In-between sprawl and fires: Long-term forest expansion and settlement dynamics at the wildland-urban interface in Rome, Italy

International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 467-475

  Biasi, Rita ^a   Colantoni, Andrea ^a   Ferrara, Carlotta ^b   Ranalli, Flavia ^c   Salvati, Luca ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

forest diversity; human disturbance; land use changes; Mediterranean basin; urban fringe

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST COVER; FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; SUBURBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WILDFIRE;

ITALY; LAZIO; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; ROMA [LAZIO]; ROME;

FAGUS;

EID: 84948382622     PISSN: 13504509     EISSN: 17452627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504509.2015.1064488     Document Type: Article

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