Representing composition, spatial structure and management intensity of European agricultural landscapes: A new typology

EH Van der Zanden, C Levers, PH Verburg… - Landscape and Urban …, 2016 - Elsevier
Comprehensive maps that characterize the variation in agricultural landscapes across
Europe are lacking. In this paper we present a new Europe-wide, spatially-explicit typology …

[HTML][HTML] Developing a Tool for Landscape Sustainability Assessment—Using a New Conceptual Approach in Lebanon

R Aad, N Nemer - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
In the absence of a holistic view of landscape sustainability, credible data and consistent
information are needed to help decision-making and support adaptive landscape …

From the farm to the agri-food system: A multiple criteria framework to evaluate extended multi-functional value

FF Fagioli, L Rocchi, L Paolotti, R Słowiński… - Ecological indicators, 2017 - Elsevier
Multi-functionality of agriculture and rural areas has an impact on the economy, the
environment, nature and also on societal and cultural development. The dimensions of multi …

Coastal tourism planning using GIS-based system: the case of Shirud coast, Caspian Sea, Mazandaran, Iran

S Ghafourian, M Sadeghzadeh - GeoJournal, 2022 - Springer
Coastal areas of rivers and seas are valuable and vital environmental resources, providing
distinctive landscape characters of the urban/rural environment and focal zones for people's …

[HTML][HTML] Identifying spatial priority of ecological restoration dependent on landscape quality trends in metropolitan areas

J Huang, Y Wang, L Zhang - Land, 2021 - mdpi.com
Ecological restoration has become an important tool for mitigating and adapting to
environmental degradation caused by global urbanization. However, current research has …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring landscape composition using 2D and 3D open urban Vectorial data

F Pedrinis, J Samuel, M Appert, F Jacquinod… - … International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Methods and tools for assessing the visual impact of objects such as high-rises are rarely
used in planning, despite the increase in opportunities to develop automated visual …

[HTML][HTML] Quantitative Landscape Analysis Using Earth-Observation Data: An Example from Chania, Crete, Greece

L Jridi, C Kalaitzidis, DD Alexakis - Land, 2023 - mdpi.com
Pursuing sustainability in a challenging world and under the influence of numerous natural
and anthropogenic drivers of change presents one of the major global concerns. The …

[HTML][HTML] Landscape Indicators—An Inventive Approach for the Sustainability of Landscapes

R Aad, R el Balaa, C Tanios, N Nemer - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
Despite the prerequisite tools of sustainability, there is an arising need to particularly assess
landscape sustainability (LS). In this regard, no quantitative approach was identified, neither …

In search for multifunctionality: The contribution of scenic landscape assessment

C Cassatella, BM Seardo - … Planning and Rural Development: Key Issues …, 2014 - Springer
The attention recently paid to ecosystem services, which include cultural services, such as
spiritual and aesthetic experiences, seems to encourage the consideration of landscape …

Characterization of minor historic centers: Quantitative indexes, and qualitative aspects

C Ceppi, P Loconte - Cultural Territorial Systems: Landscape and Cultural …, 2016 - Springer
According to Cassatella et al.(2011), the “sense” of the landscape, environmental or urban
that is, can be found in the intersection of different dimensions. From here arises the difficulty …