Planners and decision-makers entitled for rural land use planning seem to be challenged by
the growing multidimensional nature of rural areas. The emergence of non-agricultural land …

Urbanization pressure increases the demand on remaining open spaces to deliver food and
biomass, as well as other ecosystem services, but it is often paired with a reduced capacity …

The increasing importance of environmental studies brings even biology to a change in the
scientific paradigm. That means a passage from reductionism to a systemic approach and …

My observation based on the discussion in Chapter 1 is that domestic gardens belong to the
singular and generally less appreciated parts of the territory. A vicious circle of non-attention …

The coming decades, we face the difficult task to maintain reasonable standards of living
and restoring our ecosystems, while adapting to the consequences of global change and …

This reflection develops a way to understand interfaces in landscape and land use from a
governance perspective using the Policy Arrangement Approach (PAA). When interfaces …

Figure 3.1 Area of Flanders allocated for agricultural use 41 Figure 3.2 Location of the study
areas in Flanders 44 Figure 3.3 Spatial distribution of the non-agricultural economic …

The study of L. functions continues in this chapter, presenting the main processes related to
protective and recovery systems. The differences between natural and human geometries …

Land is a scarce resource and should be used in such a way that the increasing global
demand for food and feed can be fulfilled, ensuring sufficient levels of ecosystem services …