Resilient landscapes in Mediterranean urban areas: Understanding factors influencing forest trends

Environmental Research

Volumn 156, Issue , 2017, Pages 1-9

  Tomao, Antonio ^a   Quatrini, Valerio ^b   Corona, Piermaria ^a   Ferrara, Agostino ^c   Lafortezza, Raffaele ^d   Salvati, Luca ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b Forestry Research Centre   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^e Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l′analisi dell'economia agraria ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Nature Based Solutions; Southern Europe; Sustainable urbanization; Urban forests

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LAND USE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; URBAN FORESTRY; URBAN MORPHOLOGY; URBANIZATION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; BUILDING; CITY; CITY PLANNING; CROP PROTECTION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FOREST; FOREST DYNAMICS; LANDSCAPE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SOIL QUALITY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GREECE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; GREECE;

CITIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORESTS; GREECE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 85014884676     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2017.03.006     Document Type: Article

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