Land use and land cover changes (LULCC) within a highly anthropized Mediterranean landscape dominated by industrial tree plantation leads to degradation of soil physical properties. This process has been more intense in ...

Aim: Although it is established that climate and fire have greatly influenced the long-term ecosystem dynamics of Patagonia south of 40°S, the environmental history from northernmost Patagonia (37–40°S), where endemic and ...

One of the major challenges in ecology is to predict how multiple global environmental changes will affect future ecosystem patterns (e.g. plant community composition) and processes (e.g. nutrient cycling). Here, we highlight ...

Presents a survey of the planning area, land use survey and analysis, population and employment, and planning proposals for Princes Town.

Provides a history and survey of San Fernando, its physical characteristics, land capability for development, demography, economic structure, land use, housing, social and community facilities and infrastructure.

Purpose As a consequence of the multi-functionality of land, the impact assessment of land use in Life Cycle Impact Assessment requires the modelling of several impact pathways covering biodiversity and ecosystem services. ...

A brief history of Port of Spain, a description of the Central Business District, survey and appraisal of the CBD, the regional planning framework and approach to redevelopment, the concept for design of development in the ...

The growing replacement of native vegetation by forest plantations is considered a global threat to biodiversity. Significant variation in biotic communities among stands with similar management suggests that previous land ...