Abstract We use a globally consistent, time-resolved data set of CO 2 emission proxies to quantify urban emissions in 91 cities. decompose trends into contributions from changes extent, population density and per capita emission. find that are increasing everywhere but the dominant contributors differ according development level. A cluster analysis factors shows developing countries were domina...

Urbanisation bubbles have become an increasingly serious problem. Attention has been paid to the speed of urbanisation; however, issue quality neglected, particularly in case China. Therefore, aim this research is evaluate China’s urbanisation by employing a hierarchical - stochastic multicriteria acceptability analysis (SMAA) Choquet integral method. In order highlight regional disparities, we...

Urban greenery remains the bastion of urban landscape and a key to sustainable development due to its integral connections to the general health and wellbeing of urban residents. However, in an era of rapid urbanisation, recent studies indicate that urban greenery, especially ecologically sensitive areas, in many African cities is becoming increasingly depleted. Given the scale and rate of natu...