The landscape character of the crofts Vrbovce and Chvonica (southern part of White Carpathians in Slovakia)
Abstract
The landscape character has become a topical issue in many European countries as well as in Czech Republic and Slovakia in the 90's. Since that period a lot of scientists and specialists of various branches have been solving problems of the landscape character, the question of its terminology and evaluation.
The article is based on the results of a master thesis, which deals with preventive landscape character assessment (LCA). Proposed methodology of LCA was applied in the southwestern part of Biele Karpaty Mountains (White Carpathians) in Western Slovakia.
The model area is interesting because of the unique cultural landscape with characteristic dispersed settlement and mainly extensive farming. A part interferes with the Landscape Protected Area White Carpathians, whose boundary has changed during the time.
Consequently more valuable places have been separated from less valuable areas from the aspect of nature and landscape protection. One of the aims of the master thesis was whether it applied to the landscape character as well.