Abstract
A land use is the sole erosion factor that can be controlled and governed by man. Since an inadequate land use can cause intensification of erosive processes, it is possible to reduce their intensity by its change. The paper presents the changes in land use in the region of Grdelica Gorge in the period between 1963 and 2011 and the impact of the changes on the intensity of erosive processes. The identification of wooded land, arable land, meadows, pastures, orchards, vineyards and infertile land performed in 2011 was based on field works and the analysis of high-resolution satellite images. The comparison of the obtained results with the data for 1963 proved that the categories of barren land, forest, meadow and pasture underwent most intensive changes. The above-mentioned changes, along with performance of biological and technical works, resulted in reduction of intensity of erosive processes in the observed period.
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