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 …

Peri-urban agriculture has preserved around central cities a land-use mosaic and
contributes to the sustainable growth of metropolitan regions constituting green …

Urban expansion and socioeconomic transformations of metropolitan regions may
negatively impact environmental quality and functions of peri-urban landscapes. In the …

The purpose of this study is a review of urban growth containment policies for the guidance
and control of peri-urbanization. The review of selected resources illustrates two policies:" …

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 …

Southern Europe is a hotspot for desertification risk because of the intimate impact of soil
deterioration, landscape transformations, rising human pressure, and climate change. In this …

The environmentally sensitive area (ESA) methodology (originally proposed in the
framework of MEDALUS–Mediterranean Desertification and Land Use—a series of …

Accelerated urbanization in peri-urban areas of metropolises is one of the emerging issues
of the past decades which has numerous physical, social, economic, and environmental …

The reduction of waste amounts, mainly Municipal Solid Waste (MSW), has not been
successful in many parts of Southern Europe, including Greece. Looking ahead, much more …