From communism to post-socialism: land use dynamics in Eastern Romania. Study case: Mogoșești Commune

Abstract

Comprehensive studies that characterize the variation in land use patterns for small comunities across transitional societies are lacking. This paper examines how the political-economic changes in eastern Romania has affected a representative commune from Iași county. According to the results of this analysis, the land reform applied after 1989 presents an increase in land fragmentation and the developement of settlements on the other side of the agricultural and foret landscapes we can observe a renaturation of land use to pastures and forests development. Our analyis on land use can provide a basis for land assessment at small scale and give some aspects for a policy response at a larger scale.

DOI: 10.15551/lsgdc.v45i0.05