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Land, Volume 14, Issue 3

March 2025 - 224 articles

Cover Story: The past influence of the climate and fire on forests in southern New England is debated. This study compared locations of late-Holocene Indigenous settlements with estimated tree abundances from pollen and survey records. Fire-tolerant vegetation like oak (Quercus spp.) was often more abundant near settlements (i.e., 86–91% fire-tolerant trees). Warmer temperatures and distance to a settlement were predictors of fire-tolerant tree abundance in the 17th–18th centuries. Oak abundance increased when the mean annual temperature exceeded 8 °C and within 16 km of settlements. Fire-tolerant vegetation was most correlated with distance to a settlement in areas with 7–9 °C temperature; widespread burning in warmer areas potentially weakened correlations. Indigenous burning in warmer, low-elevation areas created patterns of fire-tolerant vegetation. View this paper
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Articles (224)

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
967 Views
19 Pages

20 March 2025

Imbalanced supplies and demands of ecosystem services (ESSD) can negatively affect human well-being. Optimizing land use patterns in cities and regions is, in fact, essential to mitigate this challenge and ensure sustainable development. In this cont...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,242 Views
20 Pages

20 March 2025

The manner of achieving high-quality economic development in China through artificial intelligence (AI) has become a focus of academic attention. On the basis of panel data of prefecture-level cities in China from 2010 to 2021, this research utilizes...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,562 Views
24 Pages

Flood-Hazard Assessment in the Messapios River Catchment (Central Evia Island, Greece) by Integrating GIS-Based Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis and Analytic Hierarchy Process

  • Vasileios Mazarakis,
  • Konstantinos Tsanakas,
  • Noam Greenbaum,
  • Dimitrios-Vasileios Batzakis,
  • Alessia Sorrentino,
  • Ioannis Tsodoulos,
  • Kanella Valkanou and
  • Efthimios Karymbalis

20 March 2025

This study presents a comprehensive flood-hazard assessment and mapping of the Messapios River catchment in Evia Island, Greece, utilizing a combination of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) and Geographic Information Systems (GISs). Flood-prone...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,129 Views
21 Pages

20 March 2025

Local residents’ satisfaction plays a crucial role in the successful management of national parks. However, limited attention has been paid to residents’ preferences in the management of national parks, which hinders the sustainable devel...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
920 Views
22 Pages

20 March 2025

Soil erosion is a critical factor impacting soil health and agricultural productivity, with soil erodibility often quantified using the K-factor in erosion models such as the universal soil loss equation (USLE). Traditional K-factor estimation lacks...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,674 Views
32 Pages

20 March 2025

Research on circular development in China’s urban planning remains limited, particularly regarding marginalized groups’ actions. This study addresses the gap by examining circular practices within informal food systems in Chengdu’s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,329 Views
25 Pages

20 March 2025

This study examines the impact of low-carbon city policies on urban employment using panel data from 2006 to 2021. The findings reveal that these policies significantly enhance urban employment by promoting green technological innovation, which drive...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
934 Views
22 Pages

20 March 2025

This study focuses on the interplay between ecological, demographic, and developmental factors while examining the changes in wild greens (WGs) uses in Corfu from 1970 to 2024. A comparative analysis of historical and contemporary datasets reveals a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,076 Views
21 Pages

Influence of Tree Community Characteristics on Carbon Sinks in Urban Parks: A Case Study of Xinyang, China

  • Honglin Zhang,
  • Qiutan Ren,
  • Yuyang Zhou,
  • Nalin Dong,
  • Hua Wang,
  • Yongge Hu,
  • Peihao Song,
  • Ruizhen He,
  • Guohang Tian and
  • Shidong Ge

19 March 2025

Cities are major contributors to global carbon emissions; however, urban parks offer substantial potential for carbon sinks. Research on factors influencing carbon capture in urban park vegetation is still limited. This study investigates 81 urban pa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
687 Views
30 Pages

19 March 2025

Mercury, a global pollutant with high biotoxicity, is widely distributed in soils, water bodies, and the atmosphere. Anthropogenic activities such as industrial emissions and coal combustion release large quantities of mercury into the environment, p...

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