Landscape complexity : Ecosystem Dynamics, Economic Pressure and Optimal Resource Management (River Publishers Series in Social, Urban, Economic and Environmental Sustainability)

D'Agata, Alessia (EDT)/ Konaxis, Ioannis (EDT)/ Salvati, Luca (EDT)

River Publishers（2026/04発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 124 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9788743811084

Full Description

In advanced economies, landscapes have evolved into complex mosaics shaped by the dynamic interplay between forests, shrublands, agricultural fields, pastures, and urban or industrial areas. This intricate structure creates multiple layers of ecological and socioeconomic interactions that influence how land is used, valued, and managed.

Despite increasing awareness of environmental sustainability, the absence of comprehensive continental and national accounting systems for landscape evaluation has hindered the full recognition of landscapes as vital components of economic systems. Bridging this gap requires new methods to quantify and interpret landscape functions, services, and transformations.

This book proposes an integrative approach to landscape assessment—combining official statistics, field surveys, remote sensing, forest inventories, and spatial analysis. It demonstrates how these diverse tools can be harnessed to evaluate both quantitative and qualitative aspects of natural ecosystems, offering a clearer understanding of how landscapes contribute to environmental resilience and economic well-being.

Through practical examples and detailed case studies, this book provides an essential framework for scholars, environmental planners, policymakers, and practitioners seeking to connect ecological insights with sustainable regional development and policy design.

Contents

Chapter 1. Socio-ecological assessment of landscape systems: Toward an integrated perspective Chapter 2. Environmental degradation in complex landscapes: from theory to practice Chapter 3. Aesthetic value, biodiversity, and ecosystem services: optimal resources' management and the 'holistic' role of landscape Chapter 4. Investigating complex landscape systems: inter-disciplinary paradigms in-between science and policy Chapter 5. Envisioning landscape structures with a non-parametric, multidimensional analysis of official statistics Chapter 6. 'Burnt landscapes': improving wildfire management in sensitive hotspots Chapter 7. The role of local landmarks in environmental education Chapter 8. Unraveling the inherent complexity in spatio-temporal patterns of urbanization: Theoretical and empirical contributions from global to local observation scales