Environmental Research and Planetary Health

Kaempferia galanga is an important medicinal and economic herb of the Zingiberaceae family with significant potential for healthcare applications in Vietnam. This review was the first comprehensive synthesis focusing specifically on Vietnamese evidence regarding the botanical characteristics, cultivation practices, genetic resources, phytochemical composition, pharmacological activities, and trad…

Over the past two decades, rapid urban growth significantly altered land-use patterns in Amman, raising critical concerns regarding sustainability and food security. This study utilized an integrated Cellular Automata–Markov (CA–Markov) model, in combination with the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP), to simulate land-use and land-cover (LULC) changes and project future scenarios for 2031 and 20…