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Prof. Dr. Gabriella Vindigni
Università degli Studi di Catania, Catania, Italy

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Published: 16 August 2021 in Sustainability
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The objective of this paper is to provide an overall perspective on peri-urban ecosystem services in European Countries. The phenomenon of urbanization affecting our era has seen the shift of the city from compact and well-defined structures to agglomerations with a seamless expansion. This has led to several environmental consequences that have affected the urbanized areas and the surroundings. The peri-urban areas may be the main urban design and planning challenge of the 21st century. These hybrid landscapes, characterized by high fragmentation, can be turned into opportunities to improve the sustainability and quality of urban areas, generating multiple economic, social and environmental benefits. Areas beyond the immediate urban core can be considered a zone of influence, which represent a critical resource in terms of provisioning, regulating, supporting services and cultural ecosystem services. Our study has been developed in the framework of the project “Fertile Lands, Fragile Lands” funded by the University of Catania. A multi-phased method has been applied, showing strong, heterogeneous ties between landscape and ecosystem services. While the importance of literature studies on this topic is well recognized, the same attention has not been placed on the tools and methods of conducting systematic and incremental literature reviews. Using Leximancer software, we propose a text mining approach to extract relevant themes and concepts as well as related topics of interest from identified literature on peri-urban ecosystems. We first introduce the overall methodology and then discuss each phase in detail. The outputs can be used as starting point for broad exploratory reviews and allow further exploration in this issue. The results show how the peri-urban space can be seen as a mosaic in which the settlement, the agricultural and the environmental systems interact and coexist, placing at the centre the relationship of reciprocity between the built environment and the open territory.

ACS Style

Gabriella Vindigni; Alexandros Mosca; Tommaso Bartoloni; Daniela Spina. Shedding Light on Peri-Urban Ecosystem Services Using Automated Content Analysis. Sustainability 2021, 13, 9182 .

AMA Style

Gabriella Vindigni, Alexandros Mosca, Tommaso Bartoloni, Daniela Spina. Shedding Light on Peri-Urban Ecosystem Services Using Automated Content Analysis. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (16):9182.

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Gabriella Vindigni; Alexandros Mosca; Tommaso Bartoloni; Daniela Spina. 2021. "Shedding Light on Peri-Urban Ecosystem Services Using Automated Content Analysis." Sustainability 13, no. 16: 9182.

Journal article
Published: 14 July 2021 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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Fisheries products are some of the most traded commodities world-wide and the potential for fraud is a serious concern. Fish fraud represents a threat to human health and poses serious concerns due to the consumption of toxins, highly allergenic species, contaminates or zoonotic parasites, which may be present in substituted fish. The substitution of more expensive fish by cheaper species, with similar morphological characteristics but different origins, reflects the need for greater transparency and traceability upon which which the security of the entire seafood value-chain depends. Even though EU regulations have made significant progress in consumer information by stringent labelling requirements, fraud is still widespread. Many molecular techniques such as DNA barcoding provide valuable support to enhance the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) in the protection of consumer interests by unequivocally detecting any kind of fraud. This paper aims to highlight both the engagement of EU fishery policy and the opportunity offered by new biotechnology instruments to mitigate the growing fraud in the globalized fish market and to enforce the food security system to protect consumers’ health. In this paper, after a presentation of EU rules on fish labeling and a general overview on the current state of the global fish market, we discuss the public health implications and the opportunities offered by several techniques based on genetics, reporting a case study to show the efficacy of the DNA barcoding methodology in assessing fish traceability and identification, comparing different species of the Epinephelus genus, Mottled Grouper (Mycteroperca rubra) and Wreckfish (Polyprion americanus), often improperly sold with the commercial name of “grouper”.

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Gabriella Vindigni; Alfredo Pulvirenti; Salvatore Alaimo; Clara Monaco; Daniela Spina; Iuri Peri. Bioinformatics Approach to Mitigate Mislabeling in EU Seafood Market and Protect Consumer Health. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2021, 18, 7497 .

