As a result of the socioeconomic transformation, the rapid urban expansion of cities and
towns in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states has predominately led to tremendous …

Urbanization is increasingly homogenizing the biota of less developed countries. Even
though urban sprawl is a worldwide problem, most studies on the effects of urbanization …

Amenity migration has become an important force for change in non-metropolitan high
amenity places around the world. Here the focus is on these places in mountain regions that …

This book is intended for students and soil scientists who want to know about the state of the
art in soil sciences in Chile. The book merges a comprehensive bibliographical review of the …

Spatial equity embeddedness in fragmented open space has long been neglected but is
now becoming a pivotal topic in sustainable urban development. It is unclear whether open …

Scenarios provide a platform to explore the provision of ecosystem services under global
change. Despite their relevance to land-use policy, there is a paucity of such assessments …

Mountain regions are subject to a unique set of economic pressures: they act as collective
enterprises which have to valorize rare resources, such as spectacular landscapes. While …

Urban sprawl has been widely discussed in regard of its economic, political, social and
environmental impacts. Consequently, several planning policies have been placed to stop …

In the last decades, South American ecosystems underwent important functional
modifications due to climate alterations and direct human intervention on land use and land …

The urbanization as a concept, its dimensions and factors have always attracted the interest
of many researchers across the globe. The present study aims to study the history of …