<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Land abandonment : Changes in the land use patterns around the Mediterranean basin</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Options Méditerranéennes</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1990</style></year></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">97-112</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">This paper focuses on land abandonmenitn the EEC Mediterranean regions, where the phenomenon, in its actual extension and its trends towards aggravation, demands urgent monitoring and management. The causes and processes of land abandonment are analyzed, as well as the consequences at landscape and ecological level. Depending also on the socio-economic context, new strategies for land management are outlined.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>