Being critical to achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations,
strengthening understanding of the properties and processes of soil at national and regional …

Urban microclimate studies are gaining popularity due to rapid urbanization. Many studies
documented that urban microclimate can affect building energy performance, human …

Global urban populations are projected to increase by 2.5 billion over the next 30 years. Yet,
there is limited understanding of how this growth will affect urban land expansion (ULE) …

Scientific contributions from remote sensing over the last fifty years have significantly
advanced our understanding of urban areas. Key contributions of urban remote sensing …

Urbanisation exposes wildlife to new challenging conditions and environmental pressures.
Some mammalian species have adapted to these novel environments, but it remains …

Sustainable development remains one of the most advocated development concepts
worldwide, yet, there continues to be limited signs of progress towards its achievement in …

The nighttime light (NTL) observations from Defense Meteorological Satellite
Program/Operational Linescane System (DMSP/OLS) offer great potentials to study urban …

While urban systems are expanding at very fast rates all over the world, understanding their
spatial development remains a complex and controversial issue, burdened with confusion in …

Urbanisation is one of the major driving forces behind the formation of today's land use
systems. It almost always involves the conversion of land use from non-urban to urban uses …

This paper synthesises the state of knowledge on the economic effects of density. We
consider 347 estimates of density elasticities of a broad range of outcomes ranging from …