Defining and advancing a systems approach for sustainable cities

X Bai, A Surveyer, T Elmqvist, FW Gatzweiler… - Current opinion in …, 2016 - Elsevier
The sustainable development of cities is increasingly recognized as crucial to meeting
collectively agreed sustainability goals at local, regional and global scales, and more …

[HTML][HTML] Urban sprawl, food security and agricultural systems in develo** countries: A systematic review of the literature

AA Hatab, MER Cavinato, A Lindemer, CJ Lagerkvist - Cities, 2019 - Elsevier
In develo** countries, urbanisation and associated demographic changes pose
unprecedented challenges in terms of hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition. A systematic …

Urbanization, land use change, and carbon emissions: Quantitative assessments for city-level carbon emissions in Bei**g-Tian**-Hebei region

Y Zhou, M Chen, Z Tang, Z Mei - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2021 - Elsevier
Globally, urbanization has dramatically changed land cover, causing a rapid growth in
carbon emissions and related risk of climate change. This study estimated city-level land use …

Urbanization can benefit agricultural production with large-scale farming in China

S Wang, X Bai, X Zhang, S Reis, D Chen, J Xu, B Gu - Nature Food, 2021 - nature.com
Urbanization has often been considered a threat to food security since it is likely to reduce
the availability of croplands. Using spatial statistics and scenario analysis, we show that an …

Does emission of carbon dioxide is impacted by urbanization? An empirical study of urbanization, energy consumption, economic growth and carbon emissions-Using …

K Sufyanullah, KA Ahmad, MAS Ali - Energy Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
In modern era, where urbanization is at its peak, has resulted a significant economic-gap
among rural and urban residents across develo** nations, and had a considerable impact …

Trends in urban land expansion, density, and land transitions from 1970 to 2010: A global synthesis

B Güneralp, M Reba, BU Hales… - Environmental …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The physical expansion of urban areas lead to lasting impacts on landscapes and
livelihoods. Here, we conduct a global synthesis of trends in urban land expansion, in urban …

Remote sensing of fluorescent humification levels and its potential environmental linkages in lakes across China

Y Shang, K Song, F Lai, L Lyu, G Liu, C Fang, J Hou… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
The pollution or eutrophication affected by dissolved organic matter (DOM) composition and
sources of inland waters had attracted concerns from the public and government in China …

[HTML][HTML] How does new-type urbanization affect air pollution? Empirical evidence based on spatial spillover effect and spatial Durbin model

C Zhao, B Wang - Environment International, 2022 - Elsevier
To alleviate the ecological and environmental problems caused by rapid urban
development, China has formulated and implemented the new-type urbanization strategy …

Analyzing spatial relationships between urban land use intensity and urban vitality at street block level: A case study of five Chinese megacities

C **a, AGO Yeh, A Zhang - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2020 - Elsevier
Urban sprawl in urbanizing China has resulted in a series of ecological and environmental
problems. Urban planners have been committed to promoting compact development …

Provincial and gridded population projection for China under shared socioeconomic pathways from 2010 to 2100

Y Chen, F Guo, J Wang, W Cai, C Wang, K Wang - Scientific Data, 2020 - nature.com
In response to a growing demand for subnational and spatially explicit data on China's
future population, this study estimates China's provincial population from 2010 to 2100 by …