Landscapes in transition — An account of 25 years of land cover change in Europe

Landscape is one of the most precious assets
contributing to Europe's cultural identity. As landscape
is determined to a large extent by land use, the study
of land use changes, especially through changes in
the land cover, provides clues to the drivers of the
transitions that landscape is currently going through.
New data on land cover change in Europe up to 2012
show that total land cover change increased from
the 2000‑2006 period to the 2006‑2012 period.