As a result of years of increased rationalization and consolidation of food systems, the
knowledge and skills of many actors in food value chains, especially those linked to smaller …

Rural abandonment is a significant process in the Mediterranean region, posing
sustainability challenges for rural and urban areas. Although there is an increase in studies …

CONTEXT Accelerated intensification/disintensification and urbanization are changing
agricultural systems and propel the need for spatial approaches to understand sustainability …

Regionalization has emerged as a crucial research area for the past 50 years, including
aggregating smaller areas into larger, contiguous, and/or homogeneous regions. Spatial …

In the last decades, scholars from different disciplines have used the foodscape as a
concept and an analytical framework to explore the intersection between landscape, people …

Context Optimizing landscape patterns by considering ecosystem services and human well-
being is crucial for landscape sustainability research. Such optimization process shall also …

Although biodiversity is a central component of food systems, conventional food systems
have become one of the major drivers of biodiversity loss globally. There is an increasing …

Abstract Context The management of Portuguese agroforestry landscapes is currently
focused on specialised cork and cattle production. Sustainable landscape management is …

Dryland agroforestry is often hailed as a nature-based solution for rural people's water-and
climate-related struggles, yet appraisals of traditional agroforestry practices and …

Cultural heritage plays a key role in communities' sustainable development. The culture-led
development highlights the local cultural resources and specifics while being assisted by …