Springer Transformation of Agricultural Sector in the Central and Eastern Europe after 1989

This book describes the transformation of the agricultural sector in East-Central European countries after the collapse of the socialist system at the beginning of the 20th century. Through considering their spatial diversity, it identifies diagnoses and evaluates the social and economic processes that have taken place in eleven countries which are currently the members of the European Community. The book analyses all important elements of spatial structure of agriculture such as land use, agrarian structure, agricultural population, technical facilities, structure and volume of production, yields, and types of farms. It also provides a wealth of maps and charts that facilitate the interpretation of the identified phenomena. As such the book is a great resource for academics, students, practitioners and policy-makers in geography and food economics.  From the Back Cover This book describes the transformation of the agricultural sector in East-Central European countries after the collapse of the socialist system at the beginning of the 20th century. Through considering their spatial diversity, it identifies diagnoses and evaluates the social and economic processes that have taken place in eleven countries which are currently the members of the European Community. The book analyses all important elements of spatial structure of agriculture such as land use, agrarian structure, agricultural population, technical facilities, structure and volume of production, yields, and types of farms. It also provides a wealth of maps and charts that facilitate the interpretation of the identified phenomena. As such the book is a great resource for academics, students, practitioners and policy-makers in geography and food economics.  About the Author Professor Jerzy Bański is a full professor of human geography at the Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Polish Academy of Sciences (IGSO PAS), Warsaw, Poland. His main research interests include rural and agricultural geography, land use, regional policy, spatial organization and local development. From 2018 he is the Director of the IGSO PAS, from 2006-2012 he was the President of the Polish Geographical Society and from 2017 he is the chair of the Commission of Local and Regional Development of the International Geographical Union. Jerzy Bański is author of some 390 publications, including 24 books and more than 190 peer reviewed papers.  Since 2007 Dr.  Marcin Mazur is employed as researcher at the Department of Rural Geography and Local Development at the Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland. His main scientific field of interest is quantitative methods in human geography and cartography, statistical maps, periphery definition and delimitation. He is the author of approximately 40 scientific publications, cartographic editor of Atlas of Polish Agriculture as well as the scientific journals  Rural Studies and Polish Geographical Journal. Since 2010 he is also member of the Main Board of the Polish Geographical Society.