Urban green space is one of the essential variables to influence urban climate. spaces offer evaporative cooling. The process vital mitigate heat island. This paper investigates spatial-temporal pattern changes in tropical city Kuching, Malaysia, using remote sensing and GIS. To achieve objective, this study required three steps. first was a performed pre-processing, namely geometric correction...

Questions of healthcare inequities have been of continuing concern to health researchers, planners, and policymakers. The answers to such questions can be difficult to interpret, but deeply affect policy formulation, resource allocation, and our perceptions of the fairness and compassion inherent in the institutions of government and society as a whole. This paper describes the data warehouse i...

Urbanization is one of the biggest challenges for developing countries, and predicting urban growth can help planners policymakers understand how spatial patterns interact. A study was conducted to investigate spatiotemporal dynamics land use/land cover changes in Salem its surrounding communities from 2001 2020 simulate expansion 2030 using cellular automata (CA)–Markov geospatial techniques. ...

The 15-minute-city concept represents an increasingly popular urban policymaking and planning paradigm that seeks to shift attention the neighborhood as a “place” rather merely spatial functional unit. core premise of is critical services amenities should be reachable within 15 min walking or cycling from residence. urban-planning principles enable realization 15-minute city variably embody in ...

Urban design has been shown to play a vital role in promoting the health and wellbeing of urban citizens. However, studies microscale are underrepresented comparison with macroscale design, especially from low- middle-income countries Asia, where forms traditionally compact, complex multiple layers varied typologies. The study evaluated qualities streets (n = 40) across five typologies Hanoi—a ...

Measuring the comparative sustainability levels of cities, regions, institutions and projects is an essential procedure in creating sustainable urban futures. This paper introduces a new urban sustainability assessment model: ―The Sustainable Infrastructure, Land-use, Environment and Transport Model (SILENT)‖. The SILENT Model is an advanced geographic information system and indicator-based com...

This paper examines the inter-relationship of three major phenomena- population growth, uncontrolled urban expansion and urban development in Ado Ekiti, Nigeria. Uncontrolled urban expansion has a resultant effect on the urban development of a city whereas uncontrolled urban development is caused by uncontrolled population increase is caused by Migration. This work encapsulates how population g...