Social vulnerability in this study is expressed by highlighting the different forms of social
deprivation experienced by the urban inhabitants. This article proposes a fundamental …

Understanding the complex relationships of tradeoffs and synergies among ecosystem
services (ESs) is essential to achieve a comprehensive, coordinated, and sustainable …

Introduction Information on the relationship between diabetes prevalence and built
environment attributes could allow public health programs to better target populations at risk …

Road traffic crashes pose a significant challenge worldwide, necessitating increased efforts
to reduce them and promote sustainable transport systems. This study aimed to investigate …

Background Studying social disparities in health implies the ability to measure them
accurately, to compare them between different areas or countries and to follow trends over …

The EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive requires Member States to estimate the level
of human impacts on their marine waters. We report the first attempt to quantify the …

Traffic crashes can be spatially correlated events and the analysis of the distribution of traffic
crash frequency requires evaluation of parameters that reflect spatial properties and …

In this study, we employed Geographical Information Systems and remote sensing
techniques to investigate the impact of land‐use/cover change on land surface temperature …

Wildfires cause disturbances in ecosystems and generate environmental, economic, and
social costs. Studies focused on vegetation regeneration in burned areas acquire interest …

Walkability indicators are a pivotal method to evaluate the role of the built environment in
peoples' decisions regarding active mobility, supporting the application of public measures …