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   How does urban growth affect the environment?

   • Rapid growth of urban population stimulates significant urban expansions across the globe 1, resulting in multisector environmental changes that extend beyond urban boundaries 2.

   Urban development pattern’s influence on extreme rainfall occurrences

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   Why is urbanization important?

   • Urbanization is one of the most visible and irreversible human interventions modifying land use and land cover, and it is a key driver of socioeconomic change. Despite accounting for only ~1% of the land, cities house more than half of the world’s inhabitants. Global forecasts indicate that the urban population share will reach 68% by 2050 1.

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   What are the effects of urban expansion?

   • One of the prominent effects of urban expansion is the alternation of thermodynamic (e.g., albedo, specific heat capacity) and aerodynamic (e.g., surface roughness) properties of land surface, along with concentrations of microphysical ingredients (e.g., anthropogenic aerosols) for cloud formation 3.

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   Does urbanization increase urban warming in India?

   • Here we show that urbanization alone has led to an overall 60% enhancement in warming in Indian cities, with eastern Tier-II cities leading the way. Such a difference in the urban contribution to warming over cities across India calls for a differential approach to combat urban warming effectively.

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2. link.springer.com › article › 10Different impacts of urbanization on ecosystem services ...

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   6 days ago · Rapid urbanization has brought substantial changes in structure and function of ecosystems, significantly impacting ecosystem services (ESs) supply and demand, and thereby landscape sustainability. Revealing differences impacts of urbanization on ESs supply and demand across old, new and non-urban areas.

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4. www.nature.com › articles › s44284/024/00074-0Urbanization and regional climate change-linked warming of ...

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   May 15, 2024 · The mean urban effect for all these cities across India was found to be 0.2 ± 0.15 °C per decade. This leads to an estimate of ~37.73% of the total urban warming being linked to urbanization ...

5. apnews.com › article › east-africa-rain-climateClimate change and rapid urbanization worsened the impact of ...

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   3 days ago · By CARLOS MUREITHI. Updated 6:18 PM PDT, May 23, 2024. NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The impact of the calamitous rains that struck East Africa from March to May was intensified by a mix of climate change and rapid growth of urban areas, an international team of climate scientists said in a study published Friday.

6. onlinelibrary.wiley.com › doi › fullStrategies for sustainable urban development: Assessing the ...

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   5 days ago · In an era marked by rapid urbanization and increasing environmental concerns, the quest for sustainable development has become paramount. The goal of this study is to support sustainability by critically analysing and reviewing methods for reducing people's ecological footprint in urban areas.

7. news.un.org › en › storyLong, dangerous journeys on the rise but migration drives ...

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   6 days ago · The Ambassador of Uganda to the UN, Adonia Ayebare, said migration is driving rapid urbanization in many parts of the world. He stressed the need for countries to “create an eco-system for joint action” on regular pathways to migration as current options are inadequate.

8. www.nature.com › articles › s41467/024/48533-5Urban development pattern’s influence on extreme rainfall ...

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   May 11, 2024 · Our analyses provide notable evidence to urban planners and policymakers for prioritizing measures in sustainable urban development, particularly for countries experiencing rapid urbanization.

9. phys.org › news › 2024-05-factors-resilient-cityResearch examines factors of resilient city development

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   May 13, 2024 · The concept of the "resilient city," as an important principle in contemporary urban planning, emphasizes that the capacity of urban systems to absorb the impacts and pressures caused by...