Chapter The Portuguese Montado: A Complex System under Tension between Differ…

The Montado is a silvopastoral system and the dominant land use in Alentejo (Portugal). Its functionalities expand beyond agricultural and forestry production. It is a system where a low-density and heterogeneous tree cover is complemented with livestock grazing and fodder production, resulting in its recognition as a high-nature-value farming system. However, for it to be effectively preserved…

Chapter The Land Cover/Use Code of the new Istat Census cartography

ISTAT census layers, realized by ISTAT since 1991, are in update; this kind of digital cartography divides the entire national territory in very small enumeration areas to which are linked all the variables gathered during the census surveys. This layer, thanks to the several pieces of information related to each enumeration area, has a huge value for the statistical description of the Italian …

Assessing the Effects of Multiple Stressors on Aquatic Systems across Tempora…

This book is focused on the interplay of multiple stressors in aquatic systems and its consequences for management across spatial and temporal scales. It is organized into six case studies from four continents (Europe, Oceania, Africa, and North America), each based on several different data sources (field and experimental data, historical data, literature reviews, inquiries, and expert knowled…

Land Use Cover Datasets and Validation Tools

This chapter offers an introduction to the book and is specifically recommended for all readers intending to do the practical exercises it contains. It also provides readers with all the information they require to make the most of the book’s contents. In this chapter, we explain the aim, structure and intended audience for this book. We also give the readers a few tips and guidelines a…

Land Use Cover Datasets and Validation Tools

This open access book represents a comprehensive review of available land-use cover data and techniques to validate and analyze this type of spatial information. The book provides the basic theory needed to understand the progress of LUCC mapping/modeling validation practice. It makes accessible to any interested user most of the research community's methods and techniques to validate LUC maps …

Land tenure reform in Sub-Saharan Africa: interventions in Benin, Ethiopia, R…

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Rethinking Global Land Use in an Urban Era

Today, global land use is affected by a variety of factors, including urbanization and the growing interconnectedness of economies and markets. This book examines the challenges and opportunities we face in achieving sustainable land use in the twenty-first century. The contributors, from a range of disciplines and countries, present new analytical perspectives and tools for understanding key i…

Concrete and Clay: Reworking Nature in New York City

An interdisciplinary account of the environmental history and changing landscape of New York City.In this innovative account of the urbanization of nature in New York City, Matthew Gandy explores how the raw materials of nature have been reworked to produce a "metropolitan nature" distinct from the forms of nature experienced by early settlers. The book traces five broad developments: the expan…

Small, Gritty, and Green: The Promise of America's Smaller Industrial Cities …

How small-to-midsize Rust Belt cities can play a crucial role in a low-carbon, sustainable, and relocalized future.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Squatters in the Capitalist City: Housing, Justice, and Urban Politics

To date, there has been no comprehensive analysis of the disperse research on the squatters’ movement in Europe. In Squatters in the Capitalist City, Miguel A. Martínez López presents a critical review of the current research on squatting and of the historical development of the movements in European cities according to their major social, political and spatial dimensions.　 Comparing citi…