The Long-Term Perspective of Human Impact on Landscape for Environmental Change and Sustainability

• Main Author: Florenzano, Assunta (auth)
• Other Authors: Mercuri, Anna (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: Environmental economics; oasis; Late Holocene; n/a; DISP; spatio-temporal pattern; medieval age; Tarim Basin; forestland governance; arable land; Côte d'Ivoire; landscape change; landscape change index; livestock; middle and lower reaches of Shule River Basin; human-induced; land use change; vegetation change; land cover; climate change; Deforestation; mitigation; eco-fragile area; development; native forest; agricultural oasis expansion; cities; central Spain; wetland; vegetation cover; urbanization; human activity intensity; sustainability; dike-ponds; case study; army; palaeoenvironmental reconstruction; paleoecology; farming radius; peace; landscape transformation; Shunde District; archaeological sites; late Holocene; NPPs; pollen; soil carbon; NDVI; Costa Rica; land politics; historical land-cover/use change; grasslands; land use; land reconstruction; China; land-use intensity; Northeast China; resilience; landscape dynamics; palaeoecology; political tradition; forest landscape; African politics; pasture indicators; land use changes; Landsat; mid-mountains; climate; RESTREND; driving forces; carbon neutral; Mediterranean; environment; Horqin Sandy Land; southern Italy; land-use degree; flood management
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The research studies included in this Special Issue highlight the fundamental contribution of the knowledge of environmental history to conscious and efficient environment conservation and management. The long-term perspective of the dynamics that govern the human-climate ecosystem is becoming one o...