As urban areas continue to expand and play a critical role as both contributors to climate
change and hotspots of vulnerability to its effects, cities have become battlegrounds for …

City authorities across the globe have resolved to make their cities sustainable and
inclusive. However, resilience of cities to climate change, which is a vital component of the …

Liaoning Province, as an old industrial urban agglomeration since the founding of China, is
an important link between the Bohai Economic Zone and the Northeast Economic Zone, and …

Rapid global urbanization has a complex impact on soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks.
Through its direct and indirect impacts on soil formation and development, urbanization …

The multiple functions of urban soils secure the supply of ecosystem services to the urban
population, but they are seldom taken into account in current urban planning. The purpose …

This study investigates the spatial variability of some remote sensing indices representing
built-up areas, vegetation, bareness, and urban heat island (UHI), based on time-series …

Urban green and blue spaces (UGBS) have the potential to make a significant contribution
to the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Research shows the need …

Green and blue spaces are an important part of a healthy urban environment. This study
evaluates temporal patterns of urban green and blue space structure changes in Kraków …

Urbanization is changing land use–land cover (LULC) transforming green spaces (GS) and
bodies of water into built-up areas. LULC change is affecting ecosystem services (ES) in …

Kumasi is a nodal city and functions as the administrative and economic capital of the
Ashanti region in Ghana. Rapid urbanization has been experienced inducing the …