Global urban sprawl containment strategies and their implications for rapidly urbanising cities in Ghana

O Amponsah, DK Blija, RA Ayambire, SA Takyi… - Land Use Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Cities in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) have so far failed to sustainably address urban
sprawl and its ramifications. Meanwhile, the projected increase in the urban population in …

What drives land take and urban land expansion? A systematic review

A Colsaet, Y Laurans, H Levrel - Land Use Policy, 2018 - Elsevier
Land take is the transformation of agricultural, natural and semi-natural spaces into urban
and other artificial uses. It is closely linked to urban sprawl (low-density or dispersed urban …

The effects of historical housing policies on resident exposure to intra-urban heat: a study of 108 US urban areas

JS Hoffman, V Shandas, N Pendleton - Climate, 2020 - mdpi.com
The increasing intensity, duration, and frequency of heat waves due to human-caused
climate change puts historically underserved populations in a heightened state of precarity …

The world's user-generated road map is more than 80% complete

C Barrington-Leigh, A Millard-Ball - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
OpenStreetMap, a crowdsourced geographic database, provides the only global-level,
openly licensed source of geospatial road data, and the only national-level source in many …

[HTML][HTML] Continental-scale map** and analysis of 3D building structure

M Li, E Koks, H Taubenböck, J van Vliet - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Urban land use is often characterized based on the presence of built-up land, while the land
use intensity of different locations is ignored. This narrow focus is at least partially due to a …

Beyond technology: demand-side solutions for climate change mitigation

F Creutzig, B Fernandez, H Haberl… - Annual Review of …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
The assessment literature on climate change solutions to date has emphasized
technologies and options based on cost-effectiveness analysis. However, many solutions to …

COVID-19, cities and inequality

H Li, YD Wei - Applied Geography, 2023 - Elsevier
COVID-19 has changed our lives and will likely leave a lasting imprint on our cities. This
paper reviews how the pandemic has altered the way people commute, work, collaborate …

[HTML][HTML] Global trends and local variations in land take per person

M Li, PH Verburg, J van Vliet - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2022 - Elsevier
Globally, urban areas are growing at a faster rate than their population, potentially reducing
environmental sustainability due to undesirable land take in (semi) natural and agricultural …

An assessment of urbanization sustainability in China between 1990 and 2015 using land use efficiency indicators

H Jiang, Z Sun, H Guo, Q Weng, W Du, Q **_countries_from_a_comparative_perspective_Ho_Chi_Minh_City_versus_Shanghai/links/5fc209c492851c933f6a7b7c/Identifying-urban-vitality-in-metropolitan-areas-of-develo**-countries-from-a-comparative-perspective-Ho-Chi-Minh-City-versus-Shanghai.pdf" data-clk="hl=sk&sa=T&oi=gga&ct=gga&cd=9&d=13082529829320562142&ei=_kLBZ73BG5qU6rQPm7LfqQI" data-clk-atid="3pUayJB7jrUJ" target="_blank">[PDF] researchgate.net

Identifying urban vitality in metropolitan areas of develo** countries from a comparative perspective: Ho Chi Minh City versus Shanghai

W Yue, Y Chen, PTM Thy, P Fan, Y Liu… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Urban vitality is widely recognized as an authentic philosophy that reflects chaotic
urbanization and orthodox planning in the developed world. However, comparative studies …