What are the impacts of urbanisation/urbanization? Impacts include economic growth, changes in social structures, environmental challenges, and alterations in land use and lifestyle. 15 What is urbanisation/urbanization? The process of increasing population in urban areas due to movement from rural area...
Boundary object: “[…] those […] objects which both inhabit several intersecting social worlds and satisfy the information requirements of each of them. Boundary objects are objects, which are both plastic enough to adapt to local needs and the constraints of the several parties involving them,...
is thaturbanization is the process of the formation and growth of citieswhile urbanism is the study of cities, their geographic, economic, political, social and cultural environment. What is Urbanisation and urbanism? One can understand urbanism as thepatterns of behaviour, relationships, modes of t...
The predicted increases in peak river flows and sea level rise due to climate change are therefore of great concern in deltas (Nicholls et al., 2019). However, sustainable delta living also depends on many social and technological factors that influence each other in complex ways: water ...
This chapter looks at ecosystems and the services they provide for the well-being of people in cities, so-called ecosystem services, but also at the biophysical processes, structures and functions that contribute significantly to the creation of ecosystem services and their maintenance. For this purp...
The growth of the UK’s population together with an aging society with increasingly complex health and social care needs has placed a greater demand on statutory care services. In view of this emerging landscape, the UK Government has sought to increase
Among the key challenges that many countries have been confronted with include: How to maximise national benefits of urbanisation and mitigating its negative impacts? What are the economic, social, and environmental costs of meeting these challenges? How to define the most effective and efficient ...
Flat Roof Solar Mounting Systems: The Best Solution for Urban Commercial Buildings As urbanisation increases, commercial buildings in cities are constantly looking for ways to optimise space and reduce energy costs.Solar energy has become a vital component of sustainability strategies for businesses, but...
urbanisation has many adverse effects on the visual integrity and aesthetic values of cultural properties due to high-rise buildings (Meskell2014). Our study showed that the buffer zone on the periphery of the cultural site can effectively protect the skylines and characteristics of the visual landsc...
The Social Well-Being Issues of the European Urbanisation Stages and the Possibilities of their Management by the Creation of Spatial Configurations Cities today play strategic roles in modernization processes as well as in the organization and operation of global economy. Big cities are the places wh...