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Table 2.1 Studies synthesised in this chapter
Study
Approach
Major contribution to landscape
change research in Europe
Alcantara et al. (2012)
Large-scale analysis
(Eastern Europe)
Advanced research methods for
mapping abandoned agricultural
land at broad scales by using
coarse-resolution satellite
imagery and plant phenology
data. It also provided some
insights into agricultural
abandonment trends in Eastern
Europe
Prishchepov et al. (2012)
Large-scale analysis
(Eastern Europe)
Used the case of the collapse of
socialism in Eastern Europe and
the former Soviet Union as a
natural experiment to
investigate whether the rates of
agricultural land abandonment
responded to different types of
institutional changes, based on
multi-seasonal Landsat
TM/ETMC satellite images
Griffith et al. (2013)
Large-scale analysis
Assessed agricultural land
change in the Carpathian
ecoregion from 1985 to 2010,
using Landsat imagery
Verburg et al. (2013b)
Review
Provided an overview of current
research practices in landscape
assessments and advocated a
land use change research
approach that would not only
focus on dominant land covers,
but also on the landscape
structure and composition, and
its importance for the
functioning of the landscape
Levers et al. (2014)
Large-scale analysis
Compiled time series of
sub-national forest harvesting
intensity patterns in Europe
from 2000 to 2010 and
quantified the influence of a
wide set of biophysical,
infrastructure-related and
socioeconomic variables in
shaping these patterns
(continued)
M. García-Martín et al.
Table 2.1 Studies synthesised in this chapter
Study
Approach
Major contribution to landscape
change research in Europe
Alcantara et al. (2012)
Large-scale analysis
(Eastern Europe)
Advanced research methods for
mapping abandoned agricultural
land at broad scales by using
coarse-resolution satellite
imagery and plant phenology
data. It also provided some
insights into agricultural
abandonment trends in Eastern
Europe
Prishchepov et al. (2012)
Large-scale analysis
(Eastern Europe)
Used the case of the collapse of
socialism in Eastern Europe and
the former Soviet Union as a
natural experiment to
investigate whether the rates of
agricultural land abandonment
responded to different types of
institutional changes, based on
multi-seasonal Landsat
TM/ETMC satellite images
Griffith et al. (2013)
Large-scale analysis
Assessed agricultural land
change in the Carpathian
ecoregion from 1985 to 2010,
using Landsat imagery
Verburg et al. (2013b)
Review
Provided an overview of current
research practices in landscape
assessments and advocated a
land use change research
approach that would not only
focus on dominant land covers,
but also on the landscape
structure and composition, and
its importance for the
functioning of the landscape
Levers et al. (2014)
Large-scale analysis
Compiled time series of
sub-national forest harvesting
intensity patterns in Europe
from 2000 to 2010 and
quantified the influence of a
wide set of biophysical,
infrastructure-related and
socioeconomic variables in
shaping these patterns
(continued)