Land-Use Changes Along the Iron Curtain in Czechia - Landscape Modelling: Geographical Space, Transformation and Future Scenarios - page 72

Fig. 6.2 Official price of agricultural land (1992, CZK/m 2 ) in the BTUs of subset Austria (Source:
CORINE Land-cover database, own calculations, Najman, 2008)
Fig. 6.3 Density of population (1991, inhabitants/km 2 ) in the BTUs of subset Austria (Source:
CORINE Land-cover database, own calculations, Najman, 2008)
when interpreting land use, for it smoothes and averages differences between the
intensively used landscape in its eastern part and relatively extensively used one in
the western part.
Land-use changes in the subsets of BTUs bordering West Germany (Fig. 6.4) and
Austria (Fig. 6.5) were studied in two time periods - socialistic (1948-1990) and
restoration of market forces (1990-2000) - and compared to those in the interior of
the country (Fig. 6.6). Several conclusions can be draw from these figures.
Land use generally correlates with both natural and socio-economic conditions
in these regions. The landscape of BTUs bordering West Germany is used very
extensively, with an extreme share of forests (over 55% in 2000), above-average
share of permanent grasslands (over 17% in 2000) and a negligible share of arable
land (15% in 2000). Land use in the subset Austria has greater similarity to that of
the interior of the country (compare Figs. 6.5 and 6.6), although still less intensive
(share of arable land lower by 7 pp and share of forested areas higher by 6 pp in
2000). It is also typical of an above-average share of permanent cultures - especially
vineyards in its eastern part (e.g. Pálava hills); and water areas (4% of the whole