Latent Drivers of Landscape Transformation in Eastern Europe: Past, Present and Future

Sustainability

Renata Včeláková¹  Luca Salvati¹  Ondřej Cudlín¹  Marcela Prokopová¹  Pavel Cudlín¹  Szabolcs Lengyel² 

[1] Global Change Research Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Lipová 9, CZ-37005 České Budějovice, Czech Republic;Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Centre for Eological Research, Danube Research Institute, Department of Tisza Research, Bem tér 18/c, HU-4026 Debrecen, Hungary;

关键词: socioeconomic forces;    global change;    land-use change;    post-socialistic countries;   

DOI  :  10.3390/su10082918

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Land-use changes in Europe have been influenced by social forces including economic, demographic, political, technological and cultural factors. Contributing to a refined conceptualization of multifaceted processes of landscape transformation in the European continent, the present study proposes an extensive review of land-use trends in Eastern Europe, focusing on past, present and future conditions that may characterize latent drivers of change. Three time periods with a specific institutional, political and socioeconomic context reflecting distinct processes of land-use change were identified including: (i) the rapid transition to a centralized political system since the early 1950s (up to the late 1980s); (ii) a progressive transition from communist regimes to parliamentary democracy in 1989–1990 (up to the early 2000s); and (iii) the subsequent accession of individual countries to the European Union (2004–2007) up to nowadays. The most recent land-use trends are increasingly influenced by European directives on the environment, while national policies continue to shape economic development in member states.

【 授权许可】

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