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Environmental changes of many kinds are accelerating worldwide, posing significant challenges for humanity. Solutions are needed at the regional level, where physical features of the landscape, biological systems, and human institutions interact.

The goal of Regional Environmental Change is to publish scientific research and opinion papers that improve our understanding of the extent of these changes, their causes, their impacts on people, and the options for society to respond. "Regional" refers to the full range of scales between local and global, including regions defined by natural criteria, such as watersheds and ecosystems, and those defined by human activities, such as urban areas and their hinterlands.

We encourage submissions on interdisciplinary research across the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities, and on more focused studies that contribute towards the solutions to complex environmental problems. Topics addressed include (i) the regional manifestations of global change, especially the vulnerability of regions and sectors; (ii) the adaptation of social-ecological systems to environmental change in the context of sustainable development; and (iii) trans-boundary and cross-jurisdictional issues, legislative and governance frameworks, and the broad range of policy and management issues associated with building, maintaining and restoring robust social-ecological systems at regional scales.

The primary format of contributions are research articles, presenting new evidence from analyses of empirical data or else more theoretical investigations of regional environmental change. In addition to research articles, we also publish editorials, short communications, invited mini-reviews on topics of strong current interest, as well as special features that provide multifaceted discussion of complex topics or particular regions.

Editor-in-Chief:
Wolfgang Cramer
Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et d'Ecologie marine et continentale (IMBE) 
Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, IRD, Avignon Université, Technopôle Arbois-Méditerranée 
Bât. Villemin - BP 80 
F-13545 Aix-en-Provence cedex 04, France
Tel: +33-4-42-90-84-86
E-mail: wolfgang.cramer[AT]imbe.fr
Editor-in-Chief:
James D. Ford
Priestley International Centre for Climate
University of Leeds
LS2 9JT Leeds
Tel: +44 (01)1133436463
E-mail: j.ford2[AT]leeds.ac.uk
Topical Collection Chief Editor:
Christopher Reyer
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Research Department 2: Climate Resilience
Telegrafenberg, P.O. Box 601203
14412 Potsdam, Germany
Tel.: +49 331 28820725
E-mail: reyer[AT]pik-potsdam.de
Founding Editor:
Wim Salomons
Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM)
Vrije Universiteit 
De Boelelaan 1807
1081 HV Amsterdam
The Netherlands
E-mail: wim.salomons@ivm.vu.nl
Editorial Board:
Dror Angel, Haifa, Israel
Robbert Biesbroek, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 
Anne Bousquet-Melou, Marseille, France
Virginia Burkett, Reston, United States 
Xiangzheng Deng, Beijing, China
Yazhen Gong, Beijing, China
Helmut Haberl, Vienna, Austria 
Shannon Hagerman, Vancouver, Canada
Kathleen Hermans, Leipzig, Germany
Luis Lassaletta, Madrid, Spain
Debora Ley, Antigua, Guatemala
Juan I. Lopez Moreno, Zaragoza, Spain
Shuaib Lwasa, Kampala, Uganda
Ülo Mander, Tartu, Estonia
Marc Metzger, Edinburgh, United Kingdom 
Jamie Pittock, Canberra, Australia
Diana Sietz, Potsdam, Germany
Chandni Singh, Bangalore, India
Chinwe Ifejika Speranza, Bonn, Germany
Jasper van Vliet, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Alta de Vos, Grahamstown, South Africa
Tony Weir, Canberra, Australia