Effects of postsocialist reforms on land cover and land use in South-Eastern Albania |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China;2. Qinghai Provincial Key Laboratory of Restoration Ecology of Cold Area, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Science, Xining 810008, China;3. Desert Animal Adaptations and Husbandry, Wyler Department of Dryland Agriculture, Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of Negev, Beer Sheva 8410500, Israel;1. Department of Geography, Environmental Sciences Institute (IUCA), University of Zaragoza, Spain;2. Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands;3. Pyrenean Institute of Ecology (IPE-CSIC), Spain |
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| Abstract: | This paper examines effects of postsocialist reforms on land cover and land use through a case study from South-eastern Albania. The paper uses satellite data to measure changes in land cover between 1988 and 2003, draws on a village survey to assess changes in local land-use practices, and examines shifts in the determinants of land cover through seemingly unrelated regressions at the village level. The results show a high incidence of cropland abandonment especially in lower-lying areas closer to markets. Socio-economic factors have emerged as new determinants of spatial variation, suggesting a growing influence of market principles on land use. |
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