Regional Environmental Change

Papers
(The median citation count of Regional Environmental Change is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Growth resilience of juniper shrubs is higher after wet than after dry spells under contrasting climatic conditions79
Activities and impacts in wetlands: challenges for Sardinia70
A remote sensing-based classification approach for river mouths of the Amazon-influenced Guianas coast70
Correction: Sensitivity of fishery resources to climate change in the warm-temperate Southwest Atlantic Ocean66
Characterization of land cover-specific fire regimes in the Brazilian Amazon65
A new compendium of models for assessing the economic impacts of climate change on agricultural systems50
Leveraging atmospheric moisture recycling in Saudi Arabia and neighboring countries for irrigation and afforestation planning45
Large differences between observed and expected Ecuadorian deforestation from 2001 to 2009: a counterfactual simulation approach40
Large floodplain river restoration in New Zealand: synthesis and critical evaluation to inform restoration planning and research40
“We cannot escape this”: discussing leverage points for sustainability across scales with the example of Ouvéa, Kanaky New Caledonia38
Growing pains: identifying enabling conditions for a nature-based coastal climate adaptation project in British Columbia, Canada37
Scarce consideration of climate and land use changes impacts on ecosystem services and biodiversity in the Apennines Mountain system, Italy36
Supporting adaptive pathways planning using archetypes for climate adaptation35
Prediction of mangrove recovery in natural protected areas of the Yucatan Peninsula35
Estimating the effects of climate change on home meal replacement consumption in South Korea35
Reconstructed spatiotemporal changes of cropland in Vietnam from AD 1500 to 195034
Inferring the impacts of climate extreme in the Kabul River Basin32
Collateral damages of intensive farming in central Argentina: impacts of livestock intensification on the socio-ecosystem of the Paraná River Delta31
Himalaya to Hengduan: dynamics of alpine treelines under climate change31
Evaluating the comprehensiveness of municipal climate change adaptation plans in Ontario, Canada30
Reconstructing forest cover changes for the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River over the past millennium30
Spatiotemporal characteristics of drought under different vegetation types and responses to climatic factors in Jilin Province, China28
How to quantify the regional effects of ocean temperature rise due to climate change: implications of Octopus maya ecophysiology on food security of the Yucatan shelf artisanal fishermen27
Projected population exposure to precipitation extremes in China by the end of the twenty-first century: trends, change points, and spatial variability27
Rainfall and land use impacts on water quality and communities in the Waimanu River Catchment in the South Pacific: the case of Viti Levu, Fiji27
Venice and its lagoon fin de siecle27
Bridging resilience and sustainability: a reconciled framework for navigating social-ecological systems26
Oil palm spreads, but rubber still there—mapping the continuous but slow changes of plantations area in Southern Thailand25
Is climate change pushing gymnosperms against the wall in the northwestern Himalayas?25
Rethinking collaborative governance: contested legitimacy of the Melamchi inter-basin water transfer for municipal use in Nepal24
Geodetic mass balance reveals enhanced up-glacier thinning in four major High Mountain Asia glaciers24
Assessing the present and future landslide susceptibility in Indian Himalayan Region due to climate variability23
Balancing disturbance risk and ecosystem service provisioning in Swiss mountain forests: an increasing challenge under climate change23
The summer 2022 drought: a taste of future climate for the Po valley (Italy)?23
‘Moved, but stuck’: a mixed-method inquiry on the migratory grief and loss and mental health nexus in climate-induced forced migrant farmers from Kuttanad, India22
Fighting against, and coping with, drought in Brazil: two policy paradigms intertwined22
Jellyfish sting web survey: clinical characteristics and management of Rhopilema nomadica envenomation in the Mediterranean Sea20
Impacts of climate change on regional cattle trade in the central corridor of Africa20
Effects of COVID-19 lockdown on the observed density of coral reef fish along coastal habitats of Moorea, French Polynesia20
Cutting of dry forests in a semiarid region of northeastern Brazil20
Multi-level learning in climate change adaptation planning: comparing three experiences from Latin America20
