The worldwide increase of human pressure in rural areas has resulted in a progressive fragmentation of agro-forest landscapes. Relatively few studies have identified processes of landscape modification and patch fragmentation reflecting long-term human activity from those caused by recent urbanization stimulated by economic development, population growth and improved accessibility of rural areas. In rural districts dominated by high-quality crop mosaics and exposed to increasing levels of human pressure, urbanization-driven changes in the use of land have determined complex and non-linear processes of landscape fragmentation which deserve further investigation. Multidimensional procedures and data mining are appropriate to explore such transformations, basing on a comprehensive assessment of landscape metrics.
Towards Sustainable Rural Landscapes? A Multivariate Analysis of the Structure of Traditional tree Cropping Systems along a Human Pressure Gradient in a Mediterranean Region / Biasi, R; Brunori, E; Ferrara, C; Salvati, L. - In: AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS. - ISSN 0167-4366. - 91:(2017), pp. 1199-1217. [10.1007/s10457-016-0006-0]
Towards Sustainable Rural Landscapes? A Multivariate Analysis of the Structure of Traditional tree Cropping Systems along a Human Pressure Gradient in a Mediterranean Region
Salvati L
2017
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The worldwide increase of human pressure in rural areas has resulted in a progressive fragmentation of agro-forest landscapes. Relatively few studies have identified processes of landscape modification and patch fragmentation reflecting long-term human activity from those caused by recent urbanization stimulated by economic development, population growth and improved accessibility of rural areas. In rural districts dominated by high-quality crop mosaics and exposed to increasing levels of human pressure, urbanization-driven changes in the use of land have determined complex and non-linear processes of landscape fragmentation which deserve further investigation. Multidimensional procedures and data mining are appropriate to explore such transformations, basing on a comprehensive assessment of landscape metrics.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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