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  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,243 Views
24 Pages

Integration of Remote Sensing Data into a Composite Voxel Model for Environmental Performance Analysis of Terraced Vineyards in Tuscany, Italy

  • Jakub Tyc,
  • Defne Sunguroğlu Hensel,
  • Erica Isabella Parisi,
  • Grazia Tucci and
  • Michael Ulrich Hensel

2 September 2021

Understanding socio-ecological systems and the discovery, recovery and adaptation of land knowledge are key challenges for sustainable land use. The analysis of sustainable agricultural systems and practices, for instance, requires interdisciplinary...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,875 Views
18 Pages

13 January 2023

The abandonment of traditional agricultural practices and subsequent succession are major threats to many open-adapted species and species-rich ecosystems. Viticulture on steep slopes has recently suffered from strong declines due to insufficient pro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
37 Citations
9,375 Views
11 Pages

Design of Terrace Drainage Networks Using UAV-Based High-Resolution Topographic Data

  • Anton Pijl,
  • Michele Tosoni,
  • Giulia Roder,
  • Giulia Sofia and
  • Paolo Tarolli

18 April 2019

Hillslope viticulture has a long history in Mediterranean Europe, and still holds important cultural and economic value. Steep hillsides have widely been levelled by terraces, in order to control surface water flow and facilitate cultivation. However...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
2,984 Views
17 Pages

3 November 2021

Row orientation, among others, is a crucial factor in determining grapevine performance and health status, thus affecting berry components that form the basis of the later wine profile. However, the literature about the impact of changes in row orien...

  • Article
  • Open Access
62 Citations
7,275 Views
21 Pages

Multi-Sensor UAV Application for Thermal Analysis on a Dry-Stone Terraced Vineyard in Rural Tuscany Landscape

  • Grazia Tucci,
  • Erica Isabella Parisi,
  • Giulio Castelli,
  • Alessandro Errico,
  • Manuela Corongiu,
  • Giovanna Sona,
  • Enea Viviani,
  • Elena Bresci and
  • Federico Preti

Italian dry-stone wall terracing represents one of the most iconic features of agricultural landscapes across Europe, with sites listed among UNESCO World Heritage Sites and FAO Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS). The analysis o...

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

14 July 2022

Terraced landscapes are characterized by many features but are also threatened by abandonment, with the loss of the historical landscape and increased hydrogeological risk. In this research, we developed an innovative integrated approach using expert...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,621 Views
18 Pages

3 November 2021

Nowadays, agricultural terraces and dry-stone walls have become protagonists of a territorial “rebirth” through a process of resemantization that recognizes them as a local resource. In relation to this focus, this article deals with a specific case...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,917 Views
21 Pages

12 December 2022

The GIAHS-FAO program enhances the agricultural systems coevolved with humans through their dynamic conservation to guarantee the livelihood of future generations. The aim of this research was to assess, with a dynamic perspective, the terraced lands...

  • Article
  • Open Access
41 Citations
6,827 Views
17 Pages

23 February 2020

Gully erosion may cause considerable soil losses and produce large volumes of sediment. The aim of this study was to perform a preliminary assessment on the presence of ephemeral gullies in Greece by sampling representative cultivated fields in 100 s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
8,603 Views
8 Pages

22 July 2019

Following the significant number of new shoebox-type halls that opened in the last decades of the 20th century, the first decades of the 21st century have seen large concert hall design and construction dominated by halls in a surround format. This t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,963 Views
13 Pages

29 August 2023

The aim of our study is to reconstruct the human influence on the current vegetation in selected parts of the cadastral territory of Svätý Jur. Svätý Jur is a town with more than 700 years of winemaking tradition, located on t...

  • Feature Paper
  • Perspective
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,250 Views
20 Pages

19 November 2024

The small Mediterranean islands, unique geographical places where coastlines and mountains converge due to volcanic genesis, are among the most threatened environments on Earth. Their marginality, which has historically led to their use as places of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,285 Views
20 Pages

13 May 2025

The application of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in viticulture is becoming increasingly popular. To the best of our knowledge, there are no studies comparing the effects of UAV spraying to manual spraying in high-slope vineyards. The goal of this...