Strengthening a regional green infrastructure through improved multifunctionality and connectedness: policy suggestions from Sardinia, Italy

F Isola, S Lai, F Leone, C Zoppi - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
A wide body of research in recent years has studied either green infrastructures as providers
of multiple ecosystem services, especially at the urban level, or ecological corridors and the …

Assessing the potential of green infrastructure to mitigate hydrogeological hazard. Evidence-based policy suggestions from a Sardinian study area

S Lai, F Isola, F Leone, C Zoppi - TEMA, 2021 - iris.unica.it
This study focuses on the relations between the definition and implementation of a green
infrastructure (GI) and hydro-geological hazard. GIs are spatial structures supplying a wide …

[HTML][HTML] Urban Green Infrastructure and Ecosystem Service Supply: A Study Concerning the Functional Urban Area of Cagliari, Italy

F Isola, S Lai, F Leone, C Zoppi - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
Urban green infrastructure (UGI) is a network composed of natural and semi-natural areas,
such as greenspaces, open areas, and water bodies, designed to enhance the provision of …

Investigating tourism attractiveness in inland areas: ecosystem services, open data and smart specializations

F Scorza, A Pilogallo, G Las Casas - New Metropolitan Perspectives: Local …, 2019 - Springer
From the beginning of the 21 st century, following major European and global initiatives
such as the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (2005)[1, 2] and The Economics of …

Connectivity analysis of ecological landscape networks by cut node ranking

G Fenu, PL Pau - Applied network science, 2018 - Springer
Ecological landscape networks represent the current paradigm for the protection of
biodiversity. In the analysis of land features that precedes the establishment of land …

The effect of rural buildings on landscape fragmentation in Natura 2000 sites: A case study in Sardinia

A Ledda, V Serra, A De Montis - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
Landscape fragmentation (LF) is the process where habitat patches tend to become smaller
and more isolated over time. It is mainly due to human activities and affects habitats …

Investigating territorial specialization in tourism sector by ecosystem services approach

F Scorza, B Murgante, G Las Casas, Y Fortino… - … Cities and Island …, 2019 - Springer
From the beginning of the 21st century, following major European and global initiatives such
as the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment and the Economics of Ecosystem and …

Mapping of ecological corridors as connections between protected areas: a study concerning Sardinia, Italy

F Isola, F Leone, C Zoppi - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
According to the European Commission, green infrastructure and spatial connectivity
concerning the provision of ecosystem services are strictly related to the conceptual …

[HTML][HTML] Identifying Regulatory Barriers in the Management of Ecological Corridors in an Increasingly Congested Space

O Rotem-Mindali, N Katzir, O Perez - Land, 2024 - mdpi.com
Ecological corridors are essential in facilitating the movement and dispersal of flora and
fauna between separate and often isolated habitat patches. In recent years, Israel has …

Green is the colour. Standards, equipment and public spaces as paradigm for the Italian sustainable city

G Mazzeo, F Zucaro, R Morosini - … Journal of Land Use, Mobility and …, 2019 - serena.unina.it
The speed of the urban systems is related with a series of social, economic, and
environmental transformations bringing often to a critic state that needs the redefinition of …