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Jan 25, 2023 · Urbanization is one of the leading global trends of the 21st century that has a significant impact on health. Over 55% of the world’s population live in urban areas, a proportion that is expected to increase to 68% by 2050. As most future urban growth will take place in developing cities, the world today has a unique opportunity to guide urbanization and other major urban development trends ...
Apr 10, 2023 · Rapid urbanization often leads to increase in surface runoff; its modelling is always the focus in the field of land use effect. One of the methodological issues is how to classify the landscape (land use/land cover) in the model. In this study, the long-term hydrological impact assessment (L-THIA) model was used to simulate the change of annual surface runoff during the rapid urbanization in ...
Jan 1, 2024 · Rapid urbanization usually goes together with an enlarged disparity between rural and urban areas and the diminishment of resilience of self-dependent natural economy, both of which endangers social stability (Hendrix & Haggard, 2015). Urbanization substantially centralizes wealth and opportunity distribution, which can intensify competition ...
Apr 12, 2018 · The effects of urbanization on Mexico City are felt every day, yet efforts toward management have been successful. The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy is a collaboration of urban planners, architects, transport experts, and development financers. This organization has worked with the government of Mexico City to institute ...
Oct 25, 2023 · Rapid urbanization due to population migration to cities has led to various natural hazards in recent decades. Urbanization has various consequences such as flooding, reduced recharge surface due to construction, pollution of water resources, etc. In this study, we investigated the effects of urbanization on water resources globally.
Sep 1, 2022 · Urbanization, if not properly managed, can lead to stream channel degradation termed Urban Stream Syndrome (USS). However, the effects of different levels of urbanization and thresholds for degradation are not well understood. The USS is characterized by increased frequency and magnitude of flood flows, increased rates of channel erosion, and ...
To address this research vacuum, the present study employed mixed-methods to explore the effects of urbanization on the wetland ecosystem in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA) of Ghana. There results indicate a negative statistical association between rapid urbanization and the availability of wetlands in GAMA.
