Climate change and landscape transformation have led to rapid expansion of peri-urban
areas globally, representing new 'laboratories' for the study of human–nature relationships …

Land-use changes and urban sprawl have transformed European cities, with a direct impact
on both metropolitan structures and socioeconomic functions. However, these processes …

Urbanisation is one of the major driving forces behind the formation of today's land use
systems. It almost always involves the conversion of land use from non-urban to urban uses …

Urbanisation patterns in Europe since the 1950s have resulted in a swath of low-density
discontinuous development, commonly called peri-urban areas. These areas are …

Urban expansion and socioeconomic transformations of metropolitan regions may
negatively impact environmental quality and functions of peri-urban landscapes. In the …

Land consumption due to residential development, economic growth and transportation
belongs to the most serious environmental pressures on landscapes worldwide, in particular …

An important driving force behind urban expansion is the growth of the urban population. But
for Europe, this is not a sufficient explanation. The major trend is that European cities have …

Land degradation is becoming a serious environmental issue threatening fertile agricultural
soils and other natural resources. There are many driving forces behind land degradation …

As ongoing parallel processes, urbanization and climate change call for overarching context-
specific responses that tackle the complex challenges involved and include a …

Over the last three decades, Serbia has moved from a mixed centrally planned–deliberative–
self-governing economy to a market-based economy, but key institutional reforms are still …