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Change trajectories and key biotopes : Assessing landscape dynamics and sustainability
Niina Käyhkö,Helle Skånes +1 more
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In this paper, the authors present a methodological synthesis of two congruent approaches into a common landscape change trajectory analysis and the assessment of landscape dynamics and sustainability, focusing on the retrospective relationship between the past and the present-day landscape patterns and associated key biotopes.About:
This article is published in Landscape and Urban Planning.The article was published on 2006-03-15. It has received 77 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Landscape assessment & Landscape epidemiology.read more
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Public preferences for landscape features: The case of agricultural landscape in mountainous Mediterranean areas
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluate rural landscape preferences of citizens from a range of choices in the mountain area of the Alpujarras (south-eastern Spain), and estimate their willingness to pay (WTP) to enjoy each of the landscape characteristics existing in the area.
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A landscape analysis of land cover change in the Municipality of Rome (Italy): Spatio-temporal characteristics and ecological implications of land cover transitions from 1954 to 2001
TL;DR: In this paper, a landscape analysis of land cover change in the Municipality of Rome from 1954 to 2001 is presented, which characterises the temporal and spatial pattern of change and explores its potential ecological impact.
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Indicators for assessing changing landscape character of cultural landscapes in Flanders (Belgium).
Veerle Van Eetvelde,Marc Antrop +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a series of spatial data layers was used to describe and map the transformation of landscape character, and a selection of class and landscape-based landscape metrics were used as such indicators, as well as the openness of the landscape.
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People perception of landscape change effects on ecosystem services in small Mediterranean islands: A combination of subjective and objective assessments
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated the dynamics of ES from 1954 to 2007 linked to the changes of the landscape of the Vulcano Island (southern Italy) and related such transformation to the perception of the local communities.
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Socioeconomic Dimensions of Changes in the Agricultural Landscape of the Mediterranean Basin: A Case Study of the Abandonment of Cultivation Terraces on Nisyros Island, Greece
TL;DR: The socioeconomic and political backgrounds responsible for the land-use change before World War II and after the war are discussed and the adverse landscape changes documented for Nisyros Island appear to be inevitable for modern Mediterranean rural societies, including those on other islands in this region.
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The causes of land-use and land-cover change: moving beyond the myths
Eric F. Lambin,Billie Turner,Helmut Geist,Samuel Babatunde Agbola,Arild Angelsen,John W. Bruce,Oliver T. Coomes,Rodolfo Dirzo,Günther Fischer,Carl Folke,P.S. George,Katherine Homewood,Jacques Imbernon,Rik Leemans,Xiubin Li,Emilio F. Moran,Michael Mortimore,P. S. Ramakrishnan,John F. Richards,Helle Skånes,Will Steffen,Glenn Davis Stone,Uno Svedin,Tom A. Veldkamp,Coleen Vogel,Jianchu Xu +25 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors track some of the major myths on driving forces of land cover change and propose alternative pathways of change that are better supported by case study evidence, concluding that neither population nor poverty alone constitute the sole and major underlying causes of land-cover change worldwide.
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Indicators for Monitoring Biodiversity: A Hierarchical Approach
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