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Intensified land use has been furthered primarily by spatial segregation of functions. This challenges a variety of disciplines and requires interdisciplinary cooperation on landscape research. This work presents a collection of papers discussing these challenges from a variety of perspectives.

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Author:   U. Mander ,  M. Antrop
Publisher:   WIT Press
Imprint:   WIT Press
Edition:   Illustrated edition
Volume:   v. 16
ISBN:  

9781853129353

ISBN 10:   1853129356
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   25 September 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Continuity and change in landscapes; Landscape coherence: a new criterion for evaluating impacts of land use changes; Continuity, complexity and change: A hierarchical geoinformation-based approach to explore patterns of change in a cultural landscape in Germany; Landscape mosaics recognition and changes over time: a methodological approach; Indicators for landscape sustainability of farms; The role of land use in the differentiation of cultural landscapes - a historical perspective; Continuity and grassland management in a multifunctional landscape in Middle Jutland (Denmark); Using the past to characterise the present-day biotopes - detecting and classifying change transitions in the landscape; Biodiversity and land-use history of the Alpine riparian landscapes (the example of the Is re River valley , France); Changes in nitrogen input via subsurface drainage systems into the Mulde catchment (Germany) - a mesoscale approach; Changing the landscape: landscape activities undertaken by different types of farmers in two parishes in Denmark between 1987 and 1997; Historical land use analysis landscape development investigations for devising sustainable land use structure: Case from Hungary; Ecological networks in Estonia - from classical roots to current applications.

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