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5 days ago · Urbanization (or urbanisation in British English) is the population shift from rural to urban areas, the corresponding decrease in the proportion of people living in rural areas, and the ways in which societies adapt to this change. It can also mean population growth in urban areas instead of rural ones. [1] .
May 21, 2024 · 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.
1 day ago · Rapid urbanization often comes at the expense of the environment. Deforestation, pollution, and the destruction of natural habitats are some of the negative outcomes of rapid city expansion. As cities grow, maintaining a balance between development and environmental conservation becomes increasingly challenging.
May 8, 2024 · These five categories include ‘Rapid expanding’ (undergoing swift urbanization), ‘Moderate expanding’ (undergoing steady urbanization), ‘Expanding with stable’ (cities growing but with a significant proportion of pixels remaining stable), ‘Mostly stable after shrinking’ (most areas of these cities have become stable after ...
May 13, 2024 · In recent years, with rapid urbanization, the global landscape of science and technology, industry, energy, and finance has undergone profound changes. Concurrently, emergencies or sudden events ...
May 7, 2024 · At the same time, rapid urban expansion (Muis et al., 2015) and high urbanization rates in many cities reduce natural landscape features and increase impervious surfaces (Chiu et al., 2021), increasing stormwater runoff and river discharge rates, reducing the peak runoff and discharge times (Feng et al., 2021), and increasing the flood risk ...
May 11, 2024 · From this stand, the present paper explores two promising approaches that can be used as a rapid development approach: tactical urbanism and urban acupuncture. Thus, in the following sections, the paper discusses the two approaches in terms of their definitions, principles, and the most important constraints.
