The concept of “cultural keystone species”(CKS) combines ecological and socioeconomic
aspects and has a great potential for improving the overall success of conservation and …

This chapter presents an overview of the pattern of amenity seeking in the European Alps,
where it differs from its common manifestation. It is indicated that amenity seeking in the Alps …

The loss of permanent meadows in the lowlands of the European Alps due to land use/land
cover changes is a major underestimated process, which affects the status of these habitats …

Since a few decades the Alpine region is undergoing a process of economic restructuring
which involves the decline of traditional heavy and manufacturing industry. This process is …

Mountain regions face substantial challenges and opportunities arising from global change.
The capacity of mountain regions for (systemic) innovation will be determinant to the …

Entrepreneurship and innovation processes are important dynamics that shape the
development of peripheral regions. Regional policy increasingly takes these dynamics into …

The sustainability of urban agglomerations is crucial to regional development worldwide,
and the growth motivation of multiscale spatial structures is a worthy scientific problem in …

The development of distributed energy systems has important environmental, social and
economic implications. Local decision-making processes must be guided by a careful …

Negative effects of urban sprawl on biodiversity are widely recognised, but information on
how to counteract such effects are still scarce, especially for urban ecosystems in mountain …

A survey of harvesting contracts was conducted in the Alpine regions of France and Italy.
The main goal was to produce a benchmark for the harvesting contract rates in the area that …