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Variations in land-use/land-cover changes (LULCCs) in a peri-urban Mediterranean nature reserve: the estate of Castelporziano (Central Italy)

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This study was aimed at analyzing land-use/land-cover changes (LULCCs) in a protected area, the Presidential estate of Castelporziano, a nature reserve located 20 km southwest of Rome in a peri-urban area. In this territory, there are two SCIs (sites of community importance) and several environments of naturalistic value. This research can be seen as a study case in landscape planning and transformative processes in terms of governance, in consideration of the natural and cultural heritage of the area and its location. In fact, Castelporziano, located in the proximity of two urban centers, Rome and Ostia, is a peri-urban territory that has undergone a significant transformation in recent decades as a result of anthropic pressure in terms of land-use change. Photo-interpretation of aerial photographs taken in 1930 and 2010 was carried out to perform an LULCCs and land-use change detection analysis. To this aim Patch Analyst 3.1 software was also used to calculate landscape indices in order to characterize the landscape structure.

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This research was made possible thanks to the environmental monitoring program for the Estate of Castelporziano, which has been carried out since 1996 by the National Academy of Sciences detta dei XL (Rome).

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  1. Department of Agriculture, Forests, Nature and Energy (D.A.F.N.E.), Tuscia University, Via San Camillo de Lellis, 01100, Viterbo, Italy

    Fabio Recanatesi

  2. Department of Environment and Forests Engineering Group, Tuscia University, Via San Camillo de Lellis, Viterbo, Italy

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This peer-reviewed article is a result of the multidisciplinary project coordinated by the “Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL”, Rome, Italy, in the area of the Presidential Estate of Castelporziano near Rome.

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Recanatesi, F. Variations in land-use/land-cover changes (LULCCs) in a peri-urban Mediterranean nature reserve: the estate of Castelporziano (Central Italy). Rend. Fis. Acc. Lincei 26 (Suppl 3), 517–526 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12210-014-0358-1

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