Vincenzo Giannico- PhD
- Professor (Assistant) at University of Bari Aldo Moro
Vincenzo Giannico
- PhD
- Professor (Assistant) at University of Bari Aldo Moro
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October 2015 - July 2017
May 2018 - May 2020
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Urban green spaces generate a number of perceived benefits toward human health and well-being, including an overall improvement in the quality of life. To date, processes underlying these benefits are mostly investigated at city level, while very little research has been conducted at a larger scale, such as the European level. Evidence is lacking o...
Assessing forest stand conditions in urban and peri-urban areas is essential to support ecosystem service planning and management, as most of the ecosystem services provided are a consequence of forest stand characteristics. However, collecting data for assessing forest stand conditions is time consuming and labor intensive. A plausible approach fo...
The biomass of the subtropical forests of China is an important component of the global carbon cycle. Recently, several above ground biomass (AGB) maps have been produced using a variety of approaches to assess the carbon stock of the subtropical forest in China. However, due to the lack of reliable ground observations and the limitations of AGB ma...
During recent decades, the growing interactions between human
well-being and the environment have led to the development of new
research paradigms. A number of disciplines have recognized the
importance of the human-environment relationship in all aspects of human
life from an economic, ecological, social and political perspective. In
conformity wi...
Chlorophyll fluorescence is a useful indicator of a plant’s physiological status, particularly under stress conditions. Remote sensing is an increasingly adopted technology in modern agriculture, allowing the acquisition of crop information (e.g., chlorophyll fluorescence) without direct contact, reducing fieldwork. The objective of this study is t...
Water scarcity, exacerbated by climate change and increasing agricultural water demands, highlights the necessity for efficient irrigation management. This study focused on estimating actual evapotranspiration (ETa) in watermelons under semi-arid Mediterranean conditions by integrating high-resolution satellite imagery and agro-meteorological data....
This study investigated the application of high-resolution satellite imagery from SuperDove satellites combined with machine learning algorithms to estimate the spatiotemporal variability of some winter wheat parameters, including the relative leaf chlorophyll content (RCC), relative water content (RWC), and aboveground dry matter (DM). The researc...
Studying human activity in coastal areas is crucial for urban planning, sustainability, and economic development. However, there is limited evidence of ongoing monitoring of human activities in these areas. Thus, a quantitative analysis of the spatio-temporal changes, trends, and variability of Nighttime light (NTL) in the Italian Coastal Zone over...
New challenges will be experienced by the agriculture sector in the near future, especially due to the effects of climate change. For example, rising temperatures could result in increased evapotranspiration demand, causing difficulties in the management of irrigation practices. Generally, an important predictor of plant water status to be taken in...
Background
Mediterranean forests are increasingly threatened by wildfires, with fuel load playing a crucial role in fire dynamics and behaviors. Accurate fuel load determination contributes substantially to the wildfire monitoring, management, and prevention. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of airborne Light Detection and Ranging (Li...
Remote sensing images (RSIs) are widely used in various fields due to their versatility, accuracy, and capacity for earth observation. Direct application of RSIs to harvest optimal results is generally difficult, especially for weak information features in the images. Thus, extracting the weak information in RSIs is reasonable to promote further ap...
Identifying the relationship between forest roads and wildfires in forest ecosystems is a crucial priority to integrate suppression and prevention within wildfire management. In various investigations, the interaction of these elements has been studied by using road density as one of the anthropogenic dependent variables. This study focused on the...
Introduction
In the context of climate change, monitoring the spatial and temporal variability of plant physiological parameters has become increasingly important. Remote spectral imaging and GIS software have shown effectiveness in mapping field variability. Additionally, the application of machine learning techniques, essential for processing lar...
Assessing plant water status accurately in both time and space is crucial for maintaining satisfactory crop yield and quality standards, especially in the face of a changing climate. Remote sensing technology offers a promising alternative to traditional in situ measurements for estimating stem water potential (Ψstem). In this study, we carried out...
