This study develops an approach to mapping indicators of the potential of ecosystems to
supply ecosystem services, and the impact of changes in land cover and use upon them …

We examine the advantages and disadvantages of a methodological framework designed to
analyze the poorly understood relationships between the ecosystem properties of large …

Urban landscapes can be transformed by widespread abandonment from population and
economic decline. Ecological assembly, sometimes referred to as “greening”, following …

Driving forces of urban growth differ across spatial scales, but most previous studies have
been done for single cities of different sizes. Multi-scale analysis of urbanization drivers is …

The Kagera Basin is a high value ecosystem in the Lake Victoria watershed because of the
hydrological and food services it provides. The basin has faced large scale human induced …

China has witnessed fast urban growth in the recent decade. This study analyzes spatio-
temporal characteristics of urban expansion in China using satellite images and …

Urban land-use/cover changes and their effects on the eco-environment have long been an
active research topic in the urbanization field. However, the characteristics of urban inner …

Urbanization is the most dramatic form of land use change that has profoundly influenced
environmental and socioeconomic conditions around the world. To assess these impacts …

Aim To examine the geographical patterns of the interception of photosynthetically active
radiation by vegetation and to describe its spatial heterogeneity through the definition of …

Landscape urbanization has profound influences in the structure, function, and dynamics of
the coupled human-environmental systems (CHESs). However, due to the spatial …