Tracking the dynamic changes in vegetation belts in China: spatiotemporal insights into climate and human influences19
Climate mobility and migrant health in West Africa: past norms, current challenges, and future projections19
Drivers and implications of land use/cover dynamics in land leased areas, western Ethiopia19
Improving result-based schemes for nature conservation in agricultural landscapes—challenges and best practices from selected European countries19
Staying in place: Immobility of Adivasi communities in the Coal Mining Regions of Jharkhand, India19
Integrating zoogeomorphology and global change in cold fluvial systems: toward a new understanding of biotic-geophysical feedback19
Climate variation effect on Robusta coffee (Coffea canephora) yield in Uganda19
Vegetation responses to artificial snow and abiotic factors on ski slopes in Slovakia19
A participatory approach for characterizing the resilience of rural water supply systems in semi-arid areas19
More than the climate: an exploration of coordinated governance for sea level rise adaptation in Boston18
Including the perspective of stakeholders in landscape planning through the Ecosystem Services co-production framework: an empirical exploration in Le Marche, Italy18
Assessing the impact of climate change on solar energy production in Italy18
Carbon and nitrogen stocks in cultivation systems of a Quilombola community in the Brazilian Cerrado17
Cross-scale collaboration for adaptation to climate change: a two-mode network analysis of bridging actors in Switzerland17
Through eagle eyes—the potential of satellite-derived LAI time series to estimate masting events and tree-ring width of European beech17
Rising allergenic risk in cities: a progressive pollen calendar analysis in response to climate change in Central Europe17
Living with loss: environmental grief, solastalgia, and young adults’ experiences after wildfires17
Living with floods: risk and resilience in Nepal’s Koshi River communities17
The role of the environment within a constellation of interacting causal factors shaping mobility—the example of three oases in Northern Africa17
The interactions among landscape pattern, climate change, and ecosystem services: progress and prospects16
How vulnerable are the nesting sites of loggerhead turtles in Cabo Verde?16
Shifting responsibility and denying justice: New Zealand’s contentious approach to Pacific climate mobilities16
Ecological risk assessment of watershed economic zones on the landscape scale: a case study of the Yangtze River Economic Belt in China16
Incorporating environmental attitudes into a discrete choice experiment to support climate change adaptation in Alaska, USA16
Saving soil carbon, greenhouse gas emissions, biodiversity and the economy: paludiculture as sustainable land use option in German fen peatlands16
Adaptation, flourishing, and the importance of place16
Governing for local livelihoods in transboundary river systems: insights from the Cubango-Okavango River Basin15
Place-based diversification: Pathways to diversified shared landscapes in the Wairau Marlborough region of Aotearoa New Zealand15
Tracking local and regional climate im/mobilities through a multidimensional lens15
Putting climate-induced migration in context: the case of Honduran migration to the USA15
Walking back from the edge: thresholds of change reveal options for adaptation to water scarcity under climate change in the Murray–Darling Basin, Australia15
Reconstructing limnological and vegetation changes in the Eastern Carpathians (Ukraine) over the past 200 years inferred from sediments of three contrasting alpine lakes15
How urban sprawl affects local and nearby ecosystem services in China15
Heterogeneous impact of adoption intensity of climate-smart agricultural practices on the welfare of livestock farmers in Pakistan15
Analyzing the vulnerabilities and capabilities of wealth creation activities in the Maurienne valley in the French Alps15
Looking backwards to move forwards: insights for climate change adaptation from historical Māori relocation due to natural hazards in Aotearoa New Zealand15
Two decades of accelerated deforestation in Peruvian forests: a national and regional analysis (2000–2020)15
Loss and damage in tropical fisheries: a systematic review of people, climate, and fisheries15
Island biocultural diversity in the Mediterranean: the case study of Sardinia14
How path dependency manifests in flood risk management: observations from four decades in the Ennstal and Aist catchments in Austria14
Climate change may alter the availability of wild food plants in the Brazilian semiarid14
Can traditional management practices help mountain livestock farms in the Spanish Pyrenees cope with climate change?14