The beneficial effect of exposure to nature and immersion in natural environments on perceived well-being is well established. Nevertheless, we acknowledge an emerging need to disentangle the role of specific environmental features from individual factors that encourage a positive person-environment interaction. This study aimed at evaluating the a...
Precision farming and remote sensing have seen an unprecedented development in the last decade. The growing interest in this domain has led to the development of robust and accurate processing pipelines to evaluate nutrient management and irrigation practices, among others. Problems such as crop classification have gained significant attention in S...
The past century has seen dramatic increases in global temperatures and mounting urbanization. As a result of these events, the urban heat island (UHI) effect has received growing attention in scientific research worldwide. A global search was initially conducted using a scientific literature database to collect all available relevant publications...
ContextYellow sweetclover (Melilotus officinalis; YSC) is an invasive biennial legume that bloomed across the Northern Great Plains in 2018–2019 in response to above-average precipitation. YSC can increase nitrogen (N) levels and potentially cause substantial changes in the composition of native plant species communities. There is little knowledge...
The impacts and threats posed by wildfires are dramatically increasing due to climate change. In recent years, the wildfire community has attempted to estimate wildfire occurrence with machine learning models. However, to fully exploit the potential of these models, it is of paramount importance to make their predictions interpretable and intelligi...
Studies examining the joint interactions and impacts of social-environmental system (SES) drivers on vegetation dynamics in Central Asia are scarce. We investigated seasonal trends and anomalies in drivers and their impacts on ecosystem structure and function (ESF). We explored the response of net primary production (NPP), evapotranspiration (ET) a...
Context
Surface urban heat island intensity (SUHII) is a classical measure depicting urban heat island phenomenon via remotely sensed thermal infrared data. The most common approach is to compare urban and rural land surface temperatures (LST), which is not only sensitive to the selection of pixels/measurements representative of urban and rural are...
Kazakhstan is part of the Eurasian Steppes, the world's largest contiguous grassland system. Kazakh grassland systems are largely understudied despite being historically important for agropastoral practices. These grasslands are considered vulnerable to anthropogenic activities and climatic variability. Few studies have examined vegetation dynamics...
The presence of green spaces has been associated with improved physical health and better mental health and wellbeing. In contrast, the presence of gray features including build-up areas might have a negative impact on the health and wellbeing of citizens. To date, the available evidence on the health effects of green and gray spaces have mainly re...
Land surface albedo is a significant regulator of climate. Changes in land use worldwide have greatly reshaped landscapes in the recent decades. Deforestation, agricultural development, and urban expansion alter land surface albedo, each with unique influences on shortwave radiative forcing and global warming impact (GWI). Here, we characterize the...
Background
Pyrogeography is a major field of investigation in wildfire science because of its capacity to describe the spatial and temporal variations of fire disturbance. We propose a systematic pyrogeographic analytical approach to cluster regions on the basis of their pyrosimilarities. We employed the Affinity Propagation algorithm to cluster py...
A wildland-urban interface (WUI) raster map was created for the Italian peninsula with a resolution of 30 m per pixel. The map creation process consisted of three fundamental steps: 1) selection of buildings within the wildland-urban interface areas and subsequent classification of these into isolated, scattered, and clustered buildings; 2) creatio...
The increasing number of wildfires in southern Europe is making our ecosystem more vulnerable to water erosion; i.e., the loss of vegetation and subsequent runoff increase cause a shift in large quantities of sediment. Fire severity has been recognized as one of the most important parameters controlling the magnitude of post-fire soil erosion. In t...
Wildfires represent a natural phenomenon with detrimental effects on natural resources and human health. A better knowledge, perception, and awareness of wildfire risk may help communities at risk of exposure to prevent future events and safeguard their own lives. The aim of this study is to explore differences between individuals with and without...
