The book contains fourteen chapters covering land-use and general environmental problems in the Ukraine, the role of family farms in the development of the Pays d'Auge, the flow of material in the agricultural landscape, and the driving forces behind landscape dynamics. Includes bibliographic references and index. Land use and landscape changes - the challenge of comparative analysis of rural areas in Europe. Description and analysis of the natural resource base. Land use, nature conservation and regional policy in Alentejo, Portugal.
Landscape changes in Estonia - causes, processes and consequences.
Land-use change in the agricultural region of Weikopolska, Poland. Ecological-economic problems of land use in the Ukraine. Qualitative changes in natural landscapes and land use following radioactive pollution from the Chernobyl accident.