Using the French LPIS database to highlight farm area dynamics: The case study of the Niort Plain

The procedure developed here for the characterization of farm area dynamics is particularly suitable for application at the temporal scales used by planners working on environmental programs. By monitoring farm area dynamics, planners could also set specific devices to enable them to focus either on the total number of farms or exclusively on a subset of farms of strategic importance for the management of natural resources due to their area dynamics, location or aggregation in the environment.