Land Degradation (LD) in socio-environmental systems negatively impacts sustainable
development paths. This study proposes a framework to LD evaluation based on indicators …

Climate change and landscape transformation have led to rapid expansion of peri-urban
areas globally, representing new 'laboratories' for the study of human–nature relationships …

A multi-criteria approach based on descriptive, correlation and multivariate statistics and
mathematical morphology was proposed to investigate long-term morphological changes in …

The present study presents a multidimensional analysis of land-use efficiency in terms of per-
capita built-up area over 417 metropolitan regions from 27 European countries. The study …

Metropolitan growth in Europe has resulted in drastic changes of urban forms, socio-spatial
structures and land-use patterns due to sequential processes of urbanization …

Mono-centric regions have experienced a progressive transformation towards polycentric
structures. Transition to discontinuous and dispersed spatial configurations was particularly …

Forest ecosystems are increasingly subject to disturbances, such as extreme (climate)
events, fires and pathological outbreaks, which exert significant (and still poorly quantified) …

Building activity at the metropolitan scale reflects socioeconomic transformations
increasingly dependent on place-specific factors. The present study investigates height …

Land degradation is more evident where conditions of environmental vulnerability already
exist because of arid climate and unsustainable forms of land exploitation. Consequently …

Polycentric development is one of the fundamental components of the European Spatial
Planning and Development (ESPD) strategy and substantiates the legitimacy of a …