Land-use changes and their environmental impact in rural areas in Europe.

摘要: Introduction. Land use and landscape changes - the challenge of comparative analysis rural areas in Europe. Description natural resource base. use, nature conservation regional policy Alentejo, Portugal. Rural land dynamics driving forcesin space time. Driving factors land-use diversity patterns at multiple scales a case study Normandy, France. Agricultural change under post-productivist transition examples from United Kingdom. Changes within an agglomeration Leipzig-Halle as example. Landscape Estonia causes, processes consequences. Land-use agricultural region Weikopolska, Poland. Land-use/land-cover impacts prospects ecological development European part Russia. Ecological-economic problems Ukraine. Qualitative landscapes following radioactive pollution Chernobyl accident. Conclusions. Index.