This study has been performed in order to evaluate the land use changes and related
environmental impacts which occurred in recent decades in the Lamone river basin …

The main goal of this paper is to study the effect of the spatio-temporal changes of Land
Use/Land Cover (LULC) within the hydrologic regime of the Cervaro basin in Southern Italy …

During the second half of the 20th century farming systems in hilly and mountainous areas of
Mediterranean Europe were progressively abandoned and the forest cover subsequently re …

The landscape of river deltas and coastal wetlands is under a continuous alteration due the
combined effects of human and natural factors. The aim of the study is to analyze the Land …

Environmental quality preservation and nature conservation are complex land use planning
problems, involving not only environmental aspects but also socio-economic and …

The lagoon of Venice is a complex human–environmental system where several
environmental, economic and social issues call for new integrated management …

River basin planning and management constitute complex decision problems, characterized
by many actors and stakeholders with conflicting objectives and values, ranging from the …

Human activity shapes the levels of anthropogenic pressure that depend on the land
management method adopted. This has a fundamental role in the transformation of …

Abstract Land Cover (LC) and Land Use (LU) changes are usually considered as one
change, limiting the understanding of their individual effects on Ecosystem Services (ESs) …

Landscape changes taking place from 1954 to 1992 in the muncipal district of Isernia city
(Central Italy) were described in relation to a system of ecosystem classification. Isernia …