Multi-decadal assessment of soil loss in a Mediterranean region characterized by contrasting local climates

C Samela, V Imbrenda, R Coluzzi, L Pace, T Simoniello… - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
Soil erosion is one of the most widespread soil degradation phenomena worldwide.
Mediterranean landscapes, due to some peculiar characteristics, such as fragility of soils …

Land degradation and metropolitan expansion in a peri-urban environment

V Imbrenda, G Quaranta, R Salvia, G Egidi… - … , Natural Hazards and …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The couple rapid urbanization and policy failure in controlling urban expansion was
sometimes associated to soil and land degradation phenomena in both developing and …

A combined GIS and remote sensing approach for monitoring climate change-related land degradation to support landscape preservation and planning tools: The …

M Gabriele, R Brumana, M Previtali, A Cazzani - Applied Geomatics, 2023 - Springer
Monitoring landscapes in times of climate change patterns is a crucial issue, moreover, in
the analyzed Mediterranean area, one of the major global candidates to develop land …

New magnetic proxies to reveal source and bioavailability of heavy metals in contaminated soils

J Ye, J Wu, T Shi, C Chen, J Li, P Wang, Y Song… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
Environmental magnetism plays an important role in monitoring heavy metal pollution, but
most studies are confined to indicating only the levels of heavy metals using magnetic …

Modeling spatio-temporal divergence in land vulnerability to desertification with local regressions

V Imbrenda, R Coluzzi, V Di Stefano, G Egidi, L Salvati… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
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 …

Modeling and multi-temporal characterization of total suspended matter by the combined use of Sentinel 2-MSI and Landsat 8-OLI data: The Pertusillo Lake case …

E Ciancia, A Campanelli, T Lacava, A Palombo… - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
The total suspended matter (TSM) variability plays a crucial role in a lake's ecological
functioning and its biogeochemical cycle. Sentinel-2A MultiSpectral Instrument (MSI) and …

Using geostatistical methods in soil magnetometry: a review

J Zawadzki, P Fabijańczyk, T Magiera - Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2024 - Springer
Purpose Soil contamination is one of the most pressing environmental problems on a global
scale. However, assessing the shape and size of an area where pollution occurs, and the …

The impact of opencast lignite mining on rural development: a literature review and selected case studies using desk research, panel data and GIS-based analysis

A Maciejewska, Ł Kuzak, J Sobieraj, D Metelski - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
The future of opencast mining and energy production based on conventional resources is
one of the most important issues being discussed in international forums. The whole …

A smart procedure for assessing the health status of terrestrial habitats in protected areas: The case of the natura 2000 ecological network in Basilicata (Southern Italy)

V Imbrenda, M Lanfredi, R Coluzzi, T Simoniello - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
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 …

Exploring the use of sentinel-2 data to monitor heterogeneous effects of contextual drought and heatwaves on Mediterranean forests

R Coluzzi, S Fascetti, V Imbrenda, SSP Italiano… - Land, 2020 - mdpi.com
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 …