ABSTRACT East Africa has recorded strong economic growth over the past three decades alongside a steady rise in carbon emissions, raising concerns about whether the region can sustain growth without worsening environmental pressures. This study incorporates key macroeconomic drivers of carbon emissions using panel data for 9 countries from 1990 to 2023,
Princewill Okwoche +2 more
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Smart city development and medical service performance: evidence from a province-level panel study in China. [PDF]
Shao X, Liu X, Che J, Yang B.
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ABSTRACT There are increasing calls for a place‐based approach towards the Sustainable Development Goals that show their territorial diversity at subnational level. Based on 33 indicators, covering 13 SDGs and aggregated in three sub‐indexes (economy, social and environment), this paper develops a Sustainable Development Index for Rural and Urban Areas
Lucas Olmedo +3 more
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Dual, High and Worsening Burden of Malnutrition Among Under-5 Children Living in Malawi's Cities: Evidence From the 2015/16 and 2024 Demographic and Health Surveys. [PDF]
Kalimbira AA +7 more
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Regional Sustainability Assessment Under Risk and Uncertainty: A Water–Energy–Food Based Framework
ABSTRACT Regional sustainability assessment requires integrated structures that can examine the interactions between Water–Energy–Food (WEF) systems, socio‐economic risk conditions, and performance outcomes under uncertainty. This study proposes a multidimensional framework that combines a suitability index, composite sustainability indicators ...
Murat Oturakci
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A comparative SWOT analysis of urban green infrastructure in the Global South. [PDF]
Bereded B +6 more
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FinTech and Environmental Sustainability: Evidence From Brazil
ABSTRACT This study explores the dynamic interplay between economic growth and environmental sustainability from a FinTech perspective, using Brazil as a case study. While FinTech's contribution to green transformation, sustainable finance, and resource efficiency has gained increasing attention, a notable lack of empirical research remains to assess ...
Kemal Eyuboglu, Umut Uzar
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Spatiotemporal trends, evolving seasonality and symptoms of dengue in Bangladesh, 2019-2025. [PDF]
Khan A, Sharif N, Sharif N, Dey SK.
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ABSTRACT Education is a cornerstone of sustainable development, yet large disparities in access persist across and within countries—particularly in Africa, where millions remain underserved. Among several factors influencing educational participation, physical accessibility to schools (in terms of travel time) is not comprehensively understood ...
Diana Jaramillo‐Araujo, Jim W. Hall
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The influence of city size versus urban form on land surface temperature variation and the surface urban heat island effect: A cross-city analysis of German cities. [PDF]
Doyle R +3 more
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