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The urban population agglomeration capacity and its impact on economic efficiency in the Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration
This paper constructs and elaborates a theoretical model of urban economic efficiency (UEE) from the perspective of urban scaling law. A framework of...
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Global inequities in population exposure to urban greenspaces increased amidst tree and nontree vegetation cover expansion
Cities worldwide are expanding greenspaces, including parks, urban forests, and grasslands. However, population exposure to tree and nontree...
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The impact of urban population on housing cost: the case of Australia
Rapid population expansions in urban areas have significant implications for housing costs, creating challenges for housing affordability. However,...
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Downscaling population and urban land use for socio-economic scenarios in the UK
Projecting the distribution of population is critical in supporting analysis of the impacts and risks associated with climate change. In this paper,...
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Equality of access and resilience in urban population-facility networks
While conceptual definitions have provided a foundation for measuring inequality of access and resilience in urban facilities, the challenge for...
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The impact of urban population spatial distribution on CO2 emissions in China from the perspective of individual and interactive effects
As China’s rapid urbanization continues, uneven urban population spatial distribution (UPSD) has a profound impact on its CO 2 emissions. To...
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Urban land expansion: the role of population and economic growth for 300+ cities
Global urban populations are projected to increase by 2.5 billion over the next 30 years. Yet, there is limited understanding of how this growth will...
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Interactions Between Heavy Metal Exposure and Blood Biochemistry in an Urban Population of the Black Swan (Cygnus atratus) in Australia
There is growing recognition of the threat posed to wildlife by pollutants. Waterbirds are robust bioindicators of ecosystem health, and metal...
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Assessment of urban-to-urban interaction and its impact on urban development: a study on a backward district of Eastern India
Rapid population increment of big towns, creation of numerous small-towns, increasing demand for better urban-related facilities from the big towns...
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Urban land use, land cover change and urban microclimate dynamics in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Land surface temperature (LST) increases and urban heat island (UHI) variability are the major urban climatology problems arising in urban...
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Population-land urbanization and comprehensive development evaluation of the Bei**g-Tian**-Hebei urban agglomeration
As the main form of the new urbanization strategy, urban agglomeration promotes inter-regional economic development, population flow, and industrial...
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Quantitative assessment and driving factors analysis of surface urban heat island of urban agglomerations in China based on GEE
The urban heat island (UHI) effect generated by the development of high-speed urbanization has become one of the major problems affecting the urban...
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Urban Farming as a Measure of Urban Resiliency the Case of Jeddah
Globally the population is increasing in urban areas due to migration and new-borns, and with a higher population increases the risk. Cities require...
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Urban trees’ potential for regulatory services in the urban environment: an exploration of carbon sequestration
Urbanisation has emerged as a formidable challenge for urban policymakers, reaching unparalleled heights and unsettling the ecological equilibrium of...
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Ecological monitoring of urban thermal field variance index and determining the surface urban heat island effects in Lahore, Pakistan
Lahore is the second major metropolitan city in Pakistan in terms of urban population and built-up area, making the city a more ideal place to form...
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Complex associations of weather conditions with reproductive performance in urban population of a common waterbird
Weather conditions are recognized as one of key determinants of animal reproductive performance; however, the effect of weather on breeding success...
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Commercial pesticides for urban applications induced population growth and sub-cellular alterations in Raphidocelis subcapitata (Chlorophyceae) at concerning environmental concentrations
Information regarding the safety and environmental risks of pesticides intended for urban use remains limited. This study aimed to assess the effects...
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Characterization of urban agriculture and farmers’ climate change adaptation: the case of Urban Wa, Ghana
Urban agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa has the potential to significantly improve urban food security and feed the underprivileged when promoted. In...
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Protecting China’s major urban bird diversity hotspots
The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework puts forward a new conservation target to enhance urban biodiversity. Cities have a great...
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Russian Urban Famili in the 1890s–1930s
AbstractBased on current statistics and population censuses, it is shown that at the turn of the 19th–20th centuries, the number of simple two-parent...