Similar to other post-communist countries, Slovakia has undergone significant changes in
the last decades—largely through transformation of central planning into a market economy …

The development of urbanisation is linked to qualitative and quantitative changes in the
landscape and its components aimed at strengthening economic, administrative and cultural …

Land consumption due to residential development, economic growth and transportation
belongs to the most serious environmental pressures on landscapes worldwide, in particular …

The relationship between the natural and anthropic components of territorial systems or
complexes of coupled socio-economic and natural systems is changing in time under the …

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 …

The relationship between cities and rural areas is subject to continual change. This was true
in the past, but particularly in the last two centuries. The latter period showed a mass …

The loss of farmland to urban use in peri-urban areas is a global phenomenon. Urban
sprawl generates a decline in the availability of productive agricultural land around cities …

The metropolitan areas of Copenhagen (Denmark) and Oslo (Norway) both aim to facilitate
economic development, opportunities for choice and growth in the building stock while …

This article presents methodology of land use change assessment in the context of
sustainable development and the results of its application based on the transformations that …

ABSTRACT Central and Eastern Europe is experiencing significant land degradation, at the
same time as social, economic and political transformation, and within the broader context of …