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Understanding the origins and pace of Africa’s urban transition [PDF]

, 2011
In this paper the author argues that urbanisation should be understood as a global historical process driven primarily by population dynamics stimulated by technological and institutional change.

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Subterranean environments contribute to three‐quarters of classified ecosystem services

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Beneath the Earth's surface lies a network of interconnected caves, voids, and systems of fissures forming in rocks of sedimentary, igneous, or metamorphic origin. Although largely inaccessible to humans, this hidden realm supports and regulates services critical to ecological health and human well‐being.
Stefano Mammola, David Brankovits, Tiziana Di Lorenzo, Isabel R. Amorim, Raluca Ioana Bancila, Adrià Bellvert, Enrico Bernard, Anna Blomberg, Paulo A.V. Borges, Martina Cappelletti, Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira, Rosalina Gabriel, Diana M. P. Galassi, Laura Garzoli, Vasilis Gerovasileiou, Grant C. Hose, Kathryn L. Korbel, Simone Martino, Ana Z Miller, Nataša Mori, Veronica Nanni, Giuseppe Nicolosi, Mattia Saccò, Troy S. Sakihara, Marconi Souza Silva, Anne E. Tamalavage, Maja Zagmajster, Efraín Chávez, Christian Griebler, Pedro Cardoso, Alejandro Martínez   +30 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comprehensive Evaluation of the Development Level of China’s Characteristic Towns under the Perspective of an Urban–Rural Integration Development Strategy

Land
With the advancement of urbanization and the continuous deepening of reforms in urban–rural systems, China’s urbanization process has entered a new era of integrated urban–rural integration.
Xuekelaiti Haiyirete, Qian Xu, Jian Wang, Xinjie Liu, Kui Zeng   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Research on the impact and mechanism of financial development on new urbanization: A case study of the Yangtze River Economic Belt. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2023
Liu Y, Guo Y, Xie D, Xiao X, Hu W.
europepmc   +1 more source

Think Global, Act Local? Fortune 500 Business Strategies for Sustainable Cities and Communities (SDG 11)

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The role of business towards achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has been well established. However, SDG contextualization continues to pose a conundrum, particularly for firms operating in multiple contexts. This becomes even more problematic in the case of SDG 11, the only goal in the sustainable development agenda directly
Andreas Georgiou
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of New Urbanization on Urban Land Green Use Efficiency in the Middle and Lower Yellow River, China: An Analysis Based on Spatial Correlation Networks

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Rapid urbanization has posed serious challenges to urban land use, especially in the green and efficient use of land. However, existing research rarely combines new urbanization with urban land green use efficiency (ULGUE), despite its significant ...
Jianji An, Qiangjun Su, Xuefeng Yuan
doaj   +1 more source

ALFRED-DONAT AGACHE URBAN PROPOSAL FOR COSTA DO SOL. FROM THE TERRITORY TO THE CITY. [PDF]

, 2013
This paper reviews the development of Costa do Sol, as planned by architect urbanist Alfred-Donat Agache, for Lisbon Region in Portugal. The Plano Expansão Região Oeste de Lisboa (1934-1936) prepared by Agache and requested by Portuguese Minister of ...
André, Paula, Marat-Mendes, Teresa, Rodrigues, Paulo Simões   +2 more
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How Supply Networks Influence Sustainable Innovation: Evidence From Ghana's Public Works Procurement

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recent environmental and sustainability standards in procurement increase short‐term production and operational costs to suppliers, which are often recouped by charging price premiums for innovative solutions. However, public buyers are less likely to pay such price premiums, resulting in a disincentive among suppliers to bid for innovation ...
Peter Adjei‐Bamfo, Hadrian Geri Djajadikerta, Kerry Brown, Ferry Jie, Reza Kiani Mavi, Alain Neher   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Research on the Coupling Co-ordination between Quality of County-Level New Urbanization and Ecosystem Service Value in Shaanxi Province

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Rapid urbanization has significantly impacted the structure of ecosystem services, accelerating the pressure on natural resources and ecological space. The clarification of the interdependent relationship between new-type urbanization (NTU) and ecosystem
Qingsong Ni, Xue Ma, Ruiming Duan, Yan Liang, Peng Cui   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Can new urbanization and ecological environment achieve synergistic development? Empirical evidence from 63 counties in Zhejiang, China. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2023
Ma L, Xu W, Hong Y, He S, Liu C, Ning Q.
europepmc   +1 more source