Peri-urban landscapes (PULs) play an important role in the supply of ecosystem services
(ES), which support development and well-being in urban and rural areas. Understanding …

Land reclamation can impact a variety of ecosystem services provided by coastal wetlands.
The dynamics of coastal blue carbon storage (CBCS) altered by land use/land cover (LULC) …

Land use and land cover (LULC) change is one of the key driving elements responsible for
altering the hydrology of a watershed. In this study, we investigated the spatio-temporal …

The main objective of this study is to investigate the supply of ecosystem services (ESs)
within peri-urban watersheds (PUWs) across Greece, utilizing earth observation (EO) data …

China is undergoing rapid urbanization, which has brought great pressure on croplands
throughout the country, especially in fast develo** cities, such as Hangzhou. In this study …

Land use directly reflects degree of human development and utilization of land. Intensity
analysis of land use is a quantitative method to analyze land use changes. In this paper …

Abstract By 2006, almost 100,000 km 2 of EU soil (2.3% of the whole territory) had been
sealed, with a per capita quota of 200 m 2 of sealed surface for each EU citizen. Italy, in …

Quantifying the change in land use and land cover (LULC) is critical for revealing the impact
of human activities on the environment of the Earth's surface. Although some studies were …

In the Mediterranean region, natural vegetation has been strongly affected by human
activities for thousands of years. During the last decades, there has been a notable tendency …

This study aimed to simulate and assess forest cover and land use/land cover (LULC)
changes between 2019 and 2039 using the cellular automata-Markov model. The …