نتایج جستجو برای: urban growth

تعداد نتایج: 979398  

2008

• Most of the urban poor in developing countries spend their lives in insecure, poorly paid jobs • They participate in economic growth, and adjust to economic change, through urban labour markets • Pro-poor urbanisation requires labour intensive growth, supported by labour protection, flexible land use regulation and investments in basic services U rbanisation is taking place on a massive scale...

2008

• Most of the urban poor in developing countries spend their lives in insecure, poorly paid jobs • They participate in economic growth, and adjust to economic change, through urban labour markets • Pro-poor urbanisation requires labour intensive growth, supported by labour protection, flexible land use regulation and investments in basic services U rbanisation is taking place on a massive scale...

2011
Karen C. Seto Michail Fragkias Burak Güneralp Michael K. Reilly

The conversion of Earth's land surface to urban uses is one of the most irreversible human impacts on the global biosphere. It drives the loss of farmland, affects local climate, fragments habitats, and threatens biodiversity. Here we present a meta-analysis of 326 studies that have used remotely sensed images to map urban land conversion. We report a worldwide observed increase in urban land a...

2016
Astrid Moser Thomas Rötzer Stephan Pauleit Hans Pretzsch Francisco Escobedo Stephen John Livesley Justin Morgenroth

The urban environment characterized by various stresses poses challenges to trees. In particular, water deficits and high temperatures can cause immense drought stress to urban trees, resulting in reduced growth and die-off. Drought-tolerant species are expected to be resilient to these conditions and are therefore advantageous over other, more susceptible species. However, the drought toleranc...

Journal: :مطالعات و تحقیقات اجتماعی ایران 0
محمدباقر علیزاده اقدم دانشگاه تبریز حمیده محمدامینی پیام نور محلات

the urban squatter settlements is an urban phenomenon which is formed and developed by uncontrolled and irregular urbanization growth in the world and in iran as well and also by migration from the villages towards the cities. urban squatter settlements, as an unbalancing factor in the urban physical equilibrium, is a sign of irregular growth in the cities and the regions and many of the urbani...

2013
James H. Thorne Maria J. Santos Jacquelyn H. Bjorkman

Assessment of landscape change is critical for attainment of regional sustainability goals. Urban growth assessments are needed because over half the global population now lives in cities, which impact biodiversity, ecosystem structure and ecological processes. Open space protection is needed to preserve these attributes, and provide the resources humans need. The San Francisco Bay Area, Califo...

2003
Mark Bradac Hyun Joong Kim

Developed for Internet-based simulations, the Urban Growth Simulator allows users to select from a suite of available options for growth management when generating build-out scenarios. With all required data layers for the 15-county region in northeast Ohio freely accessible and available from the simulator's server, planners, government officials, and the general public can use the Urban Growt...

2006
Barney Cohen

The purpose of this paper is to provide a broad overview of the recent patterns and trends of urban growth in developing countries. Over the last 20 years many urban areas have experienced dramatic growth, as a result of rapid population growth and as the world’s economy has been transformed by a combination of rapid technological and political change. Around 3 billion people—virtually half of ...

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