Land use changes of historical structures in the agricultural landscape at the local level — Hriňová case study

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to describe agricultural landscapes in the cadastral area of Hriňova and their development in the context of social and economic changes over the past 60 years. This area is characterized by the occurrence of historical structures of agricultural landscape (HSAL) which are important because they comprise various cultural, environmental and ecological aspects. The assessment of land use changes on the two scales of cadastral area and selected small localities highlights that the most important trend here is agricultural extensification. The results show that despite these changes in land use, the historical structures in the agricultural landscape represented by forms of anthropogenic relief remain a permanent part of this research area.

Keywords

• historical structures in the agricultural landscape
• spatial pattern
• landscape structure
• forms of anthropogenic relief
• land use