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    Socio-Environmental Dynamics, Economic Performances and Climate Change

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    Sustainable development is at the forefront of urban, rural, social, agricultural and economic development policies in European countries, out of these areas, agriculture is researched the least as there is currently more focus on central and urban areas.Salvati and Konaxis present an interdisciplinary and multidimensional examination of the complex evolution of rural systems in advanced economies ... Read more

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  • Landscape complexity

    Ecosystem Dynamics, Economic Pressure and Optimal Resource Management

    Series series River Publishers Series in Social, Urban, Economic and Environmental Sustainability
    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, ... Read more

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  • Landscape Economics

    Territorial Challenges and Social Dynamics

    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This books focuses specifically on an “applied economics” of landscapes. It means that landscape is investigated here in a completely new setting and academic perspective, starting from the economic, social, and geographical perspective, and then moving to planning, ecological and environmental implications. Likely for the first time in the literature, this book is specifically dealing with ... Read more

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  • Vacant Land

    Urban Design, Economic Expansion, and Environmental Consequences

    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book sheds light on the mechanisms at the base of formation and consolidation of vacant land in metropolitan regions, an under-debated issue of urban growth, regional science and architecture. The book adopts a kaleidoscope of different academic and practical approaches, mixing multiple perspectives that combine architectural and urban planning disciplines with more specifically economic, ... Read more

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  • Sustainable Urbanization and Local Development

    Integrated Perspectives in Advanced Economies

    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book seeks a common tread linking economic growth, urban development and environmental sustainability, specifically focusing on urban and metropolitan contexts in developed countries. Starting from a theoretical reflection on capitalistic growth models and the evolution of territorial inequalities, it examines how social and environmental dynamics intersect with economic processes, ... Read more

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  • The Age of Sustainability

    Just Transitions in a Complex World

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    Series series Routledge Studies in Sustainable Development
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  • Territorial Economics

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  • Routledge Handbook of Ecological Economics

    Nature and Society

    Edited by Clive L. Spash ...
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