Agroforestry has an indispensable role in food and livelihood security in addition to its
capacity to combat the detrimental effects of climate change. However, agroforestry has not …

Since the 1950s, the rapid depletion of natural capital due to human activities has led to a
growing global demand for ecological and socioeconomic sustainability, driving the …

Cloud detection in optical remote sensing images is a crucial problem because undetected
clouds can produce misleading results in the analyses of surface and atmospheric …

Being a relatively less known driver of land vulnerability to degradation in Southern Europe,
the net impact of urban expansion on land quality depletion requires a comparative …

Soil erosion is one of the most widespread soil degradation phenomena worldwide.
Mediterranean landscapes, due to some peculiar characteristics, such as fragility of soils …

Depopulation and economic marginalization of rural districts have induced a progressive
land abandonment in agricultural and pastoral districts. In Europe, areas at higher risk of …

The spatial mismatch between population growth and settlement expansion is at the base of
current models of urban growth. Empirical evidence is increasingly required to inform …

The total suspended matter (TSM) variability plays a crucial role in a lake's ecological
functioning and its biogeochemical cycle. Sentinel-2A MultiSpectral Instrument (MSI) and …

The linkage between land-use change and demographic transitions in advanced countries
has becoming increasingly complex because of the mutual interplay of environmental and …

The development of low-cost and relatively simple tools to identify emerging land
degradation across complex regions is fundamental to plan monitoring and intervention …