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Uncontrolled urbanization is a frequent cause behind the local flooding of catchment areas. This also results in a degradation of water quality in receivers, as well as causing a disruption of the natural water cycle in the catchment.
This study assesses the global mountain population, population change over the 1975–2015 time-range, and urbanisation for 2015.
Informal settlements represent a challenging operational context for local government service providers due to precarious contextual conditions.
Suzhou city was the cultural centre of ancient south China. It continues the urban pattern of more than 800 years ago. Suzhou gardens are the essence of Chinese gardening art, as well as the valuable world cultural heritage site.
To better understand the impacts of infrastructure investment on economic growth and, we used Cobb-Douglas production function model to develop the stock of public infrastructure capital into the economic growth model.
The process of urbanization in China has been accompanied by the conflict of land expropriation, which is not conducive to social stability.
Urbanization is changing land use–land cover (LULC) transforming green spaces (GS) and bodies of water into built-up areas.
Compared with traditional urbanization, new urbanization is more closely aligned with China’s basic national conditions and reflects the basic goal of sustainable development.
As the global population continues to urbanize, increasing pressure is put upon urban centers and the carrying capacity of the already built-up areas. One way to meet these demands is horizontal expansion, which requires new lands to become incorporated into urban centers.