6. CONCLUSION 
The environmental goal added to the parliamentary 
resolutions regarding the reduction of agricultural area is to 
preserve a rich and complex landscape and to minimise 
pollution by agricultural production. If this goal is to be 
fulfilled much beneficial information can be gained through 
simulating various landscape scenarios and evaluating the 
effects of various alternatives against each other. 
This study shows that a digital land use classification of 
LANDSAT TM data can supply information fit for use when 
simulating hypothetical landscape changes. Based on the 
data, simple maps showing the distribution of mass pixels, 
open space pixels, mean view-length, area to perimeter ratio 
and fractal dimensions are easily created. These maps may 
constitute a foundation for further discussions among 
various persons (farmers, ecologists, planners, decision 
makers, the general public). 
It must be stressed that the results and discussions presented 
in this paper are preliminary and will be complemented with 
further work. 
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