Environmental Sustainability and Global Change

1. Toward a balanced development of forest and agricultural land? A Mediterranean perspective<br>2. A renewed &lsquo;Sustainability Thinking&rsquo; is possible: Land Resources, Economic Development and Global Change in Southern Europe<br>3. Sustainability Strategies for Bridging the Rural-Urban Divide: Implications across Economic, Social, and Environmental Front<br>4. Economic and Environmental convergence and the quest for sustainable development<br>5. Sustainability, Resilience, Land Degradation and Regional Disparities: (Re)framing four hegemonic concepts from a &lsquo;rural&rsquo; perspective<br>6. A brief Outlook at the long-term Evolution of Agriculture and the Environmental Consequences in Italy<br>7. Rural development and Environmental Sustainability in advanced economies: The socio-ecological role of traditional crops<br>8. Toward an unsustainable pasture? The Influence of topographical position on soil compaction at the farm scale<br>9. Sustainable development and integrated soil management in Mediterranean vineyards<br>10. Land Degradation and Sustainable Development: a Multi-step Statistical Framework to Complexity Analysis of Soil Quality<br>11. Toward a Mediterranean model of rural settlement? Land degradation and the evolving demographic pressure in Italy, 1972-2021<br>12. Spending for the environment: a quantitative analysis of local treasure expenditure in Italy<br>13. The economic costs of forest fires: a simplified accounting system for Mediterranean Europe<br>14. Rural depopulation and land abandonment: the quest for a comprehensive framework and the experience of Itay<br>15. Socio-economically and environmentally disadvantaged (rural) Regions in European Union: The case of Western Macedonia<br>16. Mediterranean Environments and Local Communities: Monitoring Demands and Implications for Mitigation Policies