Dorobek studiów krajobrazowych Instytutu Geografii i Rozwoju Regionalnego

The research activities on the material components and landscape physiognomy conducted at the Institute of Geography and Regional Development of the University of Wrocław between years 1946 and 2008 are presented. During these years, many research topics related to the landscape have been investigated, i.e. studies on paleogeography of Sudety Foreland, studies on formation of Odra Valley, and changes of loess environment in the region of Lower Silesia. Recently, landscape component of highland and mountain geocomplexes has been intensively studied. Landscape physiognomy of Poland in the tourism aspects have become a research topic at the Institute of Geography and Regional Development in the 80-ties of the last century. The main goals were: landscape typologies related to the relief, vegetation cover and antropogenic changes of the terrain, the society's landscape perception and complex evaluation of the physiognomy of the distinguished types of landscape.