Hotspots of timber species declines in Nigeria: evidence from species distribution models under climate and land use change14
Years matter: the role of memory and place attachment in remote Nordic areas facing natural hazards14
Sustainability indicators and data management for small-scale agricultural systems: the case of water resources14
The rise and demise of Iran’s Urmia Lake during the Holocene and the Anthropocene: “what’s past is prologue”14
Place Attachment and Climate-Related Hazards in Small Remote Communities in the Nordic Countries14
Navigating power imbalances in landscape governance: a network and influence analysis in southern Zambia14
Cumulative worries in Sápmi—the interplay between climate change and other threats to reindeer herding in Sweden and Norway14
An integrated network model to track nitrogen metabolism flows in the Pearl River Delta urban agglomeration, China13
Influence of deforestation inside and outside indigenous lands in the Brazilian Amazon Biome13
Perceived costs and benefits of different climate change adaptation practices used by smallholder farmers for agricultural production in the Ahafo Ano South District, Ghana13
Securing the future of Colombian cacao: projected suitability changes and adaptation strategies under climate change13
National peatland strategies in Europe: current status, key themes, and challenges13
Calcification and growth of the reef coral Porites panamensis in a shallow hydrothermal field in the Gulf of California, Mexico13
Toward the first documented extinction of a marine macroalga in the Mediterranean Sea?13
Climate variability impacts on pasture productivity and pastoral livelihoods in northern Tanzania13
Reconstructing 32 years (1989–2020) of annual glacier surface mass balance in Chandra Basin, Western Himalayas, India13
Assessing the inundation risk of cultural heritages along the southwestern coast of Taiwan: present and future13
How do countries frame climate change? A global comparison of adaptation and mitigation in UNFCCC National Communications12
Climate change-related health hazards in daycare centers in Munich, Germany: risk perception and adaptation measures12
Correction to: “We cannot escape this”: discussing leverage points for sustainability across scales with the example of Ouvéa, Kanaky New Caledonia12
A modelling-chain linking climate science and decision-makers for future urban flood management in West Africa12
Land conversion and lack of protection significantly reduce suitable wolf habitat amount and functional connectivity in the Adirondack-to-Laurentians (A2L) transboundary wildlife linkage12
Coastal livelihood resilience to abrupt environmental change: the role of social capital in a Peruvian bay12
Participatory justice and climate adaptation for water management in Small Island Developing States: a systematic literature review and discussion12
Exploring the role of high-value crops to reduce agricultural greenhouse gas emissions in New Zealand12
Correction to: Building capacities for adaptation planning: moving from needs assessment to action with a multilevel approach12
A multimodel assessment of climate change impacts on extreme hydrological drought under CMIP6-SSP scenarios in the Hanjiang River Basin, China12
Remote sensing the evolution of debris-covered Panchi Nala-A glacier, India (1971-2021) from satellites and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles12
Unseen challenges to Arctic food security: the role of non-climatic factors in a changing climate12
“This community will grow” — little concern for future wildfires in a dry and increasingly hotter Swedish rural community12
Deforestation dynamics post-payment for ecosystem services in Sierra Juárez, Oaxaca, Mexico12
Drylands becoming drier: evidence from North Patagonia, Argentina12
Differentiated outcomes of climate change-induced internal migration in India12
Climate change impacts on tree crop suitability in Southeast Asia12
Hydrological response to the summer 2024 high-elevation heatwave in Central-Western Argentina11
Relative importance of climate versus socio-environmental development changes to 2050 in rural coastal Bangladesh—a system analysis11
Exploring the role of smallholder perceptions in shaping land-use decisions in a tropical agro-forest frontier in southern Mexico11
Assessment of climate change impact and adaptation strategy for millet in the Sudano-Sahelian region of Niger11
Controlling the water: citizens’ place–related adaptation to landslides in mid-Norway11
European beewolf (Philanthus triangulum) will expand its geographic range as a result of climate warming11
Elevation and local climate variation control changes in Aleppo pine growth responses to hydroclimate and drought in semi-arid Spain11
