A 'laboratory' of landscape degradation: Social and economic implications for sustainable development in peri-urban areas

Salvati, Luca and Forino, Giuseppe ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6659-0742 (2014) A 'laboratory' of landscape degradation: Social and economic implications for sustainable development in peri-urban areas. International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development, 8 (3). ISSN 1740-8822

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Abstract

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.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	sdg 15 - life on land ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/life_on_land
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences
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Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	22 Sep 2020 00:07
Last Modified:	22 Oct 2022 07:05
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/76967
DOI:	10.1504/IJISD.2014.066616

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