Urban sprawl and the 'olive'landscape: Sustainable land management for 'crisis' cities

M Cecchini, I Zambon, A Pontrandolfi, R Turco… - GeoJournal, 2019 - Springer
Dispersed urbanization has expanded into rural land worldwide. The present work focused
on the Athens' metropolitan area, the capital of Greece, discussing the potential role of a
typical rural Mediterranean landscape dominated by olive groves, in urban containment and
peri-urban conservation of biodiversity and local traditions. Having a great cultural, culinary
and aesthetic importance, olive groves characterize Mediterranean peri-urban landscapes
in a distinctive way. This study identifies processes of urban dispersion and changes in the …

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MCIZA Pontrandolfi, RTACA Mavrakis, L Salvati - 2018 - academia.edu
Dispersed urbanization has expanded into rural land worldwide. The present work focused
on the Athens' metropolitan area, the capital of Greece, discussing the potential role of a
typical rural Mediterranean landscape dominated by olive groves, in urban containment and
peri-urban conservation of biodiversity and local traditions. Having a great cultural, culinary
and aesthetic importance, olive groves characterize Mediterranean peri-urban landscapes
in a distinctive way. This study identifies processes of urban dispersion and changes in the …
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