Agricultural land abandonment and its impacts on landscape features have been a striking
characteristic of many European rural areas over the last decades. Although previous …

The effects of human activity on geomorphic processes, particularly those related to
denudation/sedimentation, are investigated by reviewing case studies and global …

Anticipating future land use and land cover (LULC) changes can improve our knowledge of
the complexity of human-environment interactions that lead to transformations in the …

The second half of the 20th century has been characterised by the rural abandonment in
several regions of the Mediterranean basin. The general collapse of traditional agriculture …

Driven by urbanization and industrialization, arable land in hilly and mountainous regions of
China is gradually becoming marginalized, with the extent of arable land abandonment …

Land abandonment in the Mediterranean mountains since the 20th century has led to a
reduction of ecosystem services, due to revegetation and homogenization of the landscape …

Farmland abandonment is a major proximate driver of landscape change in European rural
areas and is often followed by natural revegetation. In certain conditions, it might be …

The Mediterranean mountains have undergone an intense process of land abandonment
since the mid-20th century, with far-reaching changes to the landscape (homogeneity and …

The Mediterranean mountainous landscapes have undergone large-scale exploitation for
millennia. In the Central Pyrenees, land abandonment has occurred since the 1950s …

Cultivated land protection is related to food security and sustainable development. As an
important reserve resource, the protection and development of cultivated land in …