Urban sprawl has deleterious effects on natural and man-made landscapes and therefore, on the attractiveness of visitor and tourist areas. The spread of urban land use has prompted a significant loss of biodiversity and an increasing vulnerability of fragile natural and man-made systems. A...

The present paper will develop a predictive toolkit for urban heritage in relation to urban culturalendangerment for the region of the Algarve in Portugal. The use of the Algarve as a laboratory for testing this novel methodology relies on a combined analysis of urban growth potentials and...

Modeling spatial heterogeneity (SH) is a controversial subject in real estate economics. Single-family-home prices in Austria are explored to investigate the capability of global and locally weighted hedonic models. Even if regional indicators are not fully capable to model SH and technical...

In recent decades, Europe has experienced an unprecedented urban growth affecting fragile ecosystems and natural habitats. Urban development in coastal zones, combined with city expansion, has led to irreversible adverse consequences for land use and to environmental degradation. The delicate...