AMA Style

Gabriella Vindigni, Alfredo Pulvirenti, Salvatore Alaimo, Clara Monaco, Daniela Spina, Iuri Peri. Bioinformatics Approach to Mitigate Mislabeling in EU Seafood Market and Protect Consumer Health. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18 (14):7497.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Gabriella Vindigni; Alfredo Pulvirenti; Salvatore Alaimo; Clara Monaco; Daniela Spina; Iuri Peri. 2021. "Bioinformatics Approach to Mitigate Mislabeling in EU Seafood Market and Protect Consumer Health." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 14: 7497.

Journal article
Published: 28 May 2021 in Agronomy
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This research provides an overview on horticulture innovations in the last decade through a literature review and the use of a computer qualitative data analysis. We used Leximancer text mining software to identify concepts, themes and pathways linked with horticulture innovations. The software tool enabled us to “zoom out” to gain a broad perspective of the pooled data, and it indicated which studies clustered around the dominant topic. It displays the extracted information in a visual form, to wit, an interactive concept map, which summaries the interconnected themes and demonstrates any interdependencies. The text mining analysis revealed that the themes strongly related to “innovation” are “water”, “urban”, “system”, “countries” and “technology”. The outputs identified have been interpreted to discover meaning from the content analysis, since the software can facilitate a comprehensive and transparent data coding but cannot replace researcher’s interpretive work. Furthermore, we focused on the diffusion and the barriers for the spread of innovation, pointing out the differences about developing and advanced countries. This analysis allows the researcher to have a holistic understanding of the examination area and could lead to further studies.

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Daniela Spina; Gabriella Vindigni; Biagio Pecorino; Gioacchino Pappalardo; Mario D’Amico; Gaetano Chinnici. Identifying Themes and Patterns on Management of Horticultural Innovations with an Automated Text Analysis. Agronomy 2021, 11, 1103 .

AMA Style

Daniela Spina, Gabriella Vindigni, Biagio Pecorino, Gioacchino Pappalardo, Mario D’Amico, Gaetano Chinnici. Identifying Themes and Patterns on Management of Horticultural Innovations with an Automated Text Analysis. Agronomy. 2021; 11 (6):1103.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Daniela Spina; Gabriella Vindigni; Biagio Pecorino; Gioacchino Pappalardo; Mario D’Amico; Gaetano Chinnici. 2021. "Identifying Themes and Patterns on Management of Horticultural Innovations with an Automated Text Analysis." Agronomy 11, no. 6: 1103.

Chapter
Published: 20 January 2021 in New Frontiers in Regional Science: Asian Perspectives
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The last decades have witnessed a rapid modification of existing urbanization patterns, which have progressively modified the concept of peripheries. The considerable heterogeneity in types and number of urban peripheries and their diverse set of dimensions (spatial, social, and economics) go beyond the concept of the distance from a city core. Urban peripheries are increasingly characterized by discontinuity, heterogeneity, spatial and social fragmentation. At the same time, new economic opportunities and innovation emerge from peripheral areas. The complexity and the dynamism of these areas require new strategies of sustainable urban regeneration. In this framework, urban planning is a critical instrument to address specific demands or challenges in addition to building community-based approaches. This work employs a place-based case study, the project G124 carried out by the Renzo Piano Foundation, in order to evaluate its first outcomes. The project is aimed at “mending” Italian peripheries by involving the community and local stakeholders, as well as enhancing local resources and self-construction for micro-interventions. It is based on the idea of the “beauty” of peripheries, regarded as value through which it is possible to improve sense of belonging and affection. In so doing, the research provides new perspectives about innovative planning approaches based on innovation in decision-making processes finalized to improve urban sustainability in peripheral areas.

