The aim of this overview paper is to analyze the use of various landscape metrics and
landscape indices for the characterization of landscape structure and various processes at …

Remote sensing techniques are increasingly used for studying ecosystem dynamics,
delivering spatially explicit information on the properties of Earth over large spatial and multi …

Soil erosion is one of the eight threats in the Soil Thematic Strategy, the main policy
instrument dedicated to soil protection in the European Union (EU). During the last decade …

They may influence us as individuals by their encouragement and guidance; they may affect
their community through their untiring commitment to service and the greater good; or they …

Landscape pattern indicators or 'metrics' provide simple measures of landscape structure
that can be easily calculated with readily available data and software. Unfortunately, the …

Regional climate change induced by rapid urbanization is responsible for and may result
from changes in coupled human-ecological systems. Specifically, the distribution of urban …

Thematic mapping via a classification analysis is one of the most common applications of
remote sensing. The accuracy of image classifications is, however, often viewed negatively …

The Earth is undergoing an accelerated rate of native ecosystem conversion and
degradation and there is increased interest in measuring and modelling biodiversity from …

Science and reporting information needs for monitoring dynamics in land cover over time
have prompted research, and made operational, a wide variety of change detection methods …

The European Landscape Convention (ELC) brings the social dimension of landscapes to
the forefront of its definition of landscape. Landscape indicators need to take this …