TY - JOUR N2 - Land consolidation procedures are an attempt to comprehensively change the existing spatial structure of land in rural areas. This treatment also brings many other social and economic benefits, contributing to the development of consolidated areas. Land consolidation in mountain areas differs in many respects from those implemented in areas with more favorable conditions for the functioning of agriculture. The unfavorable values of land fragmentation indices, terrain conditions and lower than the average soil quality affect both the dominant forms of agricultural activity and the limited opportunities to improve the distribution of plots in space, parameters of shape, and the area as a result of land consolidation. For this reason, the effectiveness of land consolidation in mountain areas can be achieved by improving the quality of transportation network and the accessibility of the plots, arranging ownership issues and improving the quality of cadastral documentation. This article presents the evaluation of the measures of effectiveness of land consolidation realized in mountain areas on the example of Łetownia Village in the Małopolska Province, located in the southern part of Poland. Selected village is an area with unfavorable conditions for the functioning of agriculture and high values of land fragmentation indices. L1 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/102352/PDF/art5_Janus_Lopacka_John.pdf L2 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/102352 PY - 2017 IS - No 2 DO - 10.1515/geocart-2017-0010 KW - land fragmentation KW - land consolidation KW - consolidation efficiency KW - rural areas A1 - Janus, Jarosław A1 - Łopacka, Magdalena A1 - Ewa John PB - Commitee on Geodesy PAS VL - vol. 66 DA - 2017.12.15 T1 - Land consolidation in mountain areas. Case study from southern Poland UR - http://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/102352 T2 - Geodesy and Cartography ER -