Lagos State has grown from 300,000 and 500,000 in 1950 and 1991 to an unprecedented population of 15.7 million (Mabogunje, 2002). Already, it is projected to have a population of 25 million by 2015 which will make Lagos the third largest megacity after Tokyo and Bombay and a population ...
The existing infrastructure facilities developed in Dhaka megacity cannot cope with the minimum living requirements of this poor working class floating population. The Dhaka city is exposed to an array of urban problems that could not be discussed in one paper. This article explores the nature and ...
A snapshot of a megacity: Pedestrians walk in the Lujiazui district of Shanghai, a center with a population of 25 million. Tomohiro Ohsumi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Some of these new entrants to the club of these megacities will be vibrant economic and cultural centers that raise standards ...
Over the past few decades in the World; in the field of urban planning and the real estate market, Mixed-use development has become a Centre of attention. Karachi is the mega city with the highest population in Pakistan. Gulshan-e Iqbal is considered an upper to upper-middle-class income ...
Smart cities can solve the challenges of urbanization Every 16 months, a city’s population exceeds the ten-million-threshold, making it a megacity. As a result, urbanization creates challenges which must be overcome to uphold quality of life standards. The city of the future will be technologic...
Source apportionment of fine aerosol particles of water-soluble and carbonaceous species measured in semi-urban (Kharagpur) and megacity (Kolkata) atmospheres over the eastern Indo-Gangetic plain: Chemical characterisation, relative abundance and anthropogenic contributions ...
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Under a Creative Commons license open accessHighlights Abstract Due to the implementation of air pollution control measures in China, air quality has significantly improved, although there are still additional issues to be addressed. This study used the long-term trends of air pollutants to discuss ...
Provide insights to policy makersTHE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF WESTERN REGION DEVELOPMENTMulti-generational & multi-dimensional transformative power The government intends to undertake an ambitious development project to convert the districts of Colombo, Gampaha, and Kalutara into an integrated megacity. This ...
The Dawn of Urban Energy Planning—Synergies between Energy and Urban Planning for São Paulo (Brazil) Megacity. J. Clean. Prod. 2019, 215, 458–479. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] Huang, H.; Li, Q.; Yang, Y.; Zhang, L.; Dong, Z. Research on Urban Comprehensive Energy Planning ...