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The food system is facing unprecedented pressure from environmental change exacerbated by the expansion of agri-food corporations that are consolidating their power in the global food chain. Although Africa missed the Green Revolution and the wave of supermarket expansion that hit the West and...
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The relationship between economic growth, expansion of urban land area and the broader issue of cultivated land conversion in China has been closely examined for the late 1980s and 1990s. Much less is known about recent urban expansion and if the effects of economic growth on this expansion have...
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On the periphery of most urban centres in the tropics, many new houses are being constructed in previously rural areas. However, the design of these houses shows little respect for local climate or local lifestyle, as they are now developer-constructed brick-and-concrete houses on smaller lots...
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urbanization period of 1985–2009 in the Shenzhen River catchment, China and examines the changes in relation to infrastructure … urbanization stages before gradually improving over recent years, and that rapid increases in domestic discharge were the major … labor productivity. Our findings suggest that sustainable development during urbanization is possible, provided that: (1 …
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As the largest developing country in the world, with rapid economic growth, China has witnessed fast-paced urbanization … development over the past three decades. In fact, urbanization has been shown to promote economic growth and improve the … understanding of the relationship between urbanization, economic growth and energy consumption is important for China’s future …
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Urbanization has become a key part of social and economic progress in the 21st Century, but achieving healthy and safe … urban development has a long way to go for many developed and developing countries. Urbanization has been recognized as a … then simulated to analyze the development process. The results show that: (1) The quality of urbanization continues to …
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response to rapid urbanization at the provincial scale by integrating remote sensing, urban built-up area boundaries, spatial … metrics and spatial regression. Sixty-seven cities were investigated to examine the differences of urbanization intensity …, urbanization patterns and urban land use efficiency in conjunction with the identification of socio-economic indicators and …
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A land-suitability analysis (LSA) was integrated with open-space conservation principles, based on watershed physiographic and soil characteristics, to derive a low-impact development (LID) residential plan for a three hectare site in Coshocton OH, USA. The curve number method was used to...
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Urban land expansion in China has attracted considerable scholarly attention. However, more work is needed to apply spatial modeling to understanding the mechanisms of urban growth from both institutional and physical perspectives. This paper analyzes urban expansion in Shanghai and its...
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A biologically productive area was used in the ecological footprint method to measure the demand and impact of human activities on the natural capital, and further, to judge whether the impact is within the scope of the regional bio-capacity. In this presentation, an indicator “ecological...
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