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Figuring the features of the Roman Campagna: recent landscape structural transformations of Rome’s countryside

Luca Salvati, Lorenza Gasparella, Michele Munafò, Raoul Romano, Anna Barbati

Annals of Silvicultural Research

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This paper quantified the impact of urban expansion on the Roman Campagna's landscape characteristics between 1974 and 2008. Using spatial pattern analysis and multi-factor analysis to assess changes in landscape composition and structure, the study found that the distinctive features of the Roman Campagna landscape are now blurred. A generalized landscape mixité was generated by the juxtaposition of different fragmented land uses.