Open AccessLand-use changes in Slovenian terraced landscapes
Author(s) -
Drago Kladnik,
Matjaž Geršič,
Primož Pipan,
Manca Volk Bahun
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
acta geographica slovenica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.473
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 1581-8314
pISSN - 1581-6613
DOI - 10.3986/ags.6988
Subject(s) - terrace (agriculture) , afforestation , urbanization , land use , geography , land use, land use change and forestry , land development , agroforestry , environmental planning , agriculture , ecology , environmental science , forestry , archaeology , biology
This article presents the findings of a study on long-term land-use changes in eight areas of various Slovenian landscapes. The emphasis is on comparing changes on terraced and non-terraced land from the early nineteenth century to the present and on a typological classification of land-use change, whereby a fifth type (i.e., extensification) is added to the established four types in Slovenia: afforestation, grass overgrowth, intensification, and urbanization. The article explains which factors have a decisive impact on land-use changes, especially in terms of abandoning terrace cultivation. The methodology used proves that there are important differences in the rate of land-use change between terraced and non-terraced land.