KRAJOBRAZ KULTUROWY DOLINY WARTY W OKOLICACH UNIEJOWA
CULTURAL LANDSCAPE OF THE WARTA VALLEY NEAR UNIEJÓW

Summary/Abstract: Cultural landscape is a historically formed part of geographical space which emerged as a re-sult of natural and cultural impacts. It reflects the co-existence of people and nature. The paper presents the cultural landscape of a part of the Warta valley near Uniejów and undertakes its evalu-ation. The analysis took into account the land use forms and the degree of anthropogenic transfor-mation of the landscape.Several centuries of human habitation have created a harmonious rural culture landscape in the Warta valley in the Uniejów region. The land use structure shows adjustment to the natural ele-ments of the valley. Arable land and forests take up the largest area – 37.5% and 36.2% respective-ly; meadows, which are so typical of river valleys, constitute 21%, and built up land – only 1.8% of the area. The most attractive landscape has formed above the flood plain, with mosaic-shaped land use forms, long baulks, groups of trees among the fields and rows of trees along water flows.

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