TY - JOUR
T1 - A 'laboratory' of landscape degradation: Social and economic implications for sustainable development in peri-urban areas
AU - Salvati, Luca
AU - Forino, Giuseppe
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - he present paper debates on human-derived landscape degradation (LD) and sustainable development reviewing the main factors of soil and land degradation in northern Mediterranean peri-urban areas, taken as paradigmatic cases for Europe and the Mediterranean basin. Population growth and urban sprawl were found as the most important factors determining soil sealing, land consumption, biodiversity decline and loss in natural resources. The multifaceted interactions observed between socioeconomic and biophysical factors were also highlighted. The study discusses an integrated set of measures as a policy instrument for sustainable land management of Mediterranean peri-urban areas.
AB - he present paper debates on human-derived landscape degradation (LD) and sustainable development reviewing the main factors of soil and land degradation in northern Mediterranean peri-urban areas, taken as paradigmatic cases for Europe and the Mediterranean basin. Population growth and urban sprawl were found as the most important factors determining soil sealing, land consumption, biodiversity decline and loss in natural resources. The multifaceted interactions observed between socioeconomic and biophysical factors were also highlighted. The study discusses an integrated set of measures as a policy instrument for sustainable land management of Mediterranean peri-urban areas.
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U2 - 10.1504/IJISD.2014.066616
DO - 10.1504/IJISD.2014.066616
M3 - Article
VL - 8
JO - International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development
JF - International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development
SN - 1740-8822
IS - 3
ER -
