Shelterbelt Planning in Agriculture: Application from Bulgaria Veselin M. Shahanov and Giuseppe T. Cirella Abstract The first attempt to build wind protection belts on the territory of Bulgaria dates back to the mid-twentieth century. At present, plantings are mature and perform to a great extent their function. However, in order to continue their positive role on agricultural landscapes they should be improved, current planned requirements reviewed, and factors that have the greatest impact on their sustainability analyzed. Unstable climate processes are one of the key parameters that change growth condi- tions, as a result, setting new requirements for these living technical facilities is necessary. The purpose of this chapter is to explore the past experience and create guidelines for planning shelterbelts in accordance with climate change and other modern trends. An examination of the proposed areas examines the construction of wind protection belts, types of green system-based structures, and optimal species composition. Agricultural landscape science structures the arguments for this chapter and aids in piecing together the recommendations. Keywords Agricultural landscape · Land use · Wind protection belts · Climate change · Dobrudja 1 Introduction Historically, people have had a deeper understanding of nature both in a terrestrial and cosmic sense. Through emancipating our surroundings, human beings gradually have lost their ability to see objective interrelationships and adapt to external knowl- edge [1]. Human activities are not accompanied by a total understanding of their actions, but by the inherent idea between right and wrong. As fields of knowledge differentiate, there is a greater need for experimentation, i.e., through trial-and-error, V. M. Shahanov (B) Landscape Architecture Department, University of Forestry, Sofia, Bulgaria e-mail: veshaha@abv.bg G. T. Cirella Faculty of Economics, University of Gdansk, Sopot, Poland e-mail: gt.cirella@ug.edu.pl © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022 G. T. Cirella (ed.), Human Settlements, Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4031-5_8 139