Analysing land use change in the Gödöllő Hills during 1990’s

Abstract

In Hungary, economic and social transformation after the political changeover played a major role in the evolution of the rapidly changing structure of the landscape. In order to reconstruct the earlier conditions, we need to familiarise ourselves with the history of the landscape. As the quality of the landscape has been deteriorating at a growing pace, we also need to examine the main parameters of the landscape components. Moreover, we need to devote special attention to the areas most sensitive from the perspective of nature conservation (e.g. the situation of wetlands and forest lands) to be able to monitor their alteration and mitigate the anthropogenic impact if possible. The main objective of this research work was focused on surveying land use change during 1990’s.