Public urban green spaces provide people with many benefits. Understanding the
relationship between public urban green spaces' characteristics and human well-being …

As landscapes change continuously in a more or less chaotic way, the concept of
sustainable landscapes could be viewed as a utopian goal. New landscapes emerge with …

Transdisciplinary research is a promising approach to address sustainability challenges
arising from global environmental change, as it is characterized by an iterative process that …

Integrative research approaches are intensely discussed in landscape ecology, in academia
and in research policy. However, confusion over the terminology hampers communication …

Urbanization is increasing worldwide with potentially important implications to biological
diversity. I show that bird diversity is responsive to the reduction of forest cover associated …

Given the interplaying tendencies of economic decline, social instability, and environmental
depletion, any transition towards sustainable development faces a challenging task. To …

Adaptive management, an established method in natural resource and ecosystem
management, has not been widely applied to landscape planning due to the lack of an …

The concept of'landscape'has multiple meaning and is intrinsically holistic. Since the
Renaissance period different ways of dealing with the landscape have developed, each with …

Abstract In 2004, the International Evaluation Panel of the Academy of Finland indicated that
the Academy should develop its research policies, evaluation systems, and organization to …

Integrated numerical modelling, scenario analysis and participatory approaches have
become common approaches to investigate possible future regional development in …