Long-term reclamation of tidal flats of Chongming Island and ecological security of Yangtze estuary, China11
Projected climate in coffee-based farming systems: implications for crop suitability in Uganda11
Ecosystem services as systemic enablers for transformation in the Hindu Kush Himalaya: an analytical synthesis11
Projected climate change impacts on the inflow of a Southeastern Brazilian hydropower reservoir10
Interventions to control forest loss in a swidden cultivation landscape in Nan Province, Thailand10
Shifting climate zones and expanding tropical and arid climate regions across Kenya (1980–2020)10
Water balance components and climate extremes over Brazil under 1.5 °C and 2.0 °C of global warming scenarios10
Different temperature responses of mountain rockwalls, soils, and lakes to summer heat waves10
Understanding immobility of a highly vulnerable coastal village in the Indian Sundarban10
Quantifying drivers of change in social-ecological systems: land management impacts wildfire probability in forests of the western US10
Rainfall changes perceived by farmers and captured by meteorological data: two sides to every story10
Causes of tea land dynamics in Sri Lanka between 1995 and 203010
A geospatial insight into farmland abandonment in Matopiba: the emerging frontier of Brazilian agriculture10
Climate change conflicts and challenges in Tapajós National Forest, Brazil10
Marine heatwaves threaten key foraging grounds of sea turtles in Southeast Asian Seas10
Biogeochemical plumbing of pioneer mangrove intertidal flats in French Guiana10
Conservation strategies for whale watching tourism in China10
Climate change–driven agricultural frontiers and their ecosystem trade-offs in the hills of Nepal10
The impact of urban growth boundary on urban sprawl: evidence from China10
The presence, maintenance, and adaptation of Indigenous and local knowledge about climate-related hazards in Nordic contexts10
The importance of diversity in local food systems: a network analysis of food-related interactions in the Indigenous food system on St. Paul Island, Alaska10
Can the cropping systems of the Nile basin be adapted to climate change?10
Compliance with kauri forest protection in New Zealand’s regional parks: the mediating role of trust on local versus visitor populations9
Phylogenetic diversity and conservation challenges in Brejos de Altitude: assessing threatened areas of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest9
Differences in perception and climate change adaptation among migrant and non-migrant maize farmers in Ghana9
Correction: A new framework for rapidly assessing national adaptation policies: an application to small island developing states in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans9
Climatic and environmental factors matter for internal European net migration: a panel regression analysis of 19 European countries from 2004 to 20199
Community priorities, values, and perceptions associated with ecosystem services provided by the socio-ecological landscapes of Darjeeling-Sikkim Himalaya9
Adaptation planning in the context of a weakening and possibly collapsing Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC)9
The non-market value of reclaiming natural landscape and biodiversity: a Dutch case study9
Attitudes towards climate migrants in Aotearoa New Zealand: the roles of climate change beliefs and immigration attitudes9
Impacts of climate variability on rice yield and diseases in coastal Bangladesh9
Strengthening climate research capacity in Africa: lessons from the ‘Climate impact research capacity leadership enhancement’ project9
Economic viability of urban greening as a climate change adaptation measure in cool-climate cities9
False spring disrupted the life cycles of Pinus cembra and Vaccinium myrtillus at the alpine treeline ecotone in the High Tatras (Western Carpathians)9
Formal education as a contested pastoral adaptation pathway: insights from southern Kenya9
Temporal shifts in fish larval beta diversity in a coastal environment influenced by mining waste9
The impact of tourists on the marine environment: a review and managerial implications8
Climate change impacts on winter chill in Mediterranean temperate fruit orchards8
False springs in the Netherlands: climate change impact assessment with the false spring damage indicator model8
The impact of climate change on wheat in Turkey8
Changes in the probability of temporally compound wet and dry events in a warmer world: case study in the Upper Jhelum Basin—South Asia8
Assessing mammal pollinators in the Eastern Amazon and the effects of climate change on endangered species8
