Incorporating factors such as urban geographical location, topographic features, and climatic context, the study established a socioeconomic multiple regression model based on urban landscape patterns ...

We review and compare well-studied examples of five large, infrequent disturbances (LIDs)-fire, hurricanes, tornadoes, volcanic eruptions, and floods-in terms of the physical processes involved, the ...

Ecology and Society, Vol. 13, No. 1 (Jun 2008) (19 pages) ABSTRACT. Land-use change is one of the major factors affecting global environmental change and represents a primary human effect on natural ...

Contemporary landscapes rarely succeed by accident. Clean lines, controlled contrast, and intentional materials shape outdoor ...

Scientists have applied a dynamic model of the landscape to patterns of human migration into Sahul, the combined continent of Australia, Tasmania and New Guinea. New research led by the University of ...

Labyrinths of stones form in cold landscapes when water freezes into ice needles that push pebbles to one side. Overtime, the rising and falling of ice needles move the pebbles into intricate ...

There are surprising parallels between Canadian urban cores and northern Arctic islands where the shape of the landscapes hold our shared histories. The year 2023 has been one of extremes, from ...