| Title |
The shrinking rate of utilised agricultural land and its components in the Baltic Sea region countries |
| Translation of Title |
Naudojamų žemės ūkio naudmenų ir jų komponentų mažėjimo tempai Baltijos regiono šalyse. |
| Authors |
Bučienė, Angelija |
| DOI |
10.15181/rfds.v6i1.2324 |
| Full Text |
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| Is Part of |
Regional formation and development studies : journal of social sciences.. Klaipėda : Klaipėdos universiteto leidykla. 2012, no. 1 (6), p. 6-14.. ISSN 2029-9370. eISSN 2351-6542 |
| Keywords [eng] |
utilised agricultural land ; arable land ; Meadows and pastures ; shrinking rate |
| Abstract [eng] |
The temporal and spatial changes of land use are important while studying the rural landscapes on both the regional-geographical and environmental scales. In the Baltic Sea region with nine countries (including Russian Federation, represented by Kaliningrad oblast, the utilised agricultural land (UAL) makes about 34 % of total region area on the average. The current research revealed the trends of different shrinking rate of UAL in nine studied countries from 1993 to 2008: it varied within the range between 3 % in Denmark and 43 % in Estonia. Research focus was given to the changes in ratio between arable land and area under meadows and pastures: it increased from 6.5 to 10.9 during 15 years period (1993–2008) on the average, that shows the increase in land use and farming intensity even the UAL area was shrunk. |
| Published |
Klaipėda : Klaipėdos universiteto leidykla |
| Type |
Journal article |
| Language |
English |
| Publication date |
2012 |