Selecting appropriate indicators of NBS performance and impact can be challenging, and is context-dependent. In this chapter, we present case studies from a variety of NBS demonstrations across Europe and Asia that illustrate the application of the NBS indicators and methods presented in Chapter 4 and thoroughly described in Evaluating the Impact o...
Fine dead fuel load is one of the most significant components of wildfires without which ignition would fail. Several studies have previously investigated 1-h fuel load using standard fuel parameters or site-specific fuel parameters estimated ad hoc for the landscape. On the one hand, these methods have a large margin of error, while on the other t...
Exposure to public green spaces was shown to be associated with psychological health. Nonetheless, evidence is lacking on the role of different green features within and/or surrounding the home environment when public green spaces are inaccessible or not usable. The overarching goal of this study is to shed light on the associations between the pre...
Background
Wildfires play a key role in shaping Mediterranean landscapes and ecosystems and in impacting species dynamics. Numerous studies have investigated the wildfire occurrences and the influence of their drivers in many countries of the Mediterranean Basin. However, in this regard, no studies have attempted to compare different Mediterranean...
Wildfires are a major disturbance in the Mediterranean Basin and an ecological factor that constantly alters the landscape. In this context, it is crucial to understand where wildfires are more likely to occur as well as the drivers guiding them in complex landscapes such as the Mediterranean area. The objectives of this study are to estimate wildf...
Recent literature has revealed the positive effect of gardening on human health; however, empirical evidence on the effects of gardening-based programs on psychosocial well-being is scant. This meta-analysis aims to examine the scientific literature on the effect of community gardening or horticultural interventions on a variety of outcomes related...
Fire recurrence plays a key role in shaping landscapes in Mediterranean ecosystems. Short-term recurrent fires, in particular, are increasingly affecting highly urbanised landscapes. Studies worldwide have addressed fire recurrence by analysing environmental, climatic and human-driven factors. Current models use fire recurrence polygons as the depe...
Urban forests and green infrastructures at large are of critical importance for contemporary cities as they provide a wide range of ecosystem services (ESS) that enhance the quality of life of urban dwellers. Remote sensing technologies have greatly contributed to assessing and mapping the spatial distribution of ESS in urban areas, although more r...
Approaches and concepts nurturing interdisciplinary knowledge on urban ecosystems have evolved over recent decades and adopted a series of metaphors, including Ecosystem services (ES), Green infrastructure (GI), and Nature-based solutions (NBS). Similarly, research and promotion of urban forests (UF) and their multiple functions have recently grown...
The rapid growth of built-up areas and infrastructure in the Mediterranean environment has resulted in the expansion of urban interfaces where fire can ignite and spread. Within this context, there is a need to understand spatial patterns of ignition distribution and the relative importance of influencing drivers. In response to this need we develo...
Flux measurements based on aerodynamic principles (e.g., eddy covariance method, or EC) assume the vegetation and landform within the footprint must be flat, large, and homogeneous, although very rarely do flux tower sites meet such requirements. Here, using two long term EC tower sites in Mongolian grasslands, we test a hypothesis that the magnitu...
Urban green infrastructure (UGI) and nature-based solutions are increasingly recognized as instruments to address urban sustainability challenges, yet rely on a good understanding of complex social-ecological system (SES) to function adequately. Adaptive co-management (ACM), engaging a broad variety of stakeholders in collaborative learning, is an...
Global distribution of urban lands is one of the essential pieces of information necessary for urban planning. However, large disagreement exists among different products and the uncertainty remains difficult to quantify. We applied a Bayesian approach to map the uncertainties of global urban lands. We demonstrated the approach by producing a hybri...
Temperate and semiarid grasslands comprise 80% of the land area on the Mongolian Plateau and environs, which includes Mongolia (MG), and the province of Inner Mongolia (IM), China. Substantial land cover/use change in the last few decades, driven by a combination of post-liberalization socioeconomic changes and extreme climatic events, has degraded...
