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1. Quantitative-geomorphological and Environmental-historical Impact on the Ecological Soil Depth; Northwestern Croatia.

Author

Lozić, S., Fürst-Bjeliš, B., and Perica, D.

Subjects
*GEOMORPHOLOGY, *SOIL testing, *REGRESSION analysis, *ENVIRONMENTAL history
Abstract

With regard to its geographical position, role and significance,North-Western Croatia represents the key area of the Republic of Croatia. It is the area of a long-lasting continuity of population and a great, although regionally differentiated, agrarian density. A long and intensive pressure on the environment is one of the most important factors which have influenced the ecological soil depth. Because of the presumed influence of the quantitative geomorphological features (average height, relative height, slope length, length and relative height index, inclination, surface regularity, expositions) and lithology features (rock strength coefficient)on the volume and intensity of slope processes, a multiple regression analysis has been carried out for the dependent variable of ecological depth and the quoted variables as independent assessors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2006

2. Analyzing post-socialist grassland conversion in a traditional agricultural landscape – Case study Croatia

Author

Cvitanović, Marin, Lučev, I., Fürst-Bjeliš, B., Slavuj Borčić, L., Horvat, S., Valožić, L., Cvitanović, Marin, Lučev, I., Fürst-Bjeliš, B., Slavuj Borčić, L., Horvat, S., and Valožić, L.

Abstract

Shrub encroachment and agricultural intensification have been a widespread occurrence in the former communist and socialist countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Such changes have strongly affected grassland areas which are seen as hotspots of biodiversity in Europe. In this study we have investigated the changes in grassland cover as well as the causal mechanism of those changes in a selected region in Northern Croatia during the post-socialist transition. By using the mixed methods approach we combined remote sensing, statistical modelling and a household-based questionnaire (n = 285) to map the changes in the grassland cover and to assess the socio-economic and bio-physical contributing factors of the documented changes. The results demonstrate that areas seeing general depopulation trends and population ageing, along with increases in the amount of educated people are characterized by shrub encroachment and farmland abandonment, while flatlands and lowland areas are seeing higher rates of grassland to farmland conversion. The results also show that the partial de-agrarization characteristic for the socialist period has become a full de-agrarization in the post-socialist period, with the main impetus being education, rather than employment, as was the case during socialism.

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