From consumers to pioneers: insights from thermal energy communities in Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands by Sara Herreras Martínez, Justus Mesman, Daniel Møller Sneum, Lars Holstenkamp, Robert Harmsen, Marijke Menkveld, Sanne Akerboom, André Faaij

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Hospital-Based Air-Borne and Surface-Borne Bacterial Pathogens and Their Antimicrobial Profiles in Wolaita Sodo, Southern Ethiopia by Chemere Madebo, Admasu Haile, Temesgen Eticha, Fithamlak Solomon

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Projected Spatiotemporal Evolution of Urban Form Using the SLEUTH Model with Urban Master Plan Scenarios by Yuhan Liu, Caiyan Wu, Jiong Wu, Yangcen Zhang, Xing Bi, Meng Wang, Enrong Yan, Conghe Song, Junxiang Li

“…These findings provide valuable insights for forward-looking urban planning, land use optimization, and the support of sustainable urban development.…”
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A Systematic Review of Urban Vegetation Research during 2000–2023: A Bibliometric Analysis by Hassan Boukita, Fathalah Elwahab, Mohamed El Ammari, Abdelazziz Chemchaoui, Boutaina Benchahid, Youssef Haouazine, Najiba Brhadda, Rabea Ziri

“…Keyword emergence analysis revealed that urban growth, urban development, and ecosystem services have become current research hotspots with considerable impact over the past three years. …”
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Estimating residential building material demand for Ahmedabad 2050 and its impact on CO2 emissions by Chaitali Trivedi, Minal Pathak, Bhargav Adhvaryu

“…Future studies could explore alternative scenarios of urban development and how approaches to sufficiency or efficiency can alter material consumption.…”
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Identification of natural and anthropogenic factors in the spatial pattern of Pb in the surface soil of the Nanliu River Basin by Xu Liu, Zhongfang Yang, Huading Shi, Tiansheng Wu, Tao Yu, Bo Li, Lei Wang, Yuxiang Shao, Zexin He, Minghui Xie, Chenning Deng

“…Soil samples were collected and analyzed for Pb concentrations, revealing that granite and urban development significantly control Pb occurrence. …”
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Contributions to Architectural and Urban Resilience Through Vulnerability Assessment: The Case of Mozambique Island’s World Heritage by Susana Milão, Telma Ribeiro, Mariana Correia, Isabel Clara Neves, Joaquim Flores, Olga Alvarez

“…Historical maps and topographical analysis demonstrate how the island’s geography has shaped its urban development, with the Stone and Lime town built on higher ground and the Macuti town situated at or below sea level, increasing its flood risk. …”
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Mexico City—Ambitions and Challenges of Integrated Risk Management in a Fractured Urban Planning Context by Soledad Garcia Ferrari, Emma R. Morales, Amelia A. Bain

“…The paper argues that, despite extensive existing knowledge of the socio-technical elements of risk in the city, in particular in relation to hydro-meteorological and seismic risks, fragmented urban development policies and institutions have contributed to increasing the vulnerability of poor communities in high-risk areas of the city. …”
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Sub-District Level Spatiotemporal Changes of Carbon Storage and Driving Factor Analysis: A Case Study in Beijing by Yirui Zhang, Shouhang Du, Linye Zhu, Tianzhuo Guo, Xuesong Zhao, Junting Guo

“…The findings from this study offer valuable insights for the sustainable advancement of ecological conservation and urban development in Beijing.…”
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Gap dynamics in the U.S. between urban areas in the current trend and in sustainable scenario by Haoyu Wang, Xiuyuan Zhang, Shihong Du, Yuyu Zhou, Donghai Wu, Qian Wang, Lubin Bai, Bo Liu, Shuping Xiong

“…Given the extensive and rapid urbanization in the United States (U.S.) over the past two centuries, accurately measuring this gap between UAS and UAC is of critical importance for advancing future sustainable urban development, as well as having significant global implications. …”
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Environmental sustainability of urban expansion: Implications for transport emissions, air pollution, and city growth by Susana Lopez-Aparicio, Henrik Grythe, Arkadiusz Drabicki, Konrad Chwastek, Kamila Toboła, Lidia Górska-Niemas, Urszula Kierpiec, Miha Markelj, Joanna Strużewska, Bartosz Kud, Gabriela Sousa Santos

