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Landscape fragmentation and the agro-forest ecosystem along a rural-to-urban gradient: an exploratory study
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In this paper, the transformations in the agro-forest landscape of Attica (Greece) along an urban-to-rural gradient over 20 years using landscape metrics and land-use indicators were investigated.Abstract:
The present study investigates the transformations in the agro-forest landscape of Attica (Greece) along an urban-to-rural gradient over 20 years using landscape metrics and land-use indicators. This region experienced increasing human pressure reflected in the dispersed urban expansion stimulated by the 2004 Olympic Games. Based on the spatial distribution of nine land-use classes in 1987 and 2007 derived from comparable digital maps, a multi-temporal analysis was developed to assess ‘fast’ and ‘slow’ variables characterizing landscape changes in the area. Urban areas, bare land, and burnt areas expanded rapidly, fragmenting the agro-forest landscape. A principal components analysis carried out on selected landscape metrics in both 1987 and 2007 indicated that forests and cropland are moving toward patchiness and a higher fractal configuration. The multivariate approach applied to landscape metrics revealed how land fragmentation was dependent on both urban expansion and processes typically observed in r...read more
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A review of the combination among global change factors in forests, shrublands and pastures of the Mediterranean Region: Beyond drought effects
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors study the impacts of the combinations between global change factors in the Mediterranean Basin and highlight the necessary aspects in order to better understand the challenges we face, warning about the consequences, and showing the challenges ahead of us.
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In-between sprawl and fires: long-term forest expansion and settlement dynamics at the wildland–urban interface in Rome, Italy
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The peri-urbanization of Europe: A systematic review of a multifaceted process
TL;DR: In this article, a systematic review of the literature on changes in peri-urban areas in Europe is presented, showing that periurbanization cannot be conceptualized as a driver of land change impact, because often relations between processes pointed in different directions.
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Agro-forest landscape and the ‘fringe’ city: A multivariate assessment of land-use changes in a sprawling region and implications for planning
TL;DR: Reducing the impact of urban expansion for specific land-use classes is an effective planning strategy to contrast the simplification of Mediterranean landscape in peri-urban areas.
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Quantifying the influences of various ecological factors on land surface temperature of urban forests
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TL;DR: The driving mechanism of urban forest LST was revealed through a combination of multi-source spatial data and spatial statistical analysis of clustering regions, and the main factors contributing were dominant tree species and elevation.
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