For quantifying and modelling of landscape patterns, the patch matrix model (PMM) and the
gradient model (GM) are fundamental concepts of landscape ecology. While the PMM model …

Historic land use practices have dramatically altered landscapes across all scales,
homogenising them and restricting opportunities for humans and wildlife. The need for …

The ecosystem services approach is an established framework for the balanced evaluation
of ecological, economic and social landscape resources. It promotes functional synergies …

The increasing landscape heterogeneity in the agro-pastoral areas and the contradiction
between the development and biodiversity conservation is becoming more and more …

Landscape ecology is in a position to become the scientific basis for sustainable landscape
development. When spatial planning policy is decentralised, local actors need to collaborate …

Whilst biophysical, and increasingly economic, values are often used to define high priority
hotspots in planning for conservation and environmental management, community values …

In our research we investigated the optimal utilization of land resources for agricultural
production in Tabriz County, Iran. A GIS-based Multi Criteria Decision Making land suitability …

Floods exert significant pressure on human societies. Assessments of an ecosystem's
capacity to regulate and to prevent floods relative to human demands for flood regulating …

The assessment of cultural ecosystem services, in our case landscape aesthetics, is the
most commonly investigated but least formalized issue in the scope of the ecosystem …

This study analyzes the landscape characteristics and the residents' recreational activities in
the urban green spaces in Fuyang, Hangzhou, China. It explores the correlation of the …