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Gabriella Vindigni; Teresa Graziano; Vito Martelliano; Bruno Messina. Peripheral Urban Areas: Perspectives on Sustainable Regeneration. New Frontiers in Regional Science: Asian Perspectives 2021, 67 -89.

AMA Style

Gabriella Vindigni, Teresa Graziano, Vito Martelliano, Bruno Messina. Peripheral Urban Areas: Perspectives on Sustainable Regeneration. New Frontiers in Regional Science: Asian Perspectives. 2021; ():67-89.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Gabriella Vindigni; Teresa Graziano; Vito Martelliano; Bruno Messina. 2021. "Peripheral Urban Areas: Perspectives on Sustainable Regeneration." New Frontiers in Regional Science: Asian Perspectives , no. : 67-89.

Journal article
Published: 01 June 2003 in International Social Science Journal
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Patrick Van Egmond; Peter Nijkamp; Gabriella Vindigni. A comparative analysis of the performance of urban public transport systems in Europe. International Social Science Journal 2003, 55, 235 -247.

AMA Style

Patrick Van Egmond, Peter Nijkamp, Gabriella Vindigni. A comparative analysis of the performance of urban public transport systems in Europe. International Social Science Journal. 2003; 55 (176):235-247.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Patrick Van Egmond; Peter Nijkamp; Gabriella Vindigni. 2003. "A comparative analysis of the performance of urban public transport systems in Europe." International Social Science Journal 55, no. 176: 235-247.

Journal article
Published: 01 June 2003 in International Social Science Journal
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Patrick Van Egmond; Gabriella Vindigni; Peter Nijkamp. A comparative analysis of the performance of urban public transport systems in Europe. International Social Science Journal 2003, 55, 174 -174.

AMA Style

Patrick Van Egmond, Gabriella Vindigni, Peter Nijkamp. A comparative analysis of the performance of urban public transport systems in Europe. International Social Science Journal. 2003; 55 (2):174-174.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Patrick Van Egmond; Gabriella Vindigni; Peter Nijkamp. 2003. "A comparative analysis of the performance of urban public transport systems in Europe." International Social Science Journal 55, no. 2: 174-174.

Journal article
Published: 01 January 2003 in Revue internationale des sciences sociales
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La réforme de la réglementation des transports dans l’Union européenne a incité les autorités organisatrices des transports collectifs urbains à soumettre de plus en plus cette activité à la concurrence du marché. La politique de l’Union européenne favorise en particulier l’instauration d’un régime de concurrence limitée dans les transports en commun par leur concession à des opérateurs. Le présent article examine le cadre organisationnel qui se dessine en conséquence et tente de définir les conditions du succès des systèmes de transports collectifs locaux dans un échantillon de vingt-deux villes européennes. Il dresse, en se fondant sur les résultats de vastes recherches sur le terrain, un tableau systématique des performances des systèmes de transports collectifs dans ces centres urbains afin d’étudier les effets sur celles-ci de quatre catégories de facteurs cruciaux de succès. La partie empirique de l’étude fait appel à la fois à l’analyse qualitative interprétative et à un outil de l’intelligence artificielle mis au point récemment, à savoir l’analyse par les ensembles d’approximation, afin d’aboutir à des conclusions utiles pour le choix de politiques.

ACS Style

Patrick Van Egmont; Peter Nijkamp; Gabriella Vindigni. Analyse comparative des performances des systèmes de transports collectifs urbains en Europe. Revue internationale des sciences sociales 2003, 176, 261 -275.

AMA Style

Patrick Van Egmont, Peter Nijkamp, Gabriella Vindigni. Analyse comparative des performances des systèmes de transports collectifs urbains en Europe. Revue internationale des sciences sociales. 2003; 176 (2):261-275.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Patrick Van Egmont; Peter Nijkamp; Gabriella Vindigni. 2003. "Analyse comparative des performances des systèmes de transports collectifs urbains en Europe." Revue internationale des sciences sociales 176, no. 2: 261-275.