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Remote Sensing-Based Analysis of Landscape Pattern Evolution in Industrial Rural Areas: A Case of Southern Jiangsu, China

open access: yes, 2019
With the rapid economic development of industrial rural areas in Southern Jiangsu, the rural landscape and ecological environment of these industrial rural areas are getting damaged. Based on GIS and RS techniques, Landsat Satellite remote sensing images
Zhu, Wang, Sakai
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Application of interactive AI system based on image recognition in rural landscape design

open access: yesSystems and Soft Computing
Rural landscape design plays a critical role in improving the quality of rural environment and residents' quality of life. However, the relevant material library is not sufficient and some original styles need to be preserved, making the design work ...
Da He
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Influence of Livelihood Capitals on Landscape Service Cognition and Behavioral Intentions in Rural Heritage Sites

open access: yes
Farmers’ livelihoods are critical for global sustainable development and the conservation and transmission of rural heritage. However, neglecting farmers’ livelihoods increases the risks to living heritage conservation.
Jiayu Cai   +3 more
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Fragments of rurality. Mutations of the alpine rural landscape and architecture in the twentieth century

open access: yes, 2019
During the twentieth century, the urbanization and settlement growth processes that have affected the alpine areas have irreversibly transformed the morphology of the historical rural territory, grafting onto the stratification process that has produced ...
Dini R.
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Glasswort as a Strategic Crop in Coastal Wetlands: Intercropping Results with Swiss Chard

open access: yesAgronomy
The Mediterranean region is experiencing severe droughts and unprecedented high temperatures. In terms of salinity, about 18 million ha of land, or 25% of the total irrigated area in the Mediterranean, is salt affected.
Anna Rita Bernadette Cammerino   +4 more
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The polycentricity of urban population will lead to improvements in urban heat island effect: Evidence from the Yangtze river delta in China

open access: yesSustainable Futures
Currently, major cities globally are universally and actively implementing strategies for the polycentric development of urban spatial structures. However, the impacts of this strategy on the ecological environment and residents' lives require further ...
Cheng Wang   +7 more
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Greenways as strategic landscape planning: theory and application

open access: yes, 2002
Greenways are systems and/or networks of protected lands that are managed for multiple uses including: nature protection, biodiversity management, water resources, recreation, and cultural/historic resource protection.
Ahern, J.F.
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The next step in suburban rural revitalization: Integrated whole-process landscape management linking ecosystem services and landscape characteristics

open access: yesEcological Indicators
Suburban rural ecosystem, especially those adjacent to large cities, constitute a key component of rural and urban sustainability and resilience. However, urbanisation often exerts a negative impact on suburban rural landscapes, leading to ecological ...
Huiya Yang   +6 more
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Landscape Assessment via Regression Analysis

open access: yes
This paper presents a methodology for assessing the visual quality of agricultural landscapes through direct and indirect techniques of landscape valuation. The first technique enables us to rank agricultural landscapes on the basis of a survey of public
Ruiz, Pedro   +5 more
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