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Land, Volume 10, Issue 3

March 2021 - 105 articles

Cover Story: This research exploits the recurring change detected in vegetation cover over time to gauge the predictable (resilient) behavior as well as its chaoticity in a semi-arid Mediterranean region (Apulia, Italy). Interestingly, the results show the spatial rendering of recurrence variables, confirming the well-known hot spots of soil degradation and desertification taking place in the region, which are characterized by greater EVI chaoticity, but they also identified new potential candidate sites where focus the monitoring activities. The novelty of the research lies in the spatially explicit identification of resilient and less resilient areas to desertification that can support the definition of more targeted interventions and conservation priorities for better planning and sustainable management of Mediterranean drylands. View this paper
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Articles (105)

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,645 Views
18 Pages

18 March 2021

There is a lack of understanding of the main drivers that form the picture of biological communities of transitional waters in deltaic ecosystems under the influence of terrestrial sources. Analysis of hydrochemical parameters in relation to phytopla...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,768 Views
15 Pages

18 March 2021

This paper aims to elucidate the sliding scale between usufruct and ownership by applying a property rights framework to three Swedish forms of tenure in multifamily housing. The framework deconstructs the bundles of rights of rental, tenant-ownershi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,387 Views
21 Pages

What Drives Landowners to Resist Selling Their Land? Insights from Ethical Capitalism and Landowners’ Perceptions

  • Ruxandra Malina Petrescu-Mag,
  • Hamid Rastegari Kopaei and
  • Dacinia Crina Petrescu

18 March 2021

Foreign land grabbing is acknowledged as a phenomenon that generates disempowerment and dispossession of local farmers, human rights violations. Previous studies have revealed the lack of ethical benchmarks in foreign large-scale land transactions th...

  • Review
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,704 Views
17 Pages

17 March 2021

Inclusionary housing (IH) is a regulatory instrument adopted by local governments in many countries to produce affordable housing by capturing resources created through the marketplace. In order to assess whether it is efficient, scholarly attention...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,141 Views
17 Pages

17 March 2021

The dramatic decline of the abundance of farmland bird species can be related to the level of land-use intensity or the land-cover heterogeneity of rural landscapes. Our study area in central Europe (Hungary) included 3049 skylark observation points...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,077 Views
16 Pages

Assessing Vegetation Heritage Value: The Alentejo Central (Portugal) as a Case Study

  • Teresa Batista,
  • José Manuel de Mascarenhas,
  • Paula Mendes and
  • Carlos Pinto-Gomes

17 March 2021

Vegetation natural heritage can be valued in itself, but also as a habitat for many wildlife species. This study presents a methodological essay concerning the evaluation of plant heritage, applied in Central Alentejo, in the south of Portugal. This...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,320 Views
16 Pages

17 March 2021

Exurban development is the fastest growing land use across the United States (US). Its prevalence on the East Coast is susceptible to natural disaster events such as hurricanes and nor’easters. However, the socio-ecological processes related to disas...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,375 Views
19 Pages

Soil Carbon Regulating Ecosystem Services in the State of South Carolina, USA

  • Elena A. Mikhailova,
  • Hamdi A. Zurqani,
  • Christopher J. Post,
  • Mark A. Schlautman,
  • Gregory C. Post,
  • Lili Lin and
  • Zhenbang Hao

17 March 2021

Sustainable management of soil carbon (C) at the state level requires valuation of soil C regulating ecosystem services (ES) and disservices (ED). The objective of this study was to assess the value of regulating ES from soil organic carbon (SOC), so...

  • Review
  • Open Access
19 Citations
9,081 Views
25 Pages

Holocene Environmental Archaeology of the Yangtze River Valley in China: A Review

  • Li Wu,
  • Shuguang Lu,
  • Cheng Zhu,
  • Chunmei Ma,
  • Xiaoling Sun,
  • Xiaoxue Li,
  • Chenchen Li and
  • Qingchun Guo

16 March 2021

The Yangtze River Valley is an important economic region and one of the cradles of human civilization. It is also the site of frequent floods, droughts, and other natural disasters. Conducting Holocene environmental archaeology research in this regio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
6,182 Views
15 Pages

16 March 2021

The construction and operation of high-speed rail (HSR) has become an important policy for China to achieve efficiency and fairness and promote high-quality economic growth. HSR promotes the flow of production factors such as labor and capital and af...

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