Foreword; W.G. Kepner et al.- Contributions of Landscape Sciences to the Development of Environmental Security; F. Muller et al.- Part I Introduction - Environmental Security and Landscape Ecology; G. Zurlini.- Landscape Ecology and Environmental Security: Basic Concepts and Regional Applications for the Mediterranean in the 21st Century; H. G. Brauch.- Landscape Management for Environmental Security: some Perspectives of Adaptive Management Approaches; I. Petrosillo et al.- The Policy Framework GMES as a Guideline for the Integration of Environmental Security Research and Landscape Sciences; T. Blaschke et al.- Part II Introduction - Landscape Science Methodologies to Assess Environmental Security; B.L. Li, W.G. Kepner.- Investigating Landscape Patterns in Protected Areas Using Satellite Images; S. Nedkov et al.- Quantifying and Qualifying Urban Green by Integrating Remote Sensing, GIS and Social Science Methods; S. Lang et al.- Allometric Scaling as an Indicator of Ecosystem State: a New Approach; B.L. Li et al.- Part III Introduction - Landscape Indicators and Landscape Change Detection: Introduction; T. Blaschke, S. Victorov.- Deriving the Spatial Traits of Organized Land Structures; A. Tiknius et al.- Landscape Monitoring as a Tool in Improving Environmental Security; W. Fjellstad, W. Dramstad.- Landscapes of the Natural Park 'Vepssky Forest'; T. Popova, I. Bychkova.- Multi-Temporal Coastal Zone Landscape Change Detection Using Remote Sensing Imagery and in-situ Data; S. Victorov et al.- Landscape Character as a Framework for the Assessment of Environmental Change; R. Haines-Young et al.- Part IV Introduction - Integrated Landscape Studies of Catchments and Basins: Introduction; B.K. Jones.- An Ecohydrological Approach for the Protection and Enhancement of Ecosystem Services; K. Krauze, I. Wagner.- Environmental Quality and Landscape-Hazard Assessment in the Yantra River Basin, Bulgaria; M. Nikolova et al.- The Influence of Catchment LandCover on Phosphorus Balance for Large Freshwater Systems; S.A. Kondratyev.- The Use of Scenario Analysis to Assess Future Landscape Change on Watershed Condition in the Pacific Northwest (USA); W.G. Kepner et al.- Cross-European Landscape Analyses: Illustrative Examples Using Existing Spatial Data; K.B. Jones et al.- Part V Introduction - Assessments of Human-Environmental Systems in Landscapes: Introduction; R. Seppelt et al.- Demographic Impacts on Landscape Change - A Conceptual View of Global Demographic Trends; F. Swiaczny.- Land Use Impacts of Demographic Change - Lessons from Eastern German Urban Regions; D. Haase et al.- The Consequences of Demographic Change in Rhineland-Palatinate: Scenarios of Landscape Consumption for Settlement and Transportation Areas; J. Sabbagh, M. Neef.- Landscape, Demographic Developments, Biodiversity and Sustainable Land Use Strategy: a Case Study on Karaburun Peninsula Izmir, Turkey; E. Nurlu et al.- Indication of the State of the Environment with GIS and People: a Case Study and Planning Tool for Mulfingen, a Municipality in South Germany; R. Lenz, A. Jany.- Environmental Security as Related to Scale Mismatches of Disturbance Patterns in a Panarchy of Social-Ecological Landscapes; G. Zurlini et al.- Fostering Ecosystem Service Security by Both Objective and Subjective Anlayses: the Case of a Natural Protected Area in Southern Italy; I. Petrosillo et al.- Environmental Assessment of Reindeer Herding in Changing Landscapes on Different Scales; T. Kumpula et al.- Part VI Introduction - Environmental Applications of Landscape Ecological Methods - Impact Assessments; O.L. Muntean, K. Krauze.- The Contribution of Quality Assessment of Eroded Agricultural Soil on Hilly-Undulating Landscapes to Sustainable Community Development; B. Jankausas et al.- Nuclear Safety and its Impact on the Level of Environmental Security in Ukraine; V. Kuznyetsov.- Environmental Impact Assessment as a Tool for Environmental Restoration: the Case