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Fish farming has a very long and rich tradition in the area of the Czech Republic. As the golden age of fish farming and building of fishponds, the second half of 15th century and whole 16th century are considered. In this period, huge number of fishponds was built in many parts of the Czech Republic. Many fishponds ceased to exist since this era but many of them remained until present. This means, besides others, that there are many fishponds within the Czech landscape which are very old. Some of them underwent r...

The knowledge of temporal changes in land use as well as the proper interpretation of such changes is one of the factors that allow accurate diagnosis of problems that affect the development of rural areas. It helps to make decisions related to various types of changes that the areas may undergo. The identification of changes in land use is possible thanks to the analyses of satellite imaging, aerial scanning, and ground-based measurements completed with different measuring methods. Characteristic features of each...