Anthropogenic environmental impacts substantially threaten the sustainable development of
cities and counties. This paper offers an original assessment of the role played by …

From the beginning of the 21 st century, following major European and global initiatives
such as the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (2005)[1, 2] and The Economics of …

The paper proposes a Bayesian multinomial logit model to analyse spatial patterns of urban
expansion. The specification assumes that the log-odds of each class follow a spatial …

In-land Areas refers to territories that are farther from cities, often located in mountainous
contexts, where job opportunities are less frequent. The National Strategy for Internal Areas …

Over the course of its urban history, the Italian peninsula has seen an increasing
concentration of population, economic activities and urbanization processes along its …

Purpose This paper aims to explore the external spillover effects of landmarks and buildings
with historic preservation designation in Vietnam, a country marked with a unique property …

The exploitation of environmental resources and the growth of urbanization significantly
altered natural ecosystems, turning over time into socio-ecological systems strongly …

Italian coastal urban development is a problem which requires measures to contain land
consumption and a continuous monitoring action on the phenomenon, especially in those …

The ecosystem services (ES) framework is an emerging topic addressing the issue of
promoting sustainability in planning. One of its strengths is its ability to facilitate spatially …

While the democratic theory of party government contends the importance of accountable
decisionmakers' preferences for policy outputs, the post-politics thesis argues that political …