The evolution of agrarian practices and its effects on the structure of the enclosures landscape in the Alt Empordà (Catalonia, Spain)
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During the last 50 years, mechanization of the rural environment, and more recently the Common Agricultural Policy have led to deep changes in the agrarian landscapes across Europe, and with special relevancy in the case of mediterranean landscapes (Pinto-Correia et al., 2004). In the north-east of the Iberian Peninsula, a small area of enclosures landscape persists as a relict of what had been an important centre for livestock production in the past.
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