The driving forces of landscape change in Europe: A systematic review of the evidence
Abstract
Research on landscape change drivers covers multiple disciplines, methods, and scales. Research biases are revealed related to biogeographic regions and land systems. Land abandonment is the most frequent driver of landscape change in Europe. Combinations of underlying drivers determine landscape change, not single drivers.
- Publication:
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Land Use Policy
- Pub Date:
- November 2016
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 2016LUPol..57..204P
- Keywords:
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- Urbanization;
- Agricultural intensification;
- Land abandonment;
- Proximate and underlying drivers;
- Land use and land cover change;
- Europe