Climate change is predicted to have major consequences for small-scale farmers in the
develo** rural areas of the world. Rural areas, nonetheless, harbor opportunities to …

Two different sets of maps, on a scale of 1: 110,000, show the development of land use and
main land use change processes in a 500 km2 study area that occurred over the last 170 …

The present study aims to use landscape heterogeneity as a predictor of plant species
richness in a tropical dry landscape area in the coast of Michoacán, Mexico. To understand …

In this paper we present the land units map of Italy, covering an area of ca. 300,000 km2
between 47° 05′ N–35° 29′ N and 6° 37′ E–18° 31′ E. The map was created by …

The present work evaluates the state of the environment in Mexico based on indicators of
the present status of the country's natural resource management, social and economical …

Landscape changes are driven by a combination of physical, ecological and socio-cultural
factors. Hence, a large amount of information is necessary to monitor these changes and to …

Land types play an important guiding role in human survival and production. Clarifying the
division of land types is the basis for ensuring the sustainable and coordinated development …

The Río La Virgen watershed is located in the northwestern end of the municipality of
Ocosingo, Chiapas, Mexico. This hydrographical unit is home to the city of Ocosingo. The …

ABSTRACT The Ejido of Tzurumútaro is within the municipality of Pátzcuaro in the central
part of the state of Michoacán, Mexico. An ejido is an agrarian settlement with a community …

In this paper we propose an integral methodology to spatially represent the landscapes of
the coastal region of Oaxaca at a scale of 1: 250,000. For this purpose, we start from the …