International LCLUC Regional Science Meeting in Central Europe

Sopron, Hungary

Meeting Date:

10/16/2014 to 10/22/2014

Agenda Title:

Sopron Meeting Agenda

Agenda File:

Agenda_LCLUC meeting_Oct_10.pdf

Meeting photos:

Sopron, Hungary

Meeting Focus:

The purpose of this International LCLUC Regional Science Meeting was to provide a multidisciplinary, inter-sectoral and international forum, to bring scientists and agencies together to discuss the land-cover and land-use change (LCLUC), its driving forces and impacts with a regional focus on Central Europe. Overview presentations included recent research accomplishments and the state of the art on these topics in Central Europe, applications development needs and future research directions for the region.

Attendees List

Catalina Munteanu

Alexander Krylov

Alexander Prishchepov

Alexander Shiklomanov

Vladimir Starodubtsev

Volker Radeloff

Zoltán Gribovszki

Meeting Presentations

Title	Presenter	Institution
Agricultural Land-Use Change: trade-offs and constraints for potentially available croplands in Russia	Alexander Prishchepov	Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe
Anthropogenic Fires in Central Europe	Jessica McCarty	Miami University
Assessment of the connection between drought and agricultural land use changes in Hungary	Peter Szilassi	University of Szeged, Hungary
Climate- land cover interactions and impacts in South Central Europe	Csaba Matyas	University of West Hungary
European Land Monitoring Activities in the frame of Copernicus Programme	Gyorgy Buttner	European Environment Agency
GEOGLAM-Overview	Christopher Justice	University of Maryland, College Park
GOFC-GOLD LCLUC activities in the European Union	Brice Mora	Wageningen University
Hydrological changes and possible causes	Alexander Shiklomanov	University Of New Hampshire
Impact of forests on climate change	Borbála Gálos
Importance of Landuse Change in Central Europe	Thomas Wrbka	University of Vienna