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Assessment of the Influence of Spatial Scale and Type of Land Cover on Urban Landscape Pattern Analysis Using Landscape Metrics
Landscape metrics are widely used to measure the spatial pattern of landscapes. However, there are important gaps in their application. For instance,...
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Map** Relations Transformation of Urban and Natural Landscape in Adriatic Cities Fostering Landscape Sustainability and Promoting Landscape Quality as Spatial Planning Objectives
The understanding of urban and natural landscape relation as a multidimensional process integrates spatial, functional, and perceptive dimensions,...
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Spatiotemporal Evolution of West Africa’s Urban Landscape Characteristics Applying Harmonized DMSP-OLS and NPP-VIIRS Nighttime Light (NTL) Data
Investigating urban expansion patterns aids in the management of urbanization and in ameliorating the socioeconomic and environmental issues...
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Regional landscape planning for the innovation of urban planning. Municipal implementation of the city-country pact in Apulia
The adoption of the European Landscape Convention (ELC) has wrought a profound evolution in the landscape planning discipline, contributing to the...
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A critical approach to Canakkale urban beaches: from the perspective of swimming water and landscape potential
Coasts are external spaces found in settlements in rural and urban areas around the world. The reduction in area per person with increasing...
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Urban Morphology and Historical Urban Landscape Conservation and Management
This chapter introduces the main morphological approachesMorphological approach that have been developed since the 1960s: the historico-geographical...
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Variations in Surface Urban Heat Island and Urban Cool Island Intensity: A Review Across Major Climate Zones
The climate has an impact on the urban thermal environment, and the magnitude of the surface urban heat island (SUHI) and urban cool island (UCI)...
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Landscape values of large-scale civic infrastructure from visitors’ spatial perception: a content analysis
Many studies have investigated the improvement and evaluation of urban landscape development. However, only a few have discussed how to implement and...
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Urban Coastal Landscape. The Fragile Buffer Areas of Bacoli, Palermo and Termoli to Switch the Decay into Development
The urban coastal landscape is now at the center of new attention, as a result of cultural, social, economic, and real estate evolution. A new...
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Land Commodification and the Changing Landscape of Peri-Urban Villages in Hanoi, Vietnam
Under the processes of urbanization, globalization, and marketization after economic reform, peri-urban villages in Hanoi are now “becoming urban”...
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A Critical Review of Urban Sprawl Studies
Rapid and haphazard urban growth has triggered urban sprawl and induced irreversible land cover conversions. In this context, studies are required to...
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Urban Sprawl into the Niagara Region: Urban Encroachment on Agriculture
The Niagara region contains land that is ideal for agricultural practices. This land, however, might be jeopardized by rapid urbanization Southern...
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Polycentric urban development with state-led administrative division adjustment: A policy insight for urban spatial transformation
Polycentric urban development has profound impacts on urban development worldwide. Most studies have identified its complex drivers of social economy...
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Dynamic changes in urban land spatial inequality under the core-periphery structure in urban agglomerations
Relatively coordinated development among cities can typically promote the integration of the whole urban agglomeration, while urbanization of land...
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Urban water bodies mitigate heat waves, the case of the Chinese city Kunming
With the continuous deepening of global warming and urbanization processes, the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events are increasing....
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Transdisciplinary approaches assessing unmanaged urban green spaces reveal benefits for biodiversity and people
Rapid urbanization is projected for African cities at the cost of urban green space, which could jeopardize biodiversity and human benefits. Studies...
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Pyro-Geography of the Greek Landscape
Greece is endowed with a multitude of Mediterranean-type vegetated ecosystems, ranging from low shrubs and coniferous woodlands on coastal sites to...
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Urban expansion and intra-urban land evolution as well as their natural environmental constraints in arid/semiarid regions of China from 2000–2018
Rapid urbanization has occurred in arid/semiarid China, threatening the sustainability of fragile dryland ecosystems; however, our knowledge of...
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The Concept of Landscape in Russian Legislation
AbstractIt has been revealed that, despite the absence of a government landscape policy in Russia, the regulation of several spheres of economic...
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Landscape ecological risk assessment and its driving factors in the Weihe River basin, China
Weihe River basin is of great significance to analyze the changes of land use pattern and landscape ecological risk and to improve the ecological...