical location at the border of the West Carpathian
and the East Carpathian biogeographical regions, the Poloniny National Park (NP) ranks …

The development of the Slovak agricultural landscape in a changing world

Z Izakovičová, J Špulerová, A Raniak - Frontiers in Sustainable Food …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The agricultural landscape, which serves as a space for food production and a habitat for all
kinds of living organisms, is under constant pressure to use the land in various different …

Land reforms reflected in the farming landscape in East Bohemia and in Southern Sweden–Two faces of modernisation

J Skaloš, K Molnárová, P Kottová - Applied Geography, 2012 - Elsevier
The issue of monitoring landscape changes at the national scale has recently been
investigated by a number of authors. However, there is a lack of any comparative analyses …

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 …

[PDF][PDF] Agriculture, landscape, biodiversity: scenarios and stakeholder perceptions in the Poloniny National Park (NE Slovakia)

P Bezák, F Petrovič - Ekológia (Bratislava), 2006 - researchgate.net
Landscape and biodiversity changes within agricultural scope, which are the main issues of
our interest, have been shown in the most dynamic way during last 50 years. Traditional …

Contribution of traditional farming to ecosystem services provision: Case studies from Slovakia

J Špulerová, F Petrovič, P Mederly, M Mojses… - Land, 2018 - mdpi.com
The main aim of this study is to assess the benefits provided by the ecosystems of traditional
agricultural landscapes (TAL) and compare them to the outputs of large-scale agriculture …