Almost all rural areas in Europe have been shaped or altered by humans and can be
considered cultural landscapes, many of which now are considered to entail valuable …

Agricultural land abandonment represents one of the most significant processes affecting
today's European landscapes. This process occurs more intensively in the post-socialist …

Central and Eastern Europe has experienced fundamental land use changes since the
collapse of socialism around 1990. We analyzed the patterns and determinants of …

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 …

Historical field systems are an essential part of the traditional cultural landscape of societies
with primarily agricultural subsistence. They embody many functions and values, as they …

The dynamic and magnitude of landscape changes have increased since the 18 and 19th
centuries and accelerated after the Second World War. As a result, traditional landscapes …

Stone walls or lynchets play an important role within, often monotonous, cultural landscapes
by promoting bio-and geo-diversity. This man-made heritage has often evolved over …

The article attempts to define and determine the intangible components of cultural heritage
related to the spatial structure of land in a comprehensive way using computational …

Abstract Changes over the last century in the economic model of European countries and
the development of the market economy have led to intense shifts in land occupation …

In recent years, new settlement mapping products have become available at the global and
continental scale. Although accuracy assessments have indicated the high quality of these …