Dispersed urbanization has expanded into rural land worldwide. The present work focused
on the Athens' metropolitan area, the capital of Greece, discussing the potential role of a …

Metropolitan growth in Europe has resulted in drastic changes of urban forms, socio-spatial
structures and land-use patterns due to sequential processes of urbanization …

Building activity at the metropolitan scale reflects socioeconomic transformations
increasingly dependent on place-specific factors. The present study investigates height …

Develo** adaptation strategies in Vitis vinifera, a crop sensitive to climate change, is
crucial for resilience of traditional viticultural systems, especially in climate-vulnerable areas …

The importance of soils to society has gained increasing recognition over the past decade,
with the potential to contribute to most of the United Nations' Sustainable Development …

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 …

Urban forms are increasingly reflective of socio-economic change in metropolitan regions.
The present study illustrates an original approach to identify latent mechanisms of urban …

The present study investigates long-term population dynamics in Italy, 1862–2009, in light of
Demographic Transitions (DTs). Under the assumption that DTs are multidimensional …

Mediterranean regions are likely to be the most vulnerable areas to wildfires in Europe. In
this context, land-use change has promoted land abandonment and the consequent …

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 …