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View article: Investigating metropolitan change through mathematical morphology and a dynamic factor analysis of structural and functional land-use indicators
Investigating metropolitan change through mathematical morphology and a dynamic factor analysis of structural and functional land-use indicators Open
View article: Toward a ‘Migrant Trap’? Local Development, Urban Sustainability, Sociodemographic Inequalities, and the Economic Decline in a Mediterranean Metropolis
Toward a ‘Migrant Trap’? Local Development, Urban Sustainability, Sociodemographic Inequalities, and the Economic Decline in a Mediterranean Metropolis Open
After years following the breakdown of the Great Recession in Europe, crisis-driven urban shrinkage can be adequately investigated considering changes over time in selected demographic indicators, with a specific focus on migration. Using …
View article: Modeling Spatio-Temporal Divergence in Land Vulnerability to Desertification with Local Regressions
Modeling Spatio-Temporal Divergence in Land Vulnerability to Desertification with Local Regressions Open
Taken as a classical issue in applied economics, the notion of ‘convergence’ is based on the concept of path dependence, i.e., from the previous trajectory undertaken by the system during its recent history. Going beyond social science, a …
View article: ‘Old’ Territorial Disparities and ‘New’ Spatial Patterns: Unraveling the Latent Nexus between Sustainable Development and Desertification Risk in Italy
‘Old’ Territorial Disparities and ‘New’ Spatial Patterns: Unraveling the Latent Nexus between Sustainable Development and Desertification Risk in Italy Open
Although sustainable development and desertification risk are hegemonic concepts in environmental economics, their intimate relationship was occasionally studied and made spatially explicit. The present study contributes to fill this knowl…
View article: ‘Pulsing’ cities and ‘swarming’ metropolises: A simplified, entropy-based approach to long-term urban development
‘Pulsing’ cities and ‘swarming’ metropolises: A simplified, entropy-based approach to long-term urban development Open
View article: Urbanisation-driven land degradation and socioeconomic challenges in peri-urban areas: Insights from Southern Europe
Urbanisation-driven land degradation and socioeconomic challenges in peri-urban areas: Insights from Southern Europe Open
Climate change and landscape transformation have led to rapid expansion of peri-urban areas globally, representing new ‘laboratories’ for the study of human–nature relationships aiming at land degradation management. This paper contributes…
View article: Forest Transition and Metropolitan Transformations in Developed Countries: Interpreting Apparent and Latent Dynamics with Local Regression Models
Forest Transition and Metropolitan Transformations in Developed Countries: Interpreting Apparent and Latent Dynamics with Local Regression Models Open
Metropolitan fringes in Southern Europe preserve, under different territorial contexts, natural habitats, relict woodlands, and mixed agro-forest systems acting as a sink of biodiversity and ecosystem services in ecologically vulnerable la…
View article: Natural population growth and urban management in metropolitan regions: Insights from pre-crisis and post-crisis Athens, Greece
Natural population growth and urban management in metropolitan regions: Insights from pre-crisis and post-crisis Athens, Greece Open
Between the 1970s and the 1990s, cities in Southern Europe experienced a progressive delocalisation of population, settlements and activities over larger regions. Economic downturns have increasingly influenced more recent waves of metropo…
View article: Toward a Dualistic Growth? Population Increase and Land-Use Change in Rome, Italy
Toward a Dualistic Growth? Population Increase and Land-Use Change in Rome, Italy Open
The spatial mismatch between population growth and settlement expansion is at the base of current models of urban growth. Empirical evidence is increasingly required to inform planning measures promoting urban containment in the context of…
View article: Desertification and Degradation Risks vs Poverty: A Key Topic in Mediterranean Europe
Desertification and Degradation Risks vs Poverty: A Key Topic in Mediterranean Europe Open
Land degradation and, subsequently, desertification processes are conditioned by biophysical factors and human impacts. Nowadays, there is an increasing interest by social scientists to assess its implications. Especially, it is relevant t…
View article: Moving toward the north? The spatial shift of olive groves in Italy
Moving toward the north? The spatial shift of olive groves in Italy Open
Southern Europe is becoming a hotspot for climate change. Appropriate mechanisation is necessary for reducing soil compacting in such contexts. The olive tree distribution – a typical Mediterranean crop – showed a well--defined latitude gr…
View article: Suburban Fertility and Metropolitan Cycles: Insights from European Cities
Suburban Fertility and Metropolitan Cycles: Insights from European Cities Open
Being largely diversified along the urban–rural gradient, fertility gaps have demonstrated to fuel metropolitan expansion, contributing to natural population growth and social change. In this direction, population dynamics and economic tra…
View article: High-to-Low (Regional) Fertility Transitions in a Peripheral European Country: The Contribution of Exploratory Time Series Analysis
High-to-Low (Regional) Fertility Transitions in a Peripheral European Country: The Contribution of Exploratory Time Series Analysis Open
Diachronic variations in demographic rates have frequently reflected social transformations and a (more or less evident) impact of sequential economic downturns. By assessing changes over time in Total Fertility Rate (TFR) at the regional …
View article: Soil Quality and Peri-Urban Expansion of Cities: A Mediterranean Experience (Athens, Greece)
Soil Quality and Peri-Urban Expansion of Cities: A Mediterranean Experience (Athens, Greece) Open
Soil loss and peri-urban settlement expansion are key issues in urban sustainability, with multi-disciplinary implications that go beyond individual ecological and socioeconomic dimensions. Our study illustrates an assessment framework dia…
View article: Uncovering the Role of Biophysical Factors and Socioeconomic Forces Shaping Soil Sensitivity to Degradation: Insights from Italy
Uncovering the Role of Biophysical Factors and Socioeconomic Forces Shaping Soil Sensitivity to Degradation: Insights from Italy Open
