Demographic development and changes of land-use in the Beskid Niski Mountains, Poland, between 1869 and 2009

Two different stages of demographic development with successive changes in land- use patterns and directions can be distinguished in the Beskid Niski in Poland during the past 140 years. These stages are separated by tragic events this region experienced in the 1940s (forced population resettlement)...

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Main Author: Soja Maria
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Language:English
Published: Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń 2012-11-01
Series:Bulletin of Geography. Socio-Economic Series
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/v10089-012-0023-3
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description Two different stages of demographic development with successive changes in land- use patterns and directions can be distinguished in the Beskid Niski in Poland during the past 140 years. These stages are separated by tragic events this region experienced in the 1940s (forced population resettlement). The first stage of demographic development is characterised by natural, consecutive changes comparable to other areas in the whole Carpathians. The second stage stretches from the end of World War II until the present day. The ‘revolutionary’ character and changes initiated by this stage are nothing like these observed in other regions of the Polish Carpathians back then as well as presently (except for Bieszczady Mountains). Stemming from rapid demographic processes most changes are observed in land-use and natural environment (unexpectedly halted anthropopression), although they also affect social structures and economic processes specific for mountainous areas.
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spelling doaj-art-2ebedf045dc84e118efe13f87222b5f32025-08-20T03:33:18ZengNicolaus Copernicus University in ToruńBulletin of Geography. Socio-Economic Series1732-42542012-11-01181810911510.2478/v10089-012-0023-3Demographic development and changes of land-use in the Beskid Niski Mountains, Poland, between 1869 and 2009Soja Maria0Jagiellonian University, Institute of Geography and Spatial Management, Gronostajowa 7, 30-387 Kraków, Poland; phone: +48 126 645 317Two different stages of demographic development with successive changes in land- use patterns and directions can be distinguished in the Beskid Niski in Poland during the past 140 years. These stages are separated by tragic events this region experienced in the 1940s (forced population resettlement). The first stage of demographic development is characterised by natural, consecutive changes comparable to other areas in the whole Carpathians. The second stage stretches from the end of World War II until the present day. The ‘revolutionary’ character and changes initiated by this stage are nothing like these observed in other regions of the Polish Carpathians back then as well as presently (except for Bieszczady Mountains). Stemming from rapid demographic processes most changes are observed in land-use and natural environment (unexpectedly halted anthropopression), although they also affect social structures and economic processes specific for mountainous areas.https://doi.org/10.2478/v10089-012-0023-3beskid niskimountainous areasdemographic developmentpopulation resettlementsland-use.
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Demographic development and changes of land-use in the Beskid Niski Mountains, Poland, between 1869 and 2009
Bulletin of Geography. Socio-Economic Series
beskid niski
mountainous areas
demographic development
population resettlements
land-use.
title Demographic development and changes of land-use in the Beskid Niski Mountains, Poland, between 1869 and 2009
title_full Demographic development and changes of land-use in the Beskid Niski Mountains, Poland, between 1869 and 2009
title_fullStr Demographic development and changes of land-use in the Beskid Niski Mountains, Poland, between 1869 and 2009
title_full_unstemmed Demographic development and changes of land-use in the Beskid Niski Mountains, Poland, between 1869 and 2009
title_short Demographic development and changes of land-use in the Beskid Niski Mountains, Poland, between 1869 and 2009
title_sort demographic development and changes of land use in the beskid niski mountains poland between 1869 and 2009
topic beskid niski
mountainous areas
demographic development
population resettlements
land-use.
url https://doi.org/10.2478/v10089-012-0023-3
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