National Level Land-Use Changes in Functional Urban Areas in Poland, Slovakia, and Czechia

Land-use and cover change (LUCC) impacts global environmental changes. Therefore, it is crucial to obtain cross-national level LUCC data that represents past actual LUCC. As urban areas exhibit the most significant dynamics of changes, accompanied by such processes as sprawl, seems desirable take into account information from acquire national information. The paper analyses land-use changes (LUCs) in Czechia, Poland, Slovakia. analysis based on functional area (FUA) European Urban Atlas project for 2006 2012. urbanised land grew at expense agricultural areas, semi-natural wetlands over investigated period all three countries. authors determined LUC direction models identified change. proposed should offer purposes modelling future or can be point reference planning analyses. proposes following models: mean model, median weighted model where weight vegetated ratio, share areas. According models, considered grow FUAs average six years 5.5900‰ 7.5936‰ 4.0769‰ Additionally, facilitated determination a ratio each country. It reached highest values Poland lowest