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Cultivated land multifunctionality in undeveloped peri-urban agriculture areas in China: Implications for sustainable land management.

Journal of Environmental Management, 2022
The spatial planning and sustainable management of peri-urban cultivated land are key aspects of national development in many countries because of the continuing expansion of urban areas and deterioration of agro-ecosystem services.
Xin-guo Wang, Dongyan Wang, Songze Wu, Zhuoran Yan, Jiaqi Han   +4 more
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Managing urban nutrient biogeochemistry for sustainable urbanization

Environmental Pollution, 2014
Urban ecosystems are unique in the sense that human activities are the major drivers of biogeochemical processes. Along with the demographic movement into cities, nutrients flow towards the urban zone (nutrient urbanization), causing the degradation of environmental quality and ecosystem health.
Tao, Lin, Valerie, Gibson, Shenghui, Cui, Chang-Ping, Yu, Shaohua, Chen, Zhilong, Ye, Yong-Guan, Zhu   +6 more
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Managing Urban Growth in Asia

Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice, 2007
Abstract This article provides perspectives on some key issues countries need to consider in rethinking their priorities to achieve greater social, environmental and economic sustainability from increasing urbanization in Asia. It discusses three areas where such new thinking is needed: improved governance requiring clearer assignment of ...
Clay G. Wescott, L. R. Jones
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Disaster management cycle and its application for flood risk reduction in urban areas of Pakistan

Urban Climate, 2021
The disaster risk management cycle is a recognized instrument for managing disaster events and their impacts. However, the usefulness of the cycle has become questionable in diverse urban settings.
I. Rana, M. Asim, A. Aslam, A. Jamshed
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Localized synergies between heat waves and urban heat islands: Implications on human thermal comfort and urban heat management.

Environmental Research, 2020
Heat waves (HWs) and urban heat islands (UHIs) can potentially interact. The mechanisms behind their synergy are not fully disclosed. Starting from the localized UHI phenomenon, this study aims i) to reveal their associated impacts on human thermal ...
Bao-jie He, Junsong Wang, Huimin Liu, G. Ulpiani   +3 more
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Urban Traffic Management and Urban Planning

Applied Mechanics and Materials, 2012
At present, traffic problem has become one of the biggest problems about the development of urban city in China. Faced with this problem, it is important for traffic planning to keep traffic be in accordance with the city. It is a challenge to urban planning, especially to the traditional method by land utilization planning.
Ji Peng Liu, Zhen Xing Tang
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“Sponge City” in China—A breakthrough of planning and flood risk management in the urban context

Land Use Policy, 2018
Surface water flooding is currently viewed as the most serious water-related issue in many of the China’s large cities due to rapid urbanization, land-use change and the process of rapid socio-economic development. In 2014, the People’s Republic of China
F. Chan, J. Griffiths, D. Higgitt, Shuyang Xu, Fangfang Zhu, Yu-ting Tang, Yuyao Xu, C. Thorne   +7 more
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An Ecological Approach to Urban Management

Habitat International, 1977
Publisher Summary This chapter focuses on an ecological approach to urban management. The quality of life in urban areas in contemporary United States has become an issue of political importance. The chapter describes the way the natural ecology and analytical and predictive tools being developed by ecologists can be incorporated into the planning ...
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URBANISM, URBAN MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT

2018
Abstract. In today’s world, tourism known as one of the main factors of the global economy, it has asignificant role in the international equations process. At a same time has extensive impact on various aspects, planning and policy economic communities place the tourism on the top of the different agenda. Tourism industry is the most extensive service
Sheibani, Hamidreza, Rahnama, Raziyeh, Abbasi, Erfaneh   +2 more
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Sustainable Urban Management in Bursa

2018
The concept of sustainable city is to create habitable cities in today and in the future and to create people-oriented cities.Bursa is the most advanced fifth city in economic terms of Turkey.Agriculture, industry, trade and tourism activities are carried out and at the same time composes  wealth in terms of mining.Increasing urban population ...
KIRTORUN, Ezgi, KARAER, Feza
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