Air pollution outcomes, land misallocation, and the transmission through urban sprawl

Y Wang, J Fan, D Liu, J Fu, L Ding, J Zhang - Journal of Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Air pollution is an inevitable negative environmental externality in the process of
industrialization and urbanization in countries around the world. Land misallocation in the …

Climate change mitigation through modular construction

ZW Sajid, F Ullah, S Qayyum, R Masood - Smart Cities, 2024 - mdpi.com
Modular construction (MC) is a promising concept with the potential to revolutionize the
construction industry (CI). The sustainability aspects of MC, among its other encouraging …

[HTML][HTML] Measuring urban sprawl of small and medium towns using GIS and remote sensing techniques: A case study of Sri Lanka

EPP Manesha, A Jayasinghe, HN Kalpana - The Egyptian Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The measuring of urban sprawl is a challenging task, as it does not have a clear universal
method. Therefore, it is worthwhile to investigate whether results differ with the methods …

A view of urban sprawl through the lens of family nuclearisation

JN Tagnan, O Amponsah, SA Takyi, GA Azunre… - Habitat International, 2022 - Elsevier
The authorities of cities in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are struggling to contain urban sprawl.
The region's rapid population growth is expected to exacerbate the situation. Diagnoses of …

Determinants of urban sprawl in Latin America: evidence from Santiago de Chile

C Silva, F Vergara-Perucich - SN social sciences, 2021 - Springer
Urban sprawl has been widely discussed in regard of its economic, political, social and
environmental impacts. Consequently, several planning policies have been placed to stop …

Five decades of research on urban poverty: Main research communities, core knowledge producers, and emerging thematic areas

A Panori, L Mora, A Reid - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019 - Elsevier
Urban poverty represents one of the greatest and most urgent challenges that modern
society is facing. The criticality of this global issue is represented by a rapidly growing body …

Urban sprawl patterns, drivers, and impacts: the case of mogadishu, somalia using geo-spatial and SEM analyses

MO Hassan, GHT Ling, N Rusli, S Mokhtar, W Wider… - Land, 2023 - mdpi.com
There is a lack of research on urban sprawl in develo** countries, particularly in Sub-
Saharan Africa, undergoing significant demographic change. There is an urgent need to …

Modelling the spatiotemporal patterns of urban sprawl in Ibadan metropolis between 1984 and 2013 in Nigeria

OJ Taiwo - Modeling Earth Systems and Environment, 2022 - Springer
Urban sprawl is typically associated with negative environmental, economic, and socio-
psychological consequences arising from distorted or improperly managed planning …

Measuring heterogeneity in urban expansion via spatial entropy

L Altieri, D Cocchi, G Roli - Environmetrics, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The lack of efficiency in urban diffusion is a debated issue, important for biologists, urban
specialists, planners and statisticians, both in developed and new develo** countries …

[PDF][PDF] Monitoring the extent and impacts of watershed urban development in the Lake Victoria Basin, Kenya, using a combination of population dynamics, remote …

DO Onyango, CO Ikporukpo, JO Taiwo… - Environmental & Socio …, 2021 - sciendo.com
Several urban centres of different sizes have developed over time, and continue to grow,
within the basin of Lake Victoria. Uncontrolled urban development, especially along the lake …