A5055262956- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Urban Planning and Valuation
- Organic Food and Agriculture
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management
- Urbanization and City Planning
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Diverse academic and cultural studies
- French Urban and Social Studies
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Urban Development and Cultural Heritage
- Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
- Urban Design and Spatial Analysis
- Landslides and related hazards
University of Molise
2023-2025
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
2020
Sapienza University of Rome
2017-2019
Land consumption and climate change have intensified natural disasters in urban areas. In response to these emergencies under the European 2030 Agenda, Sustainable Development Goals been established improve ecosystem protection increase resilience adaptation globally (Goal 13 “Climate action” Goal 15 “Life on land”). order implement governance tools appropriately, it is necessary know relationships among drivers, changes state of ecosystems agro-ecosystems, impact supply goods services at...
Changes in land use and cover (LULC) are caused by several factors, including climate change, socio-demographic dynamics, human pressures urban sprawl. These factors alter the structure functionality of ecosystems their capacity to provide ecosystem goods services society. The study LULC changes is important for understanding dynamics relationships between environmental, social economic components analyzing affecting natural capital. Including (ES) spatial planning tools sectoral policies...
Understanding the role of wildfire drivers is essential to implement more effective prevention strategies at regional scale and promote specific mitigation actions local scale. By considering municipalities as elementary analysis domain, present study investigates spatial distribution wildfires (1993–2015) in Valencian Community, a Mediterranean fire-prone area with variable climate regimes, heterogeneous landscapes increasing human pressure. Assuming that denser road network increases...
This study aims to explore the relationship between provision of ecosystem services (ESs) and other territorial characteristics. Taking Italian Metropolitan Regions (MRs) as case studies, gradient specialization providing a set ESs in different contexts is examined using National Strategy for Internal Areas (SNAI) classification. The main objective this research understand whether there spatial pattern location within metropolitan SNAI areas. Inspired by Von Thünen’s economic theories,...
This work introduces a new class of landscape metrics characterizing basic features patch perimeters. Specific computation on perimeters was carried out fine-grained land-use maps with the aim to characterize spatial patterns neighbor patches, evidencing contact points and perimeter length between two (or more) types. A detailed set were derived from such analysis. approach is complementary classical proved be particularly useful complex, fragmented landscapes profiling metropolitan regions...
This paper examines how spatial dynamics have impacted natural capital and the provision of ecosystem services. The units outlined by National Strategy for Inland Areas (SNAI) been used as territorial this study. SNAI is a public policy focused on enhancing quality services to citizens (such transportation, healthcare, education). It proposes economic revitalization inland areas undergoing processes marginalization. Our focus stems from two primary reasons: first, no previous studies in...
Changes in land use and cover represent the main cause of loss natural capital ecosystem services supply. Analyzing dynamics impacts these changes is also important with respect to implementation D.lgs 34/2018, which recognizes generated by forests identifies payments for as innovative tools sustainable forest management. mapping, quantification, economic valuation services. In our study, we analyzed change supply relation that occurred between 1960 2018 Molise Region. 
 To do this type...
In wealthiest countries, urban sprawl and peri-urban agricultural landscapes are strictly interconnected issues, with dispersed expansion causing inherent land-use conflicts. Interpreting latent socioeconomic processes at the base of agriculture in southern Europe may benefit from a thorough analysis metropolitan dynamics growth change, considering together morphological functional issues. The approach proposed this study is intended to provide an overview new strategies for food production...
Landscape composition has a crucial role in determining ecosystem functioning and human well-being. Human activities (e.g. urban expansion or agricultural intensification) have strongly modified the natural environment integrity. This paper presents an exemplary application of service (ES) concept to whole Italian territory. A GIS-based analysis long-term dynamics (1960-2018) between land cover changes landscapes’ capacities provide services was conducted order achieve qualitative...