A case study of the Czech agriculture since 1918 in a socio-metabolic perspective – From land reform through nationalisation to privatisation

Grešlová, Petra

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.05.009

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“…In addition, there seems to be no direct link between HANPP levels and economic structure: capitalist countries do not display substantially different levels than centrally-planned economies, with the evident exception of the Albanian case. Similar findings are presented in other national longterm case studies, such as Czechia and Germany (e.g., Grešlová Kušková, 2013;, warranting a future research focus on the political driving forces and their implications for land-use change.…”

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Exploring long-term trends in land use change and aboveground human appropriation of net primary production in nine European countries

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confidence: 81%

Exploring long-term trends in land use change and aboveground human appropriation of net primary production in nine European countries

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“…However, it is very difficult to distinguish between the individual driving forces, but their combination is predominant [6,43]. In the case of the Czechia, it is generally necessary to emphasize the predominance of the political and economic drivers for the land use changes, with an influence of the natural conditions creating a specific regional pattern of these changes [29,33,42].…”

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“…Lipský [32] comes to similar conclusions and focuses on the development of "new wilderness" (abandoned agricultural land under succession) on marginal soils unsuitable for agriculture. Further extensification of land use in Czech mountains and highlands during last several decades was confirmed by Grešlová-Kušková [33] or Lorencová et al [34] whose use of quantitative modelling and scenarios enables them to predict further spatial differentiation and separation of land cover classes-particularly of arable land and grasslands-in Czechia. Kabrda [35,36] analyzed changes of the overall pattern of land use in Czechia since the mid-19th century, dividing individual Czech cadastral units into four types of "structure of agricultural land use" (SALU).…”

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“…The extent of arable land reached its long-term peak in the late 19th century, marking the final phases of extensive expansion of agriculture [11]. Then the share of arable land started to decrease continuously, as a result of agricultural modernization that led to a fast growth of intensity (yields) and thus a lesser need for land, and imports of foodstuff and feed [33]. The decline in the area of arable land continued after the Velvet Revolution due to a transformational slump in agricultural production and new environment-friendly agricultural policies, including supports for grassing-over on arable land and maintenance of grasslands, especially in Less Favored Areas (LFAs).…”

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Regional Differentiation of Long-Term Land Use Changes: A Case Study of Czechia

Štych

Kabrda

Bičı́k

et al. 2019

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The major topic of this article is the evaluation of the regional differentiation of the long-term changes in land use in Czechia. This study searches the spatial and temporal differentiation of the changes and their driving forces since the 19th century. The comprehensive land use land cover change database (LUCC Czechia Database) which comprises cadastral data on the land use in the years 1845, 1896, 1948, 1990, 2000, and 2010 for more than 8000 units, was the main data source. The chief benefit of this article can be seen in the methodical procedures of the application of the “Rate of heterogeneity” (H) derived from the Gini coefficient in the research of the differentiation/inequality of the long-term land use change. GIS modeling tools were used to calculate the selected geographical characteristics (altitude and slope) of the examined units for the purpose of searching the factors of the land use changes. The results show a strong trend in the differentiation of the long-term land use changes. Two main antagonistic processes took place in the land use structure during the observed period of 1845–2010. The fertile regions experienced agricultural intensification with the concentration of the arable land in these regions. On the other hand, the infertile regions experienced extensification, accompanied by afforestation and grass planting during the last decades. The influence of natural conditions (altitude and slope) on the distribution of the land use has been growing—the arable land has been concentrated into the lower altitudes and, more significantly, into less steep areas. Grasslands and forests predominantly occupy the less favored areas with higher altitudes and steeper slopes. The built-up areas have been strongly concentrated and regionally polarized. In 1845, half of the Czech built-up areas were concentrated in 31% of the total country area, whereas in 2010, it was in 21%.

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“…2005;Jeleček 1984;Kušková et al . 2008;Grešlová Kušková 2013) . It contributes to long-term socioecological research, which concentrates on socioecological systems (Redman et al .…”

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Social metabolism of Czech agriculture in the period 1830–2010

Grešlová¹,

Gingrich²,

Krausmann³

et al. 2015

Auc Geographica

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This article presents the concept of social metabolism and highlights its use for the analysis of the development of agriculture in Czechia. Similar to the general discipline of geography, social metabolism investigates the interactions between people and nature throughout time and space. In this article, we apply social metabolism methods, such as energy flow analysis (EFA), to investigate the transformation of Czech agriculture during the 1830-2010 period. The article is based on public data, as well as datasets compiled by the authors. The article documents the changes in Czechia's historical development and its effect on land use and agriculture through the observation of several metabolic key indicators within their historical context. It primarily concentrates on changes in crop and livestock production, land use, and associated demographic and societal developments. We conclude that the strategies of all political regimes in the 19th and most of the 20th century increased the socio-metabolic output of agriculture, despite a very different political and economic background. Only the collapse of the Eastern Block resulted in a restructuring of the agricultural sector that produced a visible change in agricultural energy flows trends.

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A case study of the Czech agriculture since 1918 in a socio-metabolic perspective – From land reform through nationalisation to privatisation

Cited by 37 publications

References 20 publications

Exploring long-term trends in land use change and aboveground human appropriation of net primary production in nine European countries

Exploring long-term trends in land use change and aboveground human appropriation of net primary production in nine European countries

Regional Differentiation of Long-Term Land Use Changes: A Case Study of Czechia

Social metabolism of Czech agriculture in the period 1830–2010

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