The Urban Heat Island phenomenon has become a growing concern. Incidence of this phenomenon as well as concern about it has increased over the years. It has been observed by different studies that, environmental degradation is caused by several factors including rapid urbanization due to ...
Changes in urban air quality and its relationship with growing urbanization provide an important insight into urban development strategies. Thus, we collected remotely sensed PM 2.5 concentrations, as well as urban population datasets, and analyzed the scaling relationship between changes in urban populati...
In this paper we show that there is no growing imbalance to urban hierarchies and much of urbanization is accommodated in smaller and medium size cities. We show that city formation and the growth in numbers of cities can be explained in large part by a simple model and a few covariates —...
Compounding these problems, the population of Africa is growing rapidly-almost twice as fast as any other major region of the world. Although African fertility has started to fall, simple population momentum ensures that the total population of the region will continue to increase: from 794 million...
The effects of urban land use extension on ecological security in fast-growing economic zone经济快速增长区城市用地空间扩展对生态安全的影响 China is experiencing a period in fast economic development and swift urbanization at present and meanwhile bearing enormous pressure from environment dete... ZHANG...
This research investigates the in-home environmental health risks associated with planned and unplanned growth in peri-urban communities (neighborhoods) of a rapidly growing city in Northern México. Surveys were conducted during home visits to 98 households in a planned community and 202 households in...
The manner in which common milkweed established in this particular corridor also influences our results, as plants growing in the corridor since establishment many generations ago are more likely to exhibit genetic divergence than plants descending from relatives in nearby non-corridor environments. Regar...
this number is expected to continue to increase over the next 50 years, prompting cities worldwide to strive to find better ways to accommodate their growing population while transitioning to more sustainable urban practices. To highlight this responsibility, the United Nations has declared July 11th...
It can be circular migration meaning that the migrant moves to the city when it is not planting season and returns to the village when he is needed on the farm. In stage migration the migrant makes a series of moves each to a city closer to the largest or fastest growing city. ...
With a projected doubling of the urban population by 2050 (reaching over 800 million urbanites), India is expected to witness the largest urban growth globally1. In addition, India is also projected to be the fastest-growing major economy in the world6,7, with the projected highest growth in...