Effects of integrated hydro-wind-solar dispatch on riverine fish habitats in the Upper Yellow River8
Impacts of climate change on semi-natural alpine pastures productivity and floristic composition8
Media framing of the Cape Town water crisis: perspectives on the food-energy-water nexus8
Matching the scales of planning and environmental risk: an evaluation of Community Wildfire Protection Plans in the western US8
Human ecology of forest in an extraction-shaped landscape: Economic and demographic drivers of land use change in the Ohio Valley over 220 years8
Assessing sand dams for contributions to local water security and drought resilience in the semi-arid eastern Shashe catchment, Zimbabwe8
Adaptation to socio-environmental stressors: the influence of irrigation development in rural Mexico8
Distribution, drivers, and community perceptions of recent mass mangrove dieback in Maldives8
Setting deeper baselines: kelp forest dynamics in California over multiple centuries8
Post-aquaculture land use regime succession in coastal Bangladesh8
Beach erosion aggravates the drastic decline in marine turtle populations in French Guiana8
Pathways to achieving nature-positive and carbon–neutral land use and food systems in Wales8
Sea-level rise and population development drive future exposure to coastal flooding in Seychelles8
Potential distribution of wild edible fruit trees under climate change scenarios: promoting food security in a Neotropical region8
Reflections on land use and land cover change under different socio-economic regimes in the Polish Western Carpathians8
Woody vegetation cover on cleared areas in the Amazon Basin: temporal mixture mapping suggests a revised conceptual model of deforestation8
Trajectories and drivers signalling the end of agricultural abandonment in Trás-os-Montes, Portugal8
Monitoring and assessment of glaciers and glacial lakes: climate change impact on the Mago Chu Basin, Eastern Himalayas8
Socioeconomic and land use drivers of weedy grass infestation in the Peruvian Amazon8
Do government knowledge production and use systems matter for global climate change adaptation tracking? Insights from Eastern Africa7
Leading barriers to climate-smart agriculture uptake in Kenya: a process-tracing approach with Bayesian updating to emphasise farmers’ perspectives7
East Asian dust-storm activity: onset, trends, and mechanisms across timescales7
Tracking changes in social-ecological entanglements: beekeeping among the Maa-speaking pastoralists of Laikipia, Kenya7
Climate impacts on migration in the Arctic North America: existing evidence and research recommendations7
Pyrenean glaciers are disappearing fast: state of the glaciers after the extreme mass losses in 2022 and 20237
Analysis of the spatiotemporal distribution and main sources of river water pollution from 2021 to 2023 in Jiangsu Province, China7
Correction to: Agroforestry trade-offs between biomass provision and aboveground carbon sequestration in the alpine Eisenwurzen region, Austria7
A review of drivers of environmental non-migration decisions in Africa7
Cross-comparison of national drought monitoring products in Central Europe using a new drought impact database7
The forgotten bread oven: local bakeries, forests and energy transition in Nigeria7
Predicting potential distribution shifts due to climate change and assessing contemporary land cover changes for two endemic bird species of the Mexican karst forests (Hylorchilus sumichrasti and Hylo7
Hydrological extremes in the Mediterranean basin: interactions, impacts, and adaptation in the face of climate change7
The role of social capital in fostering adaptation to heatwaves: findings from two case studies in Vienna, Austria7
Agrochemical lock-in and land tenure insecurity: interacting barriers to agroecological transition in Burkina Faso’s family farming systems7
Nature’s Contributions to People (NCP) of rural freshwater ponds in Bangladesh: An exploration of the impacts of pondscape degradation7
Climate change adaptation, resilience and mitigation challenges in African agriculture7
Supply chain disruptions would increase agricultural greenhouse gas emissions7
Geographies of rural households’ out-migration in the lower Mekong countries7
Correction to: Planning for just relocations in Europe in times of climate change: a comparative study7
Exploring the identification and use of socially defined indicators to monitor local environmental change in the Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona7
Perceptions on and impacts of environmental changes under multiple stressors: a case study from two communities in northern Fennoscandia7
Scorched earth tactics of the “Islamic State” after its loss of territory: intentional burning of farmland in Iraq and Syria7
