Changes in farming system and population as drivers of land cover and landscape dynamics: The case of enclosed and semi-openfield systems in Northern Galicia (Spain).

In this study, the authors used landscape and land cover data retrieved from aerial photographs from late 1950s and 2000 in 82 random sample sites, as well as the information obtained in interviews with farmers, and socio-economic statistics to analyse changes in the bocage and semi-openfield landscapes of Northern Galicia from the second half of the 20th century and analyse the factors driving landscape changes.