While displaying diversified economic values, agro-ecosystems remain a relevant
component of rural landscapes in Southern Europe. Coupled with the expansion of …

The present study investigates changes in the rural landscapes of a Mediterranean country
(Greece) over a long time period (1970–2015) encompassing economic expansions and …

This article develops a spatial analysis applied to examine the main driving forces of land-
cover and land-use (LCLU) change in a Mediterranean region. Three different tools have …

Land use and land cover change (LULCC) dynamics have been particularly strong in the
Mediterranean region, due to its historical development and to agro-pedoclimatic conditions …

Land‐Use Changes (LUCs) are the result of interacting environmental and socioeconomic
factors. Although in southern Europe traditional agroforestry systems are an important …

Several Mediterranean cities underwent important morphological changes in the last
century. This article deals with the transition from compact towards dispersed urban form …

An understanding of land use change and its drivers in semi-arid Mediterranean agro-
ecosystems is important for informing ways to facilitate adaptation to future environmental …

This study introduces a new concept, that of 'landscape efficiency', understood as the state in
which the economic flows of social metabolism in a land matrix are improved while …

This study implements an exploratory data analysis of landscape metrics and a change
detection analysis of land use and population density to assess landscape dynamics (1954 …

Human activity shapes the levels of anthropogenic pressure that depend on the land
management method adopted. This has a fundamental role in the transformation of …