Unsupervised learning (UL) has a long and successful history in untangling the complexity
of cities. As the counterpart of supervised learning, it discovers patterns from intrinsic data …

The visual landscape plays a pivotal role in urban planning and healthy cities. Recent
studies of visual evaluation focus on either objective or subjective approach, while …

Precision forestry is a new direction for better forest management. Precision forestry employs
information technology and analytical tools to support economic, environmental and …

This study aims at capturing, through a multi-level perspective, potential drivers and barriers
of the forest sector in Italy, in order to gain an in-depth understanding of the conditions …

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused an abrupt break in economic, demographic and social
dynamics, both in develo** countries and advanced economies, perhaps with a more …

Urban and peri-urban forests are recognized as basic elements for Nature-Based Solutions
(NBS), as they preserve and may increase environmental quality in urbanized contexts. For …

Abstract The European Union aims to provide as much as one quarter of its transportation
fuels via biofuels derived from renewable sources by 2030. To put this into perspective, the …

Many fungi belonging to Botryosphaeriaceae are well-known as causal agents of diseases
in economically and ecologically important agricultural crops and forest trees. In Italy, the …

Abstract The European Union Rural Development Program (RDP) is a major driver of
landscape change over time in Europe. In a context of climate and land use changes and …

Wildfires are a major ecological disturbance in Mediterranean environments, and affect
together natural resources, ecosystem services and human activities. The impact of …