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Impacts of urbanization on land use /cover changes and its probable implications on local climate and groundwater level

Patra, Suman; Sahoo, Satiprasad; Mishra, Pulak; … - In: Journal of urban management 7 (2018) 2, pp. 70-84

Given that urbanization is considered as one of the most significant anthropogenic alterations of the environmental … weighting (IDW) interpolation method is applied for the spatial distribution of rainfall, temperature and groundwater level … hydrological components (e.g., groundwater level) the Kendalls Tau test was performed. It is found that the maximum urban built …

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Is demography destiny? : urban population change and economic vitality of future cities

Poot, Jacques; Pawar, Shefali - In: Journal of urban management 2 (2013) 1, pp. 5-23

's population is likely to level off from the middle of the 21st century, probably ending up around 10 billion, further urbanization …

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The Brazilian National System for Water and Sanitation Data (SNIS) : providing information on a municipal level on water and sanitation services

Borges, Marilia C. P.; Abreu, Sérgio B.; Lima, Carlos H. R. - In: Journal of urban management 11 (2022) 4, pp. 530-542

Basic sanitation services are essential for human development, promoting health and inhibiting the spread of waterborne diseases. The availability of information on water and sanitation services at the local level supports the formulation, implementation and improvement of public policies aimed...

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Examining and predicting land use change dynamics in Gandhinagar district, Gujarat, India

Purswani, Ekta; Verma, Satyam; Jayakumar, S.; Khan, M. L.; … - In: Journal of urban management 11 (2022) 1, pp. 82-96

Urbanization is gaining pace worldwide and is the most elemental cause of global land transformation. This necessitates … environment. This work focuses on the urbanization in the area of Gandhinagar district, Gujarat, India which encloses Gandhinagar …

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Sustainable planning and design : Urban climate solutions for healthy, livable urban and rural areas

Hsieh, Chun-Ming - In: Journal of urban management 10 (2021) 1, pp. 1-2

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Proximity and post-COVID-19 urban development : reflections from Milan, Italy

Tricarico, Luca; De Vidovich, Lorenzo - In: Journal of urban management 10 (2021) 3, pp. 302-310

This paper aims to describe the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the socio-economic structure of cities, and discuss the possible responses of a place-based agenda of urban policies built around the concept of "proximity economy". With this objective, the present work provides an...

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On the solvability of urban complexity

Lai, Shih-Kung - In: Journal of urban management 9 (2020) 2, pp. 137-139

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Urban resilience : an urban management perspective

McGill, Ronald - In: Journal of urban management 9 (2020) 3, pp. 372-381

This paper seeks to contribute to the increasingly pressing debate on urban resilience. It does so from an urban manager's perspective. It reviews three conceptual approaches to the subject. These are then set against current urban development programmes in Kenya. It suggests a three-stage set...

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Land take and landscape loss : effect of uncontrolled urbanization in Southern Italy

Fiorini, L.; Zullo, F.; Marucci, A.; Romano, B. - In: Journal of urban management 8 (2019) 1, pp. 42-56

The present paper describes a research that, based on the evolutionary data of the urban settlement over a period of half a century, shows the changes undergone by the various landscape categories of Southern Italy. The regions involved are four (Campania, Basilicata, Puglia and Calabria) and...

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The urban regeneration of west-bay, business district of Doha (State of Qatar) : a transit-oriented development enhancing livability

Furlan, Raffaello; Petruccioli, Attilio; Major, Mark David - In: Journal of urban management 8 (2019) 1, pp. 126-144

Doha, the capital of the State of Qatar, has faced enormous economic growth and rapid urban transformation over the last few decades. More recently, this has been accentuated by the construction of major urban public transit systems in the State and a desire to implement the Transit-Oriented...

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