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The work is aimed at evaluating the effects of deep coal mining on the landscape in the Jestrebi Mountains (Czech Republic), where coal had been mined for more than 400 years. Changes in the landscape are described, especially new dominant features that arose from coal mining. These are mainly spoil heaps that were either reclaimed or left for natural regeneration, but also other objects used for different purposes ? brownfields. The impact of coal mining on the character of the landscape in the region is assessed...

The land cover changes of the area result from both nature-induced activities that are sometimes indirectly caused by human influence, and direct human-induced activities such as land use change, deforestation, city expansions, and other. Therefore, the land cover change can indicate climate changes of the geographic area as well as the change of the socio-economic factors. This study aims at analyzing the land cover change over the territory of the Republic of Croatia from 1990 onwards. The study is based on CORI...