Spatial Analysis for Complex Territorial Systems: Geo-information Technologies and European Official Statistics offers a multidisciplinary exploration of spatial analysis, geo-information technologies, and official statistics, focusing on their applications in environmental, economic, and planning challenges in Europe and the Mediterranean. Comprising 16 insightful chapters authored by leading scholars from Southern and Eastern Europe, Ireland, and the United States, the book delves into the complexities of socio-ecological monitoring through data integration and refined statistical indicators. Key topics include climate monitoring, land degradation, settlement patterns, and disaster resilience, providing a comprehensive understanding of local contexts and policy implications.
The book begins with contributions from a traditional ecological, agronomic, and environmental vision, then continues with a set of studies with stricter socio-demographic and economic focus. It then discusses how other quantitative approaches (e.g., based on big data and primary surveys) may clarify the role of policies and planning, addressing sustainable development goals in the ‘kaleidoscopic’ European landscapes. Conclusions confirm the urgent need of integrating the vast potential of geo-information techniques, together with spatial analysis and official statistics, into more flexible sustainable development strategies that reflect local conditions and spatially explicit background contexts.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iv 6. List of contributors - p. xiii 7. 1. Spatial analysis, statistical indicators, and the accountability of complex socioenvironmental processes: a challenge for sustainable development - p. 1 8. 2. Optimal resource management, environmental-economic impact assessment, and social dynamics - p. 29 9. Section 1: Geo-information technologies and socio-environmental challenges - p. 43 10. 3. Climate change and geostatistical indicators for landscape analysis - p. 63 11. 4. Quantifying “wood capital” through remote sources: a spatial comparison of multiple forest cover indicators - p. 109 12. 5. Sampling (infinite) populations in a geospatial framework: an operational perspective - p. 149 13. 6. Toward “natural farming systems”? Identifying “intensive” and “extensive” agricultural landscapes in Italy from official statistics - p. 161 14. 7. Socioenvironmental resilience and applied economics: from theory to indicators - p. 189 15. 8. Integrating externalities into economic systems for long-term environmental sustainability - p. 201 16. Section 2: Economic analysis, social dynamics and spatial approaches - p. 209 17. 9. Spatial distribution and settlement patterns of foreign population in Italy and Spain: a comparative multilevel approach - p. 217 18. 10. A research design modeling of the migrant–refugee issue: Lessons from an integrated large-scale survey in Greece - p. 251 19. 11. Residential mobility of older population: recent dynamics across Italian and Spanish municipalities - p. 271 20. 12. Assessing multidimensional influence of social media on consumer behavior using indicators: economic forces, cognitive perceptions, and social mechanisms in the contemporary digital era - p. 313 21. 13. Monitoring sociodemographic behaviors through indicators from primary surveys: the attitude of female students toward cohabitation in Greece - p. 333 22. 14. Toward a global analysis of wealth concentration: the case of per-land income distribution - p. 351 23. Section 3: Geo-spatial information for spatial planning and regional policy - p. 370 24. 15. Enhancing disaster resilience: Hellenic National Civil Protection Mechanism and local government participation in risk and disaster management - p. 377 25. 16. The Forest Map of Italy: an innovative tool for comprehensive planning of Italian woodlands - p. 395 26. 17. Insights into Italy’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan: a performance index for municipal administrations using spatial data - p. 411 27. 18. Monitoring local resilience of health-financing systems: evidence from COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Italy - p. 435 28. 19. The complex interplay among land, access, infrastructure, and (sustainable) real estate: a spatial critique - p. 447 29. 20. Lights of change: what nighttime light data reveal about metropolitan dynamics - p. 467 30. Index - p. 493
Spatial Analysis for Complex Territorial Systems: Geo-information Technologies and European Official Statistics offers a multidisciplinary exploration of spatial analysis, geo-information technologies, and official statistics, focusing on their applications in environmental, economic, and planning challenges in Europe and the Mediterranean. Comprising 16 insightful chapters authored by leading scholars from Southern and Eastern Europe, Ireland, and the United States, the book delves into the complexities of socio-ecological monitoring through data integration and refined statistical indicators. Key topics include climate monitoring, land degradation, settlement patterns, and disaster resilience, providing a comprehensive understanding of local contexts and policy implications.
The book begins with contributions from a traditional ecological, agronomic, and environmental vision, then continues with a set of studies with stricter socio-demographic and economic focus. It then discusses how other quantitative approaches (e.g., based on big data and primary surveys) may clarify the role of policies and planning, addressing sustainable development goals in the ‘kaleidoscopic’ European landscapes. Conclusions confirm the urgent need of integrating the vast potential of geo-information techniques, together with spatial analysis and official statistics, into more flexible sustainable development strategies that reflect local conditions and spatially explicit background contexts.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iv 6. List of contributors - p. xiii 7. 1. Spatial analysis, statistical indicators, and the accountability of complex socioenvironmental processes: a challenge for sustainable development - p. 1 8. 2. Optimal resource management, environmental-economic impact assessment, and social dynamics - p. 29 9. Section 1: Geo-information technologies and socio-environmental challenges - p. 43 10. 3. Climate change and geostatistical indicators for landscape analysis - p. 63 11. 4. Quantifying “wood capital” through remote sources: a spatial comparison of multiple forest cover indicators - p. 109 12. 5. Sampling (infinite) populations in a geospatial framework: an operational perspective - p. 149 13. 6. Toward “natural farming systems”? Identifying “intensive” and “extensive” agricultural landscapes in Italy from official statistics - p. 161 14. 7. Socioenvironmental resilience and applied economics: from theory to indicators - p. 189 15. 8. Integrating externalities into economic systems for long-term environmental sustainability - p. 201 16. Section 2: Economic analysis, social dynamics and spatial approaches - p. 209 17. 9. Spatial distribution and settlement patterns of foreign population in Italy and Spain: a comparative multilevel approach - p. 217 18. 10. A research design modeling of the migrant–refugee issue: Lessons from an integrated large-scale survey in Greece - p. 251 19. 11. Residential mobility of older population: recent dynamics across Italian and Spanish municipalities - p. 271 20. 12. Assessing multidimensional influence of social media on consumer behavior using indicators: economic forces, cognitive perceptions, and social mechanisms in the contemporary digital era - p. 313 21. 13. Monitoring sociodemographic behaviors through indicators from primary surveys: the attitude of female students toward cohabitation in Greece - p. 333 22. 14. Toward a global analysis of wealth concentration: the case of per-land income distribution - p. 351 23. Section 3: Geo-spatial information for spatial planning and regional policy - p. 370 24. 15. Enhancing disaster resilience: Hellenic National Civil Protection Mechanism and local government participation in risk and disaster management - p. 377 25. 16. The Forest Map of Italy: an innovative tool for comprehensive planning of Italian woodlands - p. 395 26. 17. Insights into Italy’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan: a performance index for municipal administrations using spatial data - p. 411 27. 18. Monitoring local resilience of health-financing systems: evidence from COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Italy - p. 435 28. 19. The complex interplay among land, access, infrastructure, and (sustainable) real estate: a spatial critique - p. 447 29. 20. Lights of change: what nighttime light data reveal about metropolitan dynamics - p. 467 30. Index - p. 493
