Marcelo Alves Ramos

Human dimensions of protected areas: a systematic review of the social-ecological effects of legal restrictions on local communities

Legal restrictions associated with protected areas can act as anthropogenic disturbances in social-ecological systems, altering relationships among communities, territories, and resources. This study examined how the scientific literature documents these effects by investigating...

Beyond binary urban-rural classifications: a continuous urbanicity gradient index

Abstract Traditional urban-rural dichotomies fail to capture the complexity of contemporary settlement patterns, constraining both scientific progress and policy applications in urbanization research. To address this gap, we introduce the Urbanicity Gradient Index (UGI), a contin...