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Association of urbanisation with demographic dynamics in India
The research paper provides an overview of India’s urbanisation, regional variations, and association with demographic dynamics. The study explores...
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Population Growth and Urban–Rural Structure
The urban–rural structure of the population has been a key issue in China for several decades. In the new era of social development, China has put...
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Tackling Climate Risks to Urban Water Security in Coastal Cities in Asia
The convergence of three factors is influencing cities globally: climate change, rapid urbanisation and water security challenges. Water security...
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Land Use in Spanish Coast: Tourism as a Driving Force of Landscape Change (1990–2018)
Coastal tourism is the economic activity with the greatest impact on landscape and land transformation in Spain. Coastal areas are generally...
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Conclusion
This concluding chapter challenges the idea that the Chinese case alone constitutes an independent entity from which urban theory could be derived....
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Traditional Compactness of the Urban Core: ‘Walkability’ and the Malay Public Realm
This chapter focuses on identifying the intimacy and compactness in the public spaces of a part of South East Asia’s urban cores. The traditional...
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Lower-to-upper secondary school transition: a Bayesian Lasso approach in data modelling
The determinants of transitioning from lower secondary to upper secondary school for Italian and immigrant teenagers (age range: 16–19) were...
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Patterns and driving factors of built-up land expansion in small provincial city in the Belt and Road Initiative: case study of Nong Khai City, Thailand
China’s Belt and Road Initiative is the twenty-first century megaproject that will boost urbanisation and elicit expansion of new built-up land....
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From Traditional Grey Infrastructure to Blue-Green Infrastructure
Despite traditional grey infrastructure systems quickly collecting stormwater runoff and draining it from the city, reliance on it has led to...
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Internal migration and population concentration in Russia: age-specific patterns
This paper analyses age-specific migration exchange between municipal formations (MFs) in Russia based on the net migration and population density...
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Assessment and forecasting of the urban dynamics through lulc based mixed model: evidence from Agartala, India
The main objective of this paper is to assess the urban expansion by using Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System along with field...
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Management of Protected Areas: Challenges and Changes Affecting the Protected Marine Area of Porto Cesareo (Puglia Region), Italy
This chapter considers the role of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in the protection of the marine environment, with a particular focus on the...
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Local Characteristics Shape the Intended Political Behaviours of Adolescents
Among the different factors that predict political participation, the characteristics of the local community are often described. The types and the...
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The Context of Housing and Technology in Zimbabwe
This chapter examines the context in which housingHousing is viewed in ZimbabweZimbabwe. This is vital in providing a localised understanding of...
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Introducing Healthy Urbanism
The global population, health and environmental trends affecting cities demand a new understanding of the meaning of healthy built environments. This...
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Population Ageing and Community-Based Old Age Care Supply in China
The Chinese society is becoming old before becoming rich. It is also experiencing major social transitions such as smaller household sizes,...
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Official Risks and Everyday Disasters: the Interplay of Riskscapes in Two Unplanned Settlements in Monrovia
Monrovia’s unplanned settlements provide a window into the diverse rationales and practices that go into planning and managing urban space. Even...
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Determinants of urban sprawl in Latin America: evidence from Santiago de Chile
Urban sprawl has been widely discussed in regard of its economic, political, social and environmental impacts. Consequently, several planning...
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Spatial distribution of strategic service infrastructures that favour quality of life (QOL) in the Greater Dhaka Region (GDR), Bangladesh
This paper illustrates the spatial distribution pattern of the basic services infrastructures in the Greater Dhaka Region (GDR), Bangladesh that...
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Land governance in Ghana and its implications for inclusive city development
Following goal 11 of the Sustainable Development Goals, cities, especially those in the Global South, are striving to become sustainable and...
