The Slovak landscape has undergone significant changes in the last quarter of a century. The basic impulse was transformation. In the process of transformation, the greatest changes were recorded in the economic sphere, where there was a transition from centrally planned management to a market economy. After of market economy, entrepreneurship developed, the market was opened to foreign capital, ownership relations changed, restitution and privatization occurred. Land began to be returned to its original owners, which developed the land market. Given the favorable price of land, many owners sold their land to investors, and massive construction on agricultural land began, with in many cases even the best quality soil being taken up. The influx of foreign capital into the territory of Slovakia conditioned the construction of new industrial objects and parks. Most of the construction of new industrial facilities was carried out on so-called "green meadows", i.e. on previously undeveloped areas, often used for agriculture. On the other hand, as a contrast, we find the remains of old abandoned buildings of former cooperatives, state properties, industrial enterprises, but also abandoned residential and farm buildings (so-called "brownfield"), which significantly degrade the aesthetic value of the landscape. In addition to changing the character of the landscape, changes in land use also have various environmental impacts. The paper focuses on the assessment of changes in the landscape of Slovakia and their environmental consequences.