โ Scribed by Garik Gutman, Volker Radeloff (eds.)
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This work analyzes the effects of one of the most dramatic changes of entire societies that the world has ever witnessed. It explores the collapse of socialist governance and management systems on land cover and land use in various parts of Eastern Europe. As readers will discover, this involved rapid and unprecedented changes such as widespread agricultural abandonment. Changes in the countries of the former Soviet block, former Soviet Union republics, and European Russia are compared and contrasted.
Contributing authors cover topics such as the carbon cycle and the environment, effects of institutional changes on urban centers and agriculture, as well as changes in wildlife populations. The volume includes analysis of the drivers of agricultural land abandonment, forest changes in Black Sea region, an extreme drought event of 2010, impacts of fires on air quality and other land-cover/land-use issues in Eastern Europe. Satellite data used were mostly from optical sensors including night lights observations, with both coarse and medium spatial resolution.
Ultimately, this work highlights the importance of understanding socioeconomic shocks: that is, those brief periods during which societies change rapidly resulting in significant impact on land use and the environment. Thus it shows that change is often abrupt rather than gradual and thereby much harder to predict.
This book is a truly international and interdisciplinary effort, written by a team of scientists from the USA, Europe, and Russia. It will be of interest to a broad range of scientists at all levels within natural and social sciences, including those studying recent and ongoing changes in Europe. In particular, it will appeal to geographers, environmental scientists, remote sensing specialists, social scientists and agricultural scientists.
Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Introduction....Pages 1-11
Overview of Changes in Land Use and Land Cover in Eastern Europe....Pages 13-33
Lighting Tracks Transition in Eastern Europe....Pages 35-56
Land Change in the Carpathian Region Before and After Major Institutional Changes....Pages 57-90
Underlying Drivers and Spatial Determinants of post-Soviet Agricultural Land Abandonment in Temperate Eastern Europe....Pages 91-117
The Effects of Institutional Changes on Landscapes in Ukraine....Pages 119-147
Forest Changes and Carbon Budgets in the Black Sea Region....Pages 149-171
Land Management and the Impact of the 2010 Extreme Drought Event on the Agricultural and Ecological Systems of European Russia....Pages 173-192
Agricultural Fires in European Russia, Belarus, and Lithuania and Their Impact on Air Quality, 2002โ2012....Pages 193-221
Land Change in European Russia: 1982โ2011....Pages 223-241
Back Matter....Pages 243-247
Earth System Sciences;Landscape Ecology;Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning;Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry;Agriculture
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