The assessment of land use land cover change is extremely important for understanding the
relationship between humans and nature. The enormous changes at a regional scale and …

Abstract The Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP) has the most fragile ecosystems in the world.
Over the past decades, QTP is suffering from increasing external pressures of climate …

The constant conflict between the rapidly developing socioeconomic and ecological
environment within the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area necessitates the …

Considerable efforts and resources are being invested in integrated conservation and
restoration interventions in rural arid areas. Empirical research for quantifying ecosystem …

Ecological vulnerability refers to the degree of ecosystem disturbance, system damage, and
the ability of system restoration. Although case-specific evaluations of ecological …

Land use/land cover change (LUCC) and climate changes are responsible for degradation
of any ecosystem in arid and semi-arid regions. Studying the ecological variations is …

As one of the urban areas in Indonesia, Makassar City has been experiencing massive
expansion during the past decades, resulting in land-use changes and structures in the …

Vegetation loss has become a global concern as it is directly and indirectly harmful to all
living beings, specifically to humans. By realizing the dimension of this issue, we have …

This study intends to map the relative coastal vulnerability index (CVI) for the administrative
governorates of Alexandria and adjacent Behera in the northwestern coastal margin of the …

Ecological vulnerability assessment increases the knowledge of ecological status and
contributes to formulating local plans of sustainable development. A methodology based on …