Mediterranean islands face significant environmental challenges due to their high
population density, reliance on imports, and water scarcity, exacerbated by increasing risks …

Landscape character assessment (LCA) has a significant contribution to make as a spatial
framework for the emerging concept of 'multi-functional landscapes', a landscape providing …

The development of island landscape space is restricted by its eco-environmental
vulnerability and ecosystem complexity. Focusing on the water-land ecotone in the southern …

OpenStreetMap (OSM) data are considered essential for land-use and land-cover (LULC)
mapping despite their lack of quality. Most relevant studies have employed an LULC …

The aim of the paper is to describe the development and implementation of an integrated
framework for landscape sensitivity assessment in Cyprus, a biodiversity hotspot with high …

High Nature Value Farmland systems (HNVf) in Europe are recognised for their importance
for biodiversity conservation and their extent is one of the impact indicators in the CAP …

Rapid qualitative field methods can be used to evaluate ecological integrity (EI) at a
landscape level. This study evaluates the EI of 63 landscape types (LCTs) in Cyprus derived …

Landscape quality is an important aspect of conservation and sustainable development, yet
holistic assessments of landscapes in the Latin American tropics are scarce. Here we …

BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a global burden particularly in developing
countries necessitates the periodical monitoring for these vulnerable population. This study …

Cork oak (Quercus suber) is a declining woodland species across the island of Sardinia,
despite its former economic importance for wine production and its significance for …