Abstract In Central Asia, desertification risk is one of the main environmental and
socioeconomic issues; thus, monitoring land sensitivity to desertification is an extremely …

Desertification is a significant environmental and socioeconomic issue that requires
monitoring and early detection. In this context, holistic studies are more useful than localized …

Taken as a classical issue in applied economics, the notion of 'convergence'is based on the
concept of path dependence, ie, from the previous trajectory undertaken by the system …

This literature review focuses on land quality evaluation (LQE) and its effects on sustainable
development through quantitative analysis and value-added information. In contrast to the …

Since desertification threatens the global environment and the security of societies,
predicting its patterns and trends across space and time would inform policy‐making …

There is growing concern about interconnected environmental issues such as
environmental changing, degradation, and desertification. Therefore, the integration …

Land quality, a key economic capital supporting local development, is affected by
biophysical and anthropogenic factors. Taken as a relevant attribute of economic systems …

Land degradation has a major impact on environmental and socio-economic sustainability.
Scientific methods are necessary to monitor the risk of land degradation. In this study, the …

Desertification is currently defined as land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid
regions, resulting from various factors, including climatic variation and human activities …

In light of global change, research on ecosystem dynamics and the related environmental
policies are increasingly required to face with the inherent polarization in areas with low and …