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Rural human settlement environment improvement: process, status and China’s sample
China's victory over poverty is globally felt, significantly contributing to global poverty reduction. China has comprehensively promoted...
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Squatter settlement and informal urbanization: causes and consequences
Squatter settlement and informal urbanization trends in Addis Ababa were a great concern with highest population living in informal settlements....
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The impacts of air pollution on immigrants’ settlement intention in China
This paper investigates the impacts of air pollution on immigrants’ willingness to settle in China. We construct a theoretical model that discusses...
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Vulnerability assessment on human settlement environment of coastal towns with entire-array-polygon method: evidence from Ninghai, China
Rapid urbanization in develo** countries is accompanied by changes in the human settlement environment. There is limited research on mixed...
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Influence of Tunnel Construction on Soil Settlement
The construction of urban subway can make better use of underground space and reduce the use of ground land resources while satisfying the...
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Determining the suitable settlement areas in Alanya with GIS-based site selection analyses
Urbanization, which is defined as an irreversible global-scale problem nowadays, necessitates the foundation of new settlement areas. In general, no...
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Settlement suitability analysis of a riverine floodplain in the perspective of GIS-based multicriteria decision analysis
Riverine floodplains are highly dynamic and the most vulnerable space on Earth particularly in flat alluvial plains of major river systems. Suitable...
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Post-WW2 Land Settlement in Europe
In this Chapter we examine, in summary, land claim settlements in countries of the former Soviet sphere such as the Czech Republic, Hungary, Estonia,...
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Artificial Shelters that Promote Settlement and Improve Nutritional Condition of Japanese Eels in a Human-Modified Estuary
Various aquatic organisms are suffering from alterations of estuarine environments, where human activities are generally concentrated. The...
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Influence of inclination angle on dust migration and settlement characteristics of excavation roadway
The migration law of dust in the roadway is the basis of dust control, but most of the relevant studies are based on the horizontal roadway, ignoring...
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A Multimethodological Approach to Assist the Design of Systemic Governance in Agroextractivist Settlement Projects in the Brazilian Amazon Landscape
Co** with complex landscape situations in the Anthropocene increasingly demands innovative governance practices that can be facilitated by...
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GIS-based multicriteria decision analysis for settlement areas: a case study in Canik
In addition to global population growth due to migration from rural areas to urban areas, population density is constantly increasing in certain...
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Multi-hazard susceptibility model based on high spatial resolution data—a case study of Sali settlement (Dugi otok, Croatia)
The world has been facing an increase in various natural hazards. The coastal regions are recognized as one of the most vulnerable due to high...
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Trade-off between market and ecosystem services drives settlement decisions among smallholder ranchers in Baja California Sur, Mexico
While smallholder food producers increasingly depend on goods and services provided by distant markets, they are still constrained by their local...
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Human-Driven Trophic Changes in a Large, Shallow Urban Lake: Changes in Utah Lake, Utah from Pre-European Settlement to the Present
Lakes are invaluable archives of past ecosystem changes, and this study focuses on one of the largest freshwater lakes in the western US. At 380 km 2 ,...
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Probability Density Distribution and Reliability Evaluation of Load Settlement Curve of PHC Pile in Deep Silt Area
PHC pile has become one of the widely used foundation treatment methods in soft soil foundation. Taking a pile foundation project in Wenzhou as an...
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The Influence of Socio-cultural Factors on Open Space in Fisherman Settlement, Udupi District—Karnataka
The fisherman neighbourhood has specific character and culturally rich settlements. The neighbourhood has arrangement of closely placed cluster of...
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Practical Design of Stone Column in Predicting Settlement Performance
Stone column is effective in improving soft ground. Its abilities to reduce settlement and consolidation time, increase bearing capacity and slope...
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Evaluation of groundwater quality in the rural environment using geostatistical analysis and WebGIS methods in a Hungarian settlement, Báránd
The evaluation, visualization of environmental data from long-term monitoring, and making them accessible in a processed form in user-friendly...
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Analysing Connectivity and Settlement Growth in Aerotropolis: A Spatial and Temporal Perspective
It is imperative to visualize the growing airport's significance in becoming a pivot of global mobility and its concomitant services and as a crucial...