Farm Size and Land Use Pattern Changes in Postsocialist Poland

Professional Geographer

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 197-210

  Dannenberg, Peter ^a   Kuemmerle, Tobias ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Central and Eastern Europe; Landsat; Postsocialist transition; Remote sensing; Value chain

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; FARM SIZE; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSAT; REMOTE SENSING; RURAL LANDSCAPE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOCIALISM; STRUCTURAL CHANGE;

POLAND; PYRZYCE; ZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE;

EID: 77951128328     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00330120903546312     Document Type: Article

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