Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.5513/JCEA01/26.2.4557
Long-term trends of landscape changes in marginal areas: the example of Central Europe (Šahy, Slovakia)
František PETROVIČ
; Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Informatics, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, 949 01 Nitra, Slovakia
*
Peter VARGA
; Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Informatics, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, 949 01 Nitra, Slovakia
Henrich GREŽO
; Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Informatics, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, 949 01 Nitra, Slovakia
Vladimír FALŤAN
; Department of Physical Geography and Geoinformatics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Mlynská dolina, Ilkovičova 6, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia
Ingrid BELČÁKOVÁ
; UNESCO Department for Ecological Awareness and Sustainable Development, Faculty of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Technical University in Zvolen, T.G. Masaryka 24, 960 01 Zvolen, Slovakia
Zita IZAKOVIČOVÁ
; Dept Geog & Geol, Fac Nat Sci, Matej Bel Univ Banska Bystrica, Tajovskeho 40, Banska Bystrica 97401, Slovakia
Ivo MACHAR
; Department of Development and Environmental Studies, Faculty of Science, Palacky University Olomouc, 17. Listopadu 12, 771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic
* Corresponding author.
Abstract
The article presents changes in land use in the marginalized area of Šahy town on the Slovak-Hungarian border in relation to socio-economic changes. The aim of the research was to outline future development trends and propose management measures for the future in terms of the optimal functioning of this area. The assessment of the historical development of the landscape is based on the natural potential of the landscape, to which relevant socioeconomic characteristics are added. These create and characterize the theoretical basis of the processed issue and the methodological concept for further processing. Analyses of the development and use of the landscape in the context of the real development of the landscape according to historical time horizons from the first military mapping (1769 - 1784) to the present state are conditioned by field research. Changes in land use are observed through the analysis of elements of the secondary landscape structure (SLS) and further processed methods of geographic information systems (GIS) and statistical evaluation of data. The evaluated changes are typical for the entire territory of the post-communist countries of Central Europe. They include peripheral regions in terms of environmental preservation depending on urban infrastructure. One of the conclusions of the research is the proposals for management measures for the Šahy town in connection with its strategic planning and strategic documents. The measures are divided into 3 areas - economic, social and environmental. We have determined positive or low in relation to the development of the country in the future.
Keywords
land use; landscape development; trends in the development of the territory; socio-economic processes; Geographical information system; Slovakia
Hrčak ID:
332729
URI
Publication date:
29.6.2025.
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