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Land, Volume 12, Issue 2

February 2023 - 256 articles

Cover Story: Multifunctional green infrastructure is a key component of compact sustainable cities. GIS modeling and stakeholder engagement can assess and communicate the need for green infrastructure benefits in a Global South city facing rapid urbanization. In this study, green infrastructure benefits were mapped to provide oversight of multiple objectives for climate change adaptation, biodiversity, and spatial distribution of urban green space, and to guide decision making. Low-scoring benefit areas occur in dense urban areas needing small-scale nature-based solutions or rehabilitation. Moderate scores occur in parts of the city that are vulnerable to urban expansion and densification, and high-scoring areas can be protected as conservation areas. The role of decision support tools in urban planning is discussed. View this paper
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Articles (256)

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,549 Views
16 Pages

Transforming Research on Recreational Ecosystem Services into Applications and Governance

  • Zhifang Wang,
  • Yuqing Jian,
  • Zhibin Huang,
  • Salman Qureshi,
  • Kexin Cheng,
  • Zhuhui Bai and
  • Qingwen Zhang

19 February 2023

The science-practice gap has recently been discussed as a critical challenge restricting sustainable growth and development in all facets of our society, including explorations of Recreation Ecosystem Services (RES). To better explore how well the sc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,139 Views
29 Pages

18 February 2023

Sustainable development of a region requires sustainability of its rural parts, as a source of supplies and resources for the urbanized regions. The current climate changes, loss of biodiversity, limited resources, depopulation, deterioration of econ...

  • Technical Note
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,302 Views
12 Pages

17 February 2023

Understanding physical processes in nature, including the occurrence of slow-onset natural disasters such as droughts and landslides, requires knowledge of the change in soil moisture between two points in time. The study was conducted on a relativel...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,409 Views
20 Pages

17 February 2023

The provision of green space as a result of three-dimensional roads plays a crucial role in maintaining the sustainability of the urban ecosystem. It does so by solving environmental problems and offering various ecosystem services to city residents....

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,836 Views
23 Pages

17 February 2023

With over 14 million hectares allocated, Vietnam’s forest and forestland allocation has been one of the largest natural resource decentralization programs in the developing world over the last three decades. Given this remarkable achievement, c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,308 Views
24 Pages

COVID-19 and Urban Food Security in Ghana during the Third Wave

  • Elizabeth Opiyo Onyango,
  • Bernard Owusu and
  • Jonathan S. Crush

17 February 2023

While the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on household food security have been documented, the intensity and forms of food insecurity in urban households in the Global South have not been adequately explored. This is despite the emerging consensus t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,463 Views
14 Pages

A Life Cycle Assessment of Rice–Rice and Rice–Cowpea Cropping Systems in the West Coast of India

  • Venkatesh Paramesh,
  • Parveen Kumar,
  • Ranjan Parajuli,
  • Rosa Francaviglia,
  • Kallakeri Kannappa Manohara,
  • Vadivel Arunachalam,
  • Trivesh Mayekar and
  • Sulekha Toraskar

17 February 2023

Crop diversification is essential in lowland rice cropping systems to achieve sustainability, improve soil health, and as a climate-resilient practice to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. A life cycle assessment (LCA) was conducted for the farms...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,974 Views
14 Pages

17 February 2023

Carbon and nitrogen are among the most important biogenic elements in terrestrial ecosystems, and carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes (δ13C and δ15N) are often used to indicate the sources of carbon and nitrogen elements and turnover proc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,643 Views
21 Pages

17 February 2023

Monitoring land cover changes in protected areas is crucial to control the conservation efficiency of biodiversity and natural ecosystem conditions, especially in Ecuador, one of the most megadiverse countries in the world. Therefore, the purpose of...

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