This study investigates the intricate and enduring interplay of historical events, human
activities, and natural processes shaping the landscape of North European Plain in western …

The regeneration dynamics of understory vegetation in recent forests, arising from extensive
agricultural land abandonment, is closely related to soil properties and proximity to ancient …

Mountains are diverse environments with a long history of changes in land use and land
cover caused by a combination of natural environmental processes and human activity. The …

The aim of this article is to expand the understanding of the history of cartography of the
lands of southern Poland under Austrian rule in the nineteenth century. The Austrian Second …

Recently, marginal lands have been attracting attention as areas of high cultural and natural
value that are undergoing profound, uncontrolled transformations. These changes are seen …

Abstract Changes in land use induced by human activity trigger a number of processes in
river catchments. These processes are particularly evident in the mountains, where wild …

The objective of this study was to map traces of the past Carpathian landscape recorded in
the microtopography in the chosen study area (25 km2) within the Wiar river basin. The area …

The lack of long-term assessment of the administrative divisions of Galicia, a former part of
the Austrian monarchy, has so far been a serious obstacle in the mapping and spatial …

Landscape permanence is understood as the temporal extent of the dominance of a given
type of landscape, expressed by the temporal continuity of its use. This issue, already being …

Purpose: The paper presents an analysis of changes in the management and use of
agricultural land. The comparative study dealt with the state before Poland's accession to the …