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3 days ago · Decolonialising Urban Planning. 05 June, 2024. Applying lessons from indigenous urban planning can make Nigerian cities more sustainable. Mokọ́ládé Johnson (University of Lagos) explains why Nigerian cities have lost their vernacular approaches to urban planning and the resulting negative impacts that arise.
May 24, 2024 · Urban growth can be characterized by four distinct stages. These stages include urbanization, suburbanization, desurbanization, and re-urbanization. Each stage represents a different phase in the development and transformation of urban areas.
May 23, 2024 · Nigeria’s urbanization is driven by factors such as population growth, rural- urban migration, and the concentration of economic activities in urban centers.
6 days ago · Urbanization is a critical concept in sociology, reflecting the increasing movement of populations from rural to urban areas and the growth of cities. This process profoundly impacts social structures, economic activities, cultural dynamics, and environmental landscapes.
May 27, 2024 · Urbanization is the process by which a rural area becomes more urban, with a concentration of human populations into discrete areas. This transformation leads to the development of infrastructure for residential, commercial, industrial, and transportation purposes.
- Elias Flores
May 15, 2024 · 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...
May 27, 2024 · The interactions between urbanization with biodiversity and ecosystem services that take place defy simple generalizations. There is increasing evidence for the negative impacts of urbanization on biodiversity, most directly in the form of habitat loss and fragmentation.
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