In this paper, we aim to understand how the provision of ecosystem services (ESS) is spatially distributed within
a compact urban system considering the structure and spatial arrangement of green spaces in relation to built-up
areas and other infrastructures. For this purpose, we devised an approach to assess the ESS provided by urban
green spaces...
D25 In the last decades, Mediterranean landscapes have been transformed by anthropogenic processes, such as changes in land use and climate. In particular, forest transition in mountain areas, and urban sprawl in lowlands could strongly undermine the ability of ecosystems to provide benefits over time. Under these changing conditions, forest ecosys...
The aim of this report is to illustrate by means of a series of case studies the implementation of mapping and assessment of forest ecosystem services in different contexts and geographical
levels. Methodological aspects,
data issues, approaches, limitations, gaps and further steps for improvement are analysed for providing good practices and decis...
Key messageThis study developed and tested models to predict the belowground biomass and root/shoot ratio using aboveground field measures. The predictive power of such indirect measurement is useful for a rapid and reliable assessment of the biomass of the Mediterranean species.ContextForest biomass estimation has been simplified by the availabili...
Description: The contents of this report outlines the process of stakeholder composition and structure for the establishment of local Learning Alliances of the ULLs as part of the EU FP7 (ENV.2013.6.2-5-603567) GREEN SURGE project (2013-2017).
The aim of this report is to illustrate by means of a series of case studies the implementation of mapping and assessment of forest ecosystem services in different contexts and geographical levels. Methodological aspects, data issues, approaches, limitations, gaps and further steps for improvement are analysed for providing good practices and decis...
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Dear Colleagues,
Wildfires are one of the most important ecological factors worldwide and are recognized as a key driver for many ecosystems. However, wildfires are also considered a serious threat due to their detrimental effects on natural resources and dangerous impact on human life, especially when occurring in wildland urban interfaces (WUIs) (Elia et al. 2019). The expansion of urban settlements into rural and forest areas has led to the creation of landscapes where fires can occur and recur, frequently encroaching on cities. For example, recent newspapers have reported that northern areas of Europe (e.g., Scandinavia and Siberia) are experiencing extraordinary WUI wildfires. In 2018, extreme wildfires occurred in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Latvia, landscapes in which fires have never represented a hazard for natural resources and/or risk to human lives. At the same time, southern Europe continues to record the annual burned area, which in many cases involves the urban and peri-urban areas of many cities.
In this regard, remote sensing represents a cost-effective tool for the study of a large number of fire-related processes. For example, multispectral satellite sensors have been largely applied to estimate the extension of burned areas or to understand how forests recover in relation to burn severity. More recently, active remote sensors such as LiDAR, have been used to understand post-fire modifications in forest stand structure and composition (Giannico et al., 2016). In addition, increasing computational power, has allowed for the development of wildfire event predictive models in terms of occurrence and frequency.
This Special Issue of Remote Sensing hosts studies focusing on the fire and post-fire dynamics in WUIs. The papers will attempt to integrate multi-sensor remote sensing technology and derived products in a streamlined spatial and temporal framework.
Contributions concerning the following topics are invited.
1. Comparison and evaluation of different remote sensing (RS) techniques for monitoring wildfires in WUIs.
2. Analysis of WUI areas and the assessment of wildfire risk using RS approaches.
3. RS techniques for evaluating the post-fire recovery processes of WUI areas.
4. Application of RS-derived tools for the planning of fire and fuel management.
5. Wildfire sensitivity in the intermingling of global warming and the urban interfaces.
6. RS techniques to model wildfire probability and susceptibility in WUIs.
7. Modeling of wildfire causes in WUIs using RS data.
8. Review articles covering one or more of the aforementioned topics.
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/remotesensing/special_issues/RS_Applications_Wildland_Urban_Interfaces_Fire
Dead Line : 30 November 2020
