Mediterranean-type ecosystems are one of the most affected environments by habitat loss and fragmentation due to urban development, however only few studies have evaluated the effects of urbanization on the biodiversity ...

The spatial structure of cities, i.e. their composition, shape and degree of fragmentation or compactness, is a physical expression reflecting development efficiency. Identifying the evolution of urban systems in time and ...

The specificity of the urban socio-spatial fragmentation process is configured to embrace other processes that already exist in our cities, characterizing its own dynamics. In this study, we seek to debate this theme from ...

Similar to many concepts in Social Sciences, the concept of sociospatial fragmentation has been often misused, at times leading to significant confusion. In view of that, this article aims to critically review this concept ...

Given the limited capacity of the public sector in Bolivia to provide basic services and infrastructure, within the metropolitan area of Cochabamba, multiple neighborhood organizations have developed practices and strategies ...

© EURE. In the context of the multiple urban transformations taking place in large métropoles, this paper analyzes, through various means, the way in which contemporary urbanism practices serve to fragment the spatial-temporal ...

Facing the unbridled anthropic actions, the fragmentation and disturbance of urban forest fragments have been causing, on a global scale, the decline of species populations, genetic losses, extinction processes, reduction ...

Over the last decades, new dynamics of urban landscape production and transformation have influenced on the character of their open spaces. Processes such as the fragmentation and the dispersion of the urban fabric, which ...

© 2018 Elsevier B.V. Urbanization destroys and fragments natural habitats, resulting in a system of natural remnants embedded in an urban matrix. Urban natural remnants (UNRs) can provide multiple ecosystem services for ...