Urban expansion and form changes across African cities with a global outlook: Spatiotemporal analysis of urban land densities

G Xu, T Dong, PB Cobbinah, L Jiao, NS Sumari… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2019 - Elsevier
Africa has been experiencing rapid urbanization, yet limited studies have systematically
investigated urban growth dynamics across African cities. Using 25 cities as cases, we …

Implementation of multispecies ecological networks at the regional scale: Analysis and multi-temporal assessment

G Modica, S Praticò, L Laudari, A Ledda… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Today, major landscape changes affect ecological connectivity exerting adverse effects on
ecosystems. Connectivity is a critical element of landscape structure and supports …

Why Italy first? Health, geographical and planning aspects of the COVID-19 outbreak

B Murgante, G Borruso, G Balletto, P Castiglia… - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
COVID-19 hit Italy in February 2020 after its outbreak in China at the beginning of January.
Why was Italy first among the Western countries? What are the conditions that made Italy …

Cyclable cities: building feasible scenario through urban space morphology assessment

F Scorza, G Fortunato - Journal of urban planning and development, 2021 - ascelibrary.org
Cycling is a climate-friendly, cost-effective, and greenhouse gas-efficient transport mode that
produces relevant positive aspects to: urban innovation (new technology and services, that …

Ghost planning: the inefficiency of energy sector policies in a low population density region

F Scorza, B Murgante, A Pilogallo… - Archivio di studi urbani e …, 2020 - torrossa.com
Il crescente interesse per le politiche del settore energetico ha indotto, sul territorio italiano,
una diffusa installazione di impianti per la produzione di energia. Ciò è avvenuto all'interno …

Comparing the territorial performances of renewable energy sources' plants with an integrated ecosystem services loss assessment: A case study from the Basilicata …

F Scorza, A Pilogallo, L Saganeiti, B Murgante… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Territorial transformations are currently influenced by the combination of multi-scale
processes that generate complex change dynamics. In particular, we focus on the emerging …

Influence mechanism of production-living-ecological space changes in the urbanization process of Guangdong Province, China

Y Deng, R Yang - Land, 2021 - mdpi.com
Referencing the land use classification system of the “production-living-ecological” space
and using 1 km× 1 km grids, this study examines the spatial pattern changes of “production …

An integrated approach for examining urban fragmentation in metropolitan areas: Implications for sustainable urban planning

P Yu, EHK Yung, EHW Chan, MS Wong, S Wang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Urban fragmentation is generally regarded as a strong urban structural polarisation that is
closely related to sustainability, yet a comprehensive understanding of the management of …

Ecosystem services multifunctionality: An analytical framework to support sustainable spatial planning in Italy

A Pilogallo, F Scorza - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
A growing demand at several levels of territorial government concerns the need for tools to
support policy-making oriented towards sustainable planning. That of Ecosystem Services …

Territorial fragmentation and renewable energy source plants: which relationship?

L Saganeiti, A Pilogallo, G Faruolo, F Scorza… - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Renewable Energy Sources (RES) are part of the solution to tackle the global problems of
climate change and carbon emissions. Programs and policies at different levels are …