Following an operational framework derived from earlier research, our study research estimates the specific contribution of biophysical and socioeconomic factors to soil sensitivity to degradation at two-time points (Early-1990s and Early-…
View article: Toward a New Urban Cycle? A Closer Look to Sprawl, Demographic Transitions and the Environment in Europe
Toward a New Urban Cycle? A Closer Look to Sprawl, Demographic Transitions and the Environment in Europe Open
Urban growth is a largely debated issue in social science. Specific forms of metropolitan expansion—including sprawl—involve multiple and fascinating research dimensions, making mixed (quali-quantitative) analysis of this phenomenon partic…
View article: Recession, Local Fertility, and Urban Sustainability: Results of a Quasi-Experiment in Greece, 1991–2018
Recession, Local Fertility, and Urban Sustainability: Results of a Quasi-Experiment in Greece, 1991–2018 Open
Fertility is a spatially non-stationary property of regional demographic systems. Despite the wealth of quantitative (micro–macro) information delineating short-term population dynamics in advanced economies, the contribution of economic d…
View article: Re-Framing the Latent Nexus between Land-Use Change, Urbanization and Demographic Transitions in Advanced Economies
Re-Framing the Latent Nexus between Land-Use Change, Urbanization and Demographic Transitions in Advanced Economies Open
The linkage between land-use change and demographic transitions in advanced countries has becoming increasingly complex because of the mutual interplay of environmental and socioeconomic spheres influencing the degree of sustainability of …
View article: Exploring non-linear relationships among redundant variables through non-parametric principal component analysis: An empirical analysis with land-use data
Exploring non-linear relationships among redundant variables through non-parametric principal component analysis: An empirical analysis with land-use data Open
Principal Component Analysis (PCA) is a widely applied statistical technique aimed at summarising a multidimensional set of input (partly redundant) variables into a restricted number of independent components that are linear combinations …
View article: Land degradation and metropolitan expansion in a peri-urban environment
Land degradation and metropolitan expansion in a peri-urban environment Open
The couple rapid urbanization and policy failure in controlling urban expansion was sometimes associated to soil and land degradation phenomena in both developing and developed countries. This work points to investigate the link between ex…
View article: BUILDING FOR LOCAL RESILIENCE AND THE LATENT NEXUS BETWEEN VULNERABILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY IN METROPOLITAN REGIONS
BUILDING FOR LOCAL RESILIENCE AND THE LATENT NEXUS BETWEEN VULNERABILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY IN METROPOLITAN REGIONS Open
Providing a review of theoretical and empirical studies with a specific coverage on Europe, this paper focuses on the concept of 'metropolitan resilience' in light of public governance and regional planning, making some distinctions with t…
View article: Unraveling Causes and Consequences of International Retirement Migration to Coastal and Rural Areas in Mediterranean Europe
Unraveling Causes and Consequences of International Retirement Migration to Coastal and Rural Areas in Mediterranean Europe Open
In a context of aging, low fertility, and progressive slowdown of both internal population mobility and international migration at working age, residential mobility at older ages was regarded as an emerging phenomenon in Mediterranean Euro…
View article: In-Between ‘Smart’ Urban Growth and ‘Sluggish’ Rural Development? Reframing Population Dynamics in Greece, 1940–2019
In-Between ‘Smart’ Urban Growth and ‘Sluggish’ Rural Development? Reframing Population Dynamics in Greece, 1940–2019 Open
Multifaceted demographic dynamics have shaped population growth in Mediterranean Europe, reflecting a metropolitan cycle from urbanization to re-urbanization. To assess the distinctive impact of economic downturns on population dynamics, t…
View article: Unraveling Latent Aspects of Urban Expansion: Desertification Risk Reveals More
Unraveling Latent Aspects of Urban Expansion: Desertification Risk Reveals More Open
Urban expansion results in socioeconomic transformations with relevant impacts for peri-urban soils, leading to environmental concerns about land degradation and increased desertification risk in ecologically fragile districts. Spatial pla…
View article: Unraveling the (Uneven) Linkage? A Reflection on Population Aging and Suburbanization in a Mediterranean Perspective
Unraveling the (Uneven) Linkage? A Reflection on Population Aging and Suburbanization in a Mediterranean Perspective Open
A complex interplay between socioeconomic transformations and demographic dynamics has characterized the long-term development of European countries. As a characteristic example of such linkage, the present study focuses on the spatial rel…
View article: Desertification risk, economic resilience and social issues: From theory to practice
Desertification risk, economic resilience and social issues: From theory to practice Open
View article: A New ‘Lexicon’ of Land Degradation: Toward a Holistic Thinking for Complex Socioeconomic Issues
A New ‘Lexicon’ of Land Degradation: Toward a Holistic Thinking for Complex Socioeconomic Issues Open
Land degradation is perceived worldwide as a key process of resource depletion, representing a paradigmatic issue in national and supra-national political agendas for the 21st century in both advanced and emerging economies. Trying to deli…
View article: Uncovering Demographic Trends and Recent Urban Expansion in Metropolitan Regions: A Paradigmatic Case Study
Uncovering Demographic Trends and Recent Urban Expansion in Metropolitan Regions: A Paradigmatic Case Study Open
While urbanization trends have been characterized for a long time by deconcentration of inner cities with expansion of low-density settlements, economic repolarization leading to re-urbanization and recovery of central districts are now co…
View article: Rapidity of Change in Population Age Structures: A Local Approach Based on Multiway Factor Analysis
Rapidity of Change in Population Age Structures: A Local Approach Based on Multiway Factor Analysis Open
In the light of complex adaptive system thinking, population age structures in Europe have increasingly reflected the interplay between ‘fast’ and ‘slow’ socioeconomic dynamics driven by natural population growth and migration. Assuming th…