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Aug 20, 2021 · However, in the Ghanaian context, only few studies have explored the effects of rapid urbanization on the availability and sustainability of this important environmental resource. 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 ...
Jan 6, 2023 · Table 3 reports the OLS regression results of the impact of urbanization rate on public health. The empirical results in column (1) indicate that the urbanization rate has a strong negative effect on the crude death rate. More specifically, 1% increase in the urbanization rate reduces the crude death rate by 0.06%.
Urban forests can provide the necessary ecosystem services for their residents and play an important part in improving the urban environment. Forest landscape connectivity is a vital indicator reflecting the quality of the ecological environment and ecological functions. Detecting changes in landscape connectivity is, therefore, an important step for providing sound scientific evidence for the ...
Jun 15, 2011 · Abstract. China is undergoing a rapid transition from a rural to an urban society. This societal change is a consequence of a national drive toward economic prosperity. Rapid urbanization impacts on infrastructure, environmental health and human wellbeing. Unlike many cases of urban expansion, Chinese urbanization has led to containment, rather ...
Urbanization is not merely a modern phenomenon, but a rapid and historic transformation of human social roots on a global scale, whereby predominantly rural culture is being rapidly replaced by predominantly urban culture. The first major change in settlement patterns was the accumulation of hunter-gatherers into villages many thousands of ...
China is undergoing a rapid transition from a rural to an urban society. This societal change is a consequence of a national drive toward economic prosperity. Rapid urbanization impacts on infrastructure, environmental health and human wellbeing. Unlike many cases of urban expansion, Chinese urbanization has led to containment, rather than to increase, in the spread of infectious diseases ...
Aug 21, 2023 · Urbanization is inevitable in both developing and developed countries. However, this growth and transformation of the urban area can pose a significant threat to urban cultural heritage, which is a sensitive component of the urban environment. As cities modernize and change, a risk of irreparable loss of cultural heritage exists. Therefore, taking steps to protect and preserve these sites for ...