Drought exacerbates the trade-offs and distributional imbalances of regional ecosystem services: a case study in Yunnan Province, China7
A field and remote sensing assessment of rates and drivers of tree cover loss in island catchments: variation in global model accuracy7
Bayesian network modeling of the water-energy-food nexus: the case of the Peace River Basin, Canada7
Evolution of the French Guiana coast from Late Pleistocene to Holocene based on chenier and beach sand dating6
Large-scale forest protection: the successful case of the Kayapo people in the Brazilian Amazon6
Transformative adaptation through nature-based solutions: a comparative case study analysis in China, Italy, and Germany6
Environmental change and regional security in West Africa: a study of eco-violence in Sierra Leone and Guinea6
Adaptation strategies for dealing with global atmospheric change in Mediterranean agriculture: a triple helix approach to the Spanish case study6
Nature’s cracks: the destructive force of forest fragmentation in the Kahuzi-Biega National Park, Eastern DR Congo6
Root causes of vulnerability: an in-depth study of women market vendors in Vanuatu6
Sacred groves occluded in the urban matrix: biodiversity and conservation potential of Hangzhou’s Buddhist temples, China6
Situating climate change narrative for conceptualizing adaptation strategies: a case study of coffee growers in South India6
Agricultural resilience and adaptive capacity during severe drought in the Western Cape, South Africa6
Rapid advance of climatic tree limits in the Eastern Alps explained by on-site temperatures6
Plant biodiversity in Mediterranean orchards is related to historical land use: perspectives for biodiversity-friendly olive production6
Tackling limitations in biodiversity offsetting? A comparison of the Peruvian and French approaches6
Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) practices and food security among smallholder farmers in Ghana: a case study of Sekyere Kumawu District6
Correction to: Conversion to community‑supported agriculture—pathways, motives and barriers for German farmers6
Water under the bridge: how place meanings shape second homeowners’ engagement in flood risk management in southern Denmark6
Factors affecting small farm resilience to climate change in Hamedan Province, Iran: a structural model analysis6
Marine spatial planning and ocean governance in Small Island Developing States6
Unveiling the potential of biomarkers in the context of climate change: analysis of knowledge landscapes, trends, and research priorities6
Unpacking opposition to planned relocation: insight from Pedrinhas and Cedovém, Portugal6
Facing up to drought events: Understanding the potentials and challenges within farming systems6
Searching for synergies for low emission development, the case for dairy subsector in Kenya6
Impacts of climate change on biodiversity and ecosystems in Bavaria: a sectoral analysis6
Mapping agricultural vulnerability to impacts of climate events of Punjab, Pakistan6
Co-production of sustainability indicators in a vulnerable South American agricultural frontier6
Steady decline in food self-sufficiency in Africa from 1961 to 20186
A case study on facing climate change: optimizing planting density and date of summer maize for stable grain yield in the North China Plain6
Living with uncertainty: Teesta Water insecurity and its impacts on livelihoods and cultural practices in four districts of Bangladesh6
Climate-induced internal migration in India: Looking into the past to understand the present6
Effects of soil subsidence on plantation agriculture in Indonesian peatlands6
Climate projections of intensifying heat waves in the Canary Islands by 2100 (Spain)6
Substantial warming of Central European mountain rivers under climate change6
“Listen to us”: small-scale farmers’ understandings of social-ecological changes and their drivers in Important Agricultural Heritage Systems6
“Here, I will stay until I die”—exploring the relationship between place attachment, risk perception, and coping behavior in two small Norwegian communities6
Mangrove soil carbon stocks varied significantly across community compositions and environmental gradients in the largest mangrove wetland reserve, China6
Inequality, water accessibility, and health impacts in Chiapas, Mexico6
Evolution of fishing effort and fishing capacity during the last two decades (2000–2019) in Egypt’s marine fisheries: spotting the fleet overcapacity6
Correction: Plant biodiversity in Mediterranean orchards is related to historical land use: perspectives for biodiversity-friendly olive production5
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