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 …

Forest ecosystems are increasingly subject to disturbances, such as extreme (climate)
events, fires and pathological outbreaks, which exert significant (and still poorly quantified) …

The couple rapid urbanization and policy failure in controlling urban expansion was
sometimes associated to soil and land degradation phenomena in both developing and …

Polycentric development is one of the fundamental components of the European Spatial
Planning and Development (ESPD) strategy and substantiates the legitimacy of a …

Forest management is a complex topic at the interface between sustainability and the
resilience of socioeconomic and environmental systems. The influence of market forces …

Taken as a classical issue in applied economics, the notion of 'convergence'is based on the
concept of path dependence, ie, from the previous trajectory undertaken by the system …

Natura 2000 is the largest coordinated network of protected areas in the world, which has
been established to preserve rare habitats and threatened species at the European …

The use of satellite data to detect forest areas impacted by extreme events, such as
droughts, heatwaves, or fires is largely documented, however, the use of these data to …

Vulnerability to land degradation in southern Europe has increased substantially in the last
decades because of climate and land-use change, soil deterioration, and rising human …

The European “Green Deal” strategy is aimed at making Europe the first climate-neutral
continent by 2050 through integrated actions relying on healthier agricultural systems …