Some wastewater sources, such as agricultural waste and runoff, and industrial sewage, can
degrade water quality. This study summarises the sources and corresponding mechanisms …

Intermittent water supplies (IWS), in which water is provided through pipes for only limited
durations, serve at least 300 million people around the world. However, providing water …

Research on energy poverty and its impact has been quite extensive, but the impact of such
poverty on public health is still lacking. This paper thus presents the relationship between …

The global pandemic has an inherently urban character. The UN-Habitat's publication of a
Response Plan for mollification of the SARS-CoV-2 based externalities in the cities of the …

Nature-based solutions, such as reviving blue-green infrastructure (BGI), for climate
adaptation in cities have been gaining global attention. In the case of India, the rapid …

This paper analyzes the temporal and spatial characteristics of the coordination of
urbanization and eco-environment of 30 provinces in China from 2005 to 2015, using the …

As a key issue in China's urban development, urbanization creates increasing pressure on
the environment. Thus, a better understanding of the relationship between urbanization and …

With rivers in critical regions already exploited to capacity throughout the world and
groundwater overdraft as well as large‐scale contamination occurring in many areas, we …

Ecosystem health assessment is vital for regional ecological restoration and management.
Although many studies have improved the framework of ecosystem health assessment at the …

Rapid urbanization has been accompanied by a series of environmental and energy-related
issues. It is essential to better understanding the coupling relation between energy …