This book discusses the future and present regional challenges of southern Europe, adopting a multidisciplinary perspective concerning planning, regional development, the role of innovation and sustainability of cities. It offers as such an insight into the current status quo of regional...

Subsistence livelihoods of agro-pastoralists are heavily dependent on vulnerable natural resources. These natural resources are exposed to a number of risks in the form of shocks, trends and seasonality. These risks are linked with environmental hazards. The Cholistan desert is divided into...

Preface -- Overview of Chapters -- Sustainable land management and the co-creation of knowledge -- Part 1 (State and drivers) -- Land use change in Europe (Overview) -- Energy demand and land use change -- New economic drivers for land use change -- Demographic change and land use change --...

Introduction -- Chapter 1. Diversity and country performance -- Chapter 2. Regional opportunities in southern Europe -- Chapter 3. Landscape and Heritage in southern Europe -- Chapter 4. Analytical tools from a socioeconomic point of view -- Chapter 5. Mapping Behavioral patterns -- Chapter 6....

This study was conducted with the objective of determining the returns to sustainable land management (SLM) at the national level in Bhutan. The study first uses satellite data on land change (Landsat) to examine land use change in 1990–2010 and its impact on sediment loading in hydroelectric...