“…This study examines the environmental impacts of urban growth in Warsaw since 2006 and models the implications of future urban development for traffic pollutant emissions and pollution levels. …”
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Impact of Economic Agglomeration on Carbon Emission Intensity and Its Spatial Spillover Effect: A Case Study of Guangdong Province, China by Qian Xu, Junyi Li, Ziqing Lin, Shuhuang Wu, Ying Yang, Zhixin Lu, Yingjie Xu, Lisi Zha

“…During the period of rapid urban development, industrial development and population agglomeration increased resource and energy consumption, and positive externalities such as the scale effect and knowledge spillover were not well reflected, resulting in greater overall negative environmental externalities relative to positive environmental externalities.…”
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Assessing dynamic coastal vulnerability to climate hazards: A geospatial approach in Kakinada District, Andhra Pradesh, India by Ganni Satya Venkata Sai Aditya Bharadwaz, Indrajit Pal, Chitrini Mozumder, Mokbul Morshed Ahmad

“…Sea level rise was a critical factor, especially in Kajuluru and Thallarevu, and rapid population growth and urban development exacerbated vulnerability by reducing vegetation cover and increasing built-up areas. …”
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Les aménagements portuaires antiques de la Vesle à Reims/Durocortorum (Marne) by David Gucker

“…In Reims the urban development of the area “ZAC du Vieux Port”, along Boulevard Henrot, was preceded by a major preventive archaeological excavation covering an area of 4,000 m2. …”
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Water hyacinth [Eichhornia Crassipes (Mart.)] invasion: implications for livelihoods in the central Rift Valley of Ethiopia by Assefa Gudina, Dagne Getachew Woldemedhin, Aseffa Seyoum, Feyera Senbeta, Engdawork Assefa, Afework Alemayehu

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Preventing water pollution using importance-performance analysis and terrain analysis by L. Sulistyowati, N. Andareswari, F. Afrianto, A. Rais, M.F. Hafa, D. Darwiyati, A.L. Ginting

“…As a city experiencing rapid urban development, environmental degradation constitutes a risk to be borne. …”
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Evaluation of urban water cycle health status based on DPSIRM framework and AHP-FCE-Cloud model by Jiageng Hu, Fuqiang Wang, Peiheng Liu, Subing Lü, Cheng Lü, Furong Yu

“…Furthermore, the analysis of obstacles provides theoretical support for promoting sustainable urban development.…”
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The capacity of human interventions to regulate PM2.5 concentration has substantially improved in China by Jiachen Meng, Wenchao Han, Cheng Yuan, Lulu Yuan, Wenze Li

“…However, the contributions of these factors can seriously vary with different periods of urban development. Based on multi-source data, 304 prefecture-level cities in China were chosen as study areas, and we used the Geographically and Temporally Weighted Regression (GTWR) model to quantify the relative contributions of three factors—emission, ULP, and meteorological condition—to PM2.5 concentration variation in different periods, namely, the Slow Ascending Period (SAP, 2000–2007), the Stable High-level Period (SHP, 2007–2013), and the Rapid Decline Period (RDP, 2013–2020). …”
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Measuring above-ground carbon stock using spatial analysis and the InVEST model: application in the Thoria Watershed, India by Zhe Guo, Himani Sharma, Mahesh Jadav, Upeksha Hettiarachchi, Chiranjit Guha, Wei Zhang, Pratiti Priyadarshini, Ruth S Meinzen-Dick

“…Our findings indicate that while urban development contributes to carbon losses, increasing wooded land and tree cover helps mitigate these losses, highlighting the importance of afforestation in maintaining ecological balance and reducing environmental impact.…”
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Le réseau hydraulique à Pompéi (Italie) de l’époque des Samnites à Auguste (fin ive-fin ier s. av. J.-C.) by Federico Giletti

“…Despite this, the archaeological literature has attempted, on the basis of the few diagnostic elements available, to reconstruct the history of the city’s water management system and its evolution in the context of the site’s urban development. This study pursues this line of research, re-examining its phases and proposals through a wide-ranging analysis of the issues tackled, but above all by proposing a new and systematic approach to the subject, from which it has been possible to take stock of some elements and to verify or arrive at new conclusions on others.While the bibliography concerning certain aspects of Pompeii’s water management is rich, dedicated and in some cases quite comprehensive, regarding which this research has demonstrated the limits of a generic approach absent excavation work, on other topics by contrast the study presented here provided an opportunity for the first time to deepen our knowledge of issues and artefacts and the possibility of bringing together the various topics.With regard to the water supply to the Archaic and Hellenistic city, therefore, it was possible to identify an integrated system of supply to the entire urban space, consisting of catchment wells and cisterns for recovering rainwater from the roofs. …”
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