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World Urbanization Prospects [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper proposes to critically examine the United Nations projections on urbanisation. Both the estimates of current trends based on national data and the method of projection are evaluated.
Philippe Bocquier
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Trends and Current Situation of China's Meat Sector

open access: yesAnimal Research and One Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As the world's largest meat producer, consumer, and importer, China's meat sector has undergone profound transformation over the past decade, driven by biological crises (e.g., African Swine Fever), environmental policies, and global market integration. This study analyzes the sector's production restructuring, consumption diversification, and
Zengyong Zhu
wiley   +1 more source

Asentamientos urbanos construídos espontaneamente y la cuestión ambiental: plan de reordenamiento físico de la cuenca del Guarapiranga, Programa Guarapiranga, São Paulo

open access: yesPós: Revista do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Arquitetura e Urbanismo da FAUUSP, 2006
This paper discusses the recent experience of the Integrated Plan for Environmental Sanitation and Urban Reclaiming of the Guarapiranga Basin, a watershed area in the southern region of the São Paulo Metropolitan Region.
Regina Maria Valletta
doaj   +1 more source

Urbanization and the Wealth of Nations [PDF]

open access: yes
The proportion of a country's population living in urban areas is highly correlated with its level of income. Urban areas offer economies of scale and richer market structures, and there is strong evidence that workers in urban areas are individually ...
David E. Bloom   +2 more
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Urbanization and Expenditure Inequality in Indonesia: Testing the Kuznets Hypothesis with Provincial Panel Data [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Focusing on Indonesia, this study analyzes the relationship between inequality and the process of urbanization. It performs a panel data regression analysis to test the Kuznets inverted-U hypothesis for urbanization based on a provincial panel data set ...
440   +10 more
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Heat Stress in Quail: Impacts on Health and Productivity, and Mitigation Strategies

open access: yesAnimal Research and One Health, EarlyView.
Heat stress disrupts physiological homeostasis in quail, inducing oxidative stress, immune dysregulation, and metabolic imbalance, which impair growth, reproduction, product quality, and welfare. Integrating nutritional, environmental, and genetic–epigenetic strategies enhances thermotolerance, sustains productivity, and supports climate‐smart quail ...
T. A. Eletu   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Research of Reconstruction of Village in the Urban Fringe Based on Urbanization Quality Improving

open access: yesSHS Web of Conferences, 2014
In the process of urban-rural integration, it is an acute and urgent challenge for the destiny of farmers and the development of village in the urban fringe in the developed area.
Junjie Zhang   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

‘A completely different space’: Teachers' perspectives on disadvantage, access to nature and outdoor learning

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examined teachers' perspectives on how children benefit from time in nature, how disadvantage shapes access and the role of schools in facilitating such access. Drawing on interviews conducted in 2022 with 25 UK primary school teachers who participated in Generation Wild, a nature connection programme for schools in economically ...
Nicola Parkin   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fiscal Decentralization and Urbanization in Indonesia [PDF]

open access: yes
Indonesia went through a process of fiscal decentralization in 2001 involving the devolution of several policymaking and service delivery functions to the subnational tiers of government (provinces and districts).
Comola, Margherita, de Mello, Luiz
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The Effects of Urbanization on Baseflow over Time: An Analysis of Changing Watersheds and Stream Flow Response in Georgia

open access: yes, 2015
This study examines the relationship between baseflow and urbanization over time with the help of spatial analysis using Geographic Information Systems. The urbanization parameters used were population and urban land use.
Furtsch, Emily B
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