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Recently, the integrated landscape approach has gained increasing interest of the scientific community, as well as of organizations active in the field of sustainable development. However, the enthusiastic welcome is challenged by little consensus on theory, terminology and definitions. Moreover, the operationalization of the approach into practice is a major challenge. In this paper, we present…
Highlights •Data fusion allows representing land uses difficult to capture with land cover. •Diverse land systems represented in one mapping product. •Spatial assessment of shifting cultivation land systems for entire Lao territory. •Agricultural frontiers signalled by forest-mosaic land systems. Land cover data is widely used for the design and monitoring of land…
The bubbles or the effervescent cauldron? An Ecosystem Approach to Quality of Life. Considering the serious contemporary problems that affect the quality of life, it is proposed the construction of an ecosystemic model of culture, by means of the link, in a dynamic configuration, of four dimensions of the world (intimate, interactive, social and biophysical), aiming at the development of their…