Marcello Schiavina

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors presented a novel, complete and consistent dataset describing tourist density at high spatial resolution with monthly breakdown for the whole of the European Union, which is achieved thanks to the integration of data from conventional statistical sources with big data from emerging sources, namely two major online booking services containing the precise location and capacity of tourism accommodation establishments.

TL;DR: Light is shed on the key role of urban areas for development, on the patterns of urban development across the regions of the world and on the role of a new generation of data to advance urbanization theory and reporting.

TL;DR: The degree of urbanisation is a new definition of cities, towns and semi-dense areas, and rural areas endorsed by the United Nations Statistical Commission as discussed by the authors, which is used to classify cities and towns as rural areas in Africa and Asia and as urban areas in other parts of the world.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the patterns of connectivity between marine protected areas (MPAs) and neighbouring non-protected areas and the scale at which the benefits of MPAs are expected using the white sea bream as model species.

TL;DR: The European eel Anguilla anguilla is thought to be in a multi-decadal decline across its range as discussed by the authors, and little is known about the historical trend and current status of eel stock in the Mediterranean Sea.