Vol. 20/2012 No. 3 MORAVIAN GEOGRAPHICAL REPORTS Fig. 13: Forested Javorníky Mts. on the boudary to Slovakia in the area of Walachian colonization (“kopanice”). In the backfround the Highland Vizovická vrchovina. Photo J. Demek Fig.14: The floodplain forest around the Morava River in the Middle Morava Floodplain (Středomoravská niva) near the village Dub nad Moravou. Photo J. Demek Illustration related to the paper by J. Demek, P. Mackovčin and P. Slavík MORAVIAN GEOGRAPHICAL REPORTS Aims and Scope of the Journal Moravian Geographical Reports [MGR] is an international peer-reviewed journal, which has been published in English continuously since 1993 by the Institute of Geonics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, through its Department of Environmental Geography. 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Slavík Vol. 20, 3/2012 MORAVIAN GEOGRAPHICAL REPORTS MORAVIAN GEOGRAPHICAL REPORTS EDITORIAL BOARD Articles: Bryn GREER-WOOTTEN (Editor-in Chief), Jaromír DEMEK, Peter MACKOVČIN, Petr SLAVÍK York University, Toronto SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL TRENDS IN LAND-USE Pavel CHROMÝ, Charles University, Prague CHANGES OF CENTRAL EUROPEAN LANDSCAPES Mariana FROLOVA, University of Granada IN THE LAST 170 YEARS: A CASE STUDY FROM THE Dan Van der HORST, University of Birmingham SOUTH-EASTERN PART OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC… 2 Jan HRADECKÝ, University of Ostrava (Prostorové a časové trendy ve využívání krajiny ve střední Evropě v posledních 170 letech: Případová studie Karel KIRCHNER, Institute of Geonics, Brno jihovýchodní části České republiky) Sebastian LENTZ, Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography, Leipzig Petr KLADIVO, Pavel PTÁČEK, Pavel ROUBÍNEK, Damian MAYE, University of Coventry Karen ZIENER Ondřej MULÍČEK, Masaryk University, Brno THE CZECH-POLISH AND AUSTRIAN-SLOVENIAN Jan MUNZAR, Institute of Geonics, Brno BORDERLANDS – SIMILARITIES AND Philip OGDEN, Queen Mary University, London DIFFERENCES IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND Ján OŤAHEL, Institute of Geography, Bratislava TYPOLOGY OF REGIONS ………………………………. 22 Michael SOFER, University Bar Ilan (Česko-polské a rakousko-slovinské pohraničí – podobnosti Metka ŠPES, University of Ljubljana a rozdíly ve vývoji a typologie regionů) Milan TRIZNA, Comenius University, Bratislava Antonín VAISHAR, Institute of Geonics, Brno Stanislav KRAFT Miroslav VYSOUDIL, Palacký University, Olomouc A TRANSPORT CLASSIFICATION OF SETTLEMENT CENTRES IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC USING Maarten WOLSINK, University of Amsterdam CLUSTER ANALYSIS……………………………………….. 38 Jana ZAPLETALOVÁ, Institute of Geonics, Brno (Dopravní klasifikace středisek osídlení České republiky: využití metod shlukové analýzy) EDITORIAL STAFF Bohumil FRANTÁL, Institute of Geonics, Brno Josef NAVRÁTIL, Roman ŠVEC, Kamil PÍCHA, Hana DOLEŽALOVÁ Tomáš KREJČÍ, Institute of Geonics, Brno Stanislav MARTINÁT, Institute of Geonics, Ostrava THE LOCATION OF TOURIST ACCOMMODATION FACILITIES: A CASE STUDY OF THE ŠUMAVA Martina Z. 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Republiky 15, 614 00 Brno © INSTITUTE OF GEONICS ASCR, v.v.i. 2010 ISSN 1210-8812 1 MORAVIAN GEOGRAPHICAL REPORTS 3/2012, Vol. 20 SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL TRENDS IN LAND-USE CHANGES OF CENTRAL EUROPEAN LANDSCAPES IN THE PAST 170 YEARS: A CASE STUDY FROM THE SOUTH-EASTERN PART OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC Jaromír DEMEK, Peter MACKOVČIN, Petr SLAVÍK Abstract A quantitative evaluation of the dynamics and trends in changes of typical Central European landscapes in the Czech Republic is presented in this paper for the period 1836–2006. This study applied the technology of geographical information systems (GIS) to explore land-use changes using computer-aided analysis of historical and contemporary large-scale topographic maps. The area of study in the south-eastern part of the Czech Republic covers 4,187 sq. km. The analysis of a number of landscape changes from 1836 to 2006 showed that for 56% of the study area, the land-use did not change and thus the landscape remained stable. This quantitative approach, based on computer-aided interpretation of old and contemporary maps, provides valuable results relevant for planning processes and nature conservation