Identification of shrinkage patterns in Japan’s four major metropolitan areas based on nighttime light and population data by Hao Zheng, Runsen Zhang

“…By providing new insights obtained from a data-driven analysis, we offer a framework for policymakers to promote sustainable urban development in the face of demographic and spatial challenges.…”
Get full text

INTERNAL AUDIT EFFICIENCY AND PUBLIC SECTOR PERFORMANCE: A STUDY OF SELECTED MDAs IN KWARA STATE by Aminat Arike ARIYO-EDU, Ibrahim Ayodeji WOLI-JIMOH, Muhammed Lawal SUBAIR

“…The target population of the study was 102 senior audit staff from which a Sample size of 81 respondents were selected namely, Kwara State University, Federal Civil Service Commission, Ministry of Finance, General Hospital Ilorin, and Ministry of Housing and Urban Development. Primary data was sourced through the administration of well-structured questionnaire using five-points Likert scale to measure the question items. …”
Get full text

Urban emergence in inuit territory: impacts on the Nunavik socio-ecosystem by Joliet, Fabienne, Chanteloup, Laine, Herrmann, Thora, Gibout, Stéphane, Haillot, Didier, Bhiry, Najat, Coxam, Véronique, Decaulne, Armelle

“…Therefore, we propose here a reflexive input on the recent urban development and complexity, based on the results of four research projects running since 2015–2017 within the framework of the OHMi Nunavik, Nuna, Niqiliriniq, Siqiniq and Kinngaq.…”
Get full text

Carbon emission effects of land use change in Nanchang, West of Central China Region by Shuai Fu, Bingxian Xu, Yuxin Peng, Ciyi Huangxiong, Xiuxiang Li

“…Abstract Urban development leads to frequent changes in land use, which leads to temporal and spatial variation of carbon emissions. …”
Get full text

Achieving near-zero energy in hot climates: Retrofitting building envelopes for existing homes by Mohammed A Aloshan

“…This methodology demonstrates the potential for substantial energy reductions in existing homes, advancing sustainable urban development and energy efficiency targets. The findings of this study reveal that the base-case scenario, with no retrofitting, had an annual energy consumption of 60,641 kWh. …”
Get full text

Geosystem services from the subsurface: A literature review and a proposed set of indicators tailored to a Swedish setting by Emrik Lundin-Frisk, Lars O. Ericsson, Paula Lindgren, Lorena Melgaço, Fredrik Mossmark, Olof Taromi Sandström, Victoria Svahn, Tore Söderqvist, Yevheniya Volchko, Maria de Lourdes Melo Zurita, Jenny Norrman

Get full text

Inter-agency collaboration in building urban fire resilience in Indonesia: how do metropolitan cities address it? by Ahmad Harakan, Yusuf Adam Hilman, A. Junaedi Karso, Awaluddin Awaluddin, Nurhalijah Nurhalijah, Indah Sidrawaty Muin, Aldy Nurdiansyah B, Arfan Fadillah, Rudi Hardi

“…These findings contribute to sustainable urban development, ensuring greater resilience against fire disasters in rapidly urbanizing cities.…”
Get full text

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. …”
Get full text

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. …”
Get full text

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. …”
Get full text

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.…”
Get full text

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. …”
Get full text

L’alimentation hydraulique de Saint-Romain-en-Gal (Rhône), quartier de Vienne antique (Isère) by Laurence Brissaud, Jean-Luc Prisset

“…This aqueduct may have also contributed to supplying the Saint-Romain-en-Gal district by means of a bridge over the Rhône constructed at the same time.The evolution of urban development on the right bank of the Rhône indicates that water supply from the left bank was the rule until the end of the 2nd century AD. …”
Get full text

Development of an Integrated Model of Planning and Management in Free Zones with an Emphasis on Environmental Pressures by Mohammad Javad Amiri, Vahid Moghaddamzadeh, Gholamreza Nabi Bidhendi

“…This neglect has hindered the realization of sustainable and integrated urban development, affecting everything from initial planning stages to the actual implementation of development projects. …”
Get full text

Les aqueducs de Lyon à l’approche de la ville antique by Emmanuelle Dumas

“…The research conducted on the aqueducts of Lugdunum over the last thirty years, as urban development has continued over the Lyon metropolitan area, has helped us learn a little more about their approach route to the ancient city.The Gier aqueduct has now been found in thirteen places on the Sainte-Foy plateau, where it passed underground and above ground. …”
Get full text

L’aqueduc du Gier : nouvelles données sur le pont-siphon de Beaunant à Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon (Métropole de Lyon) by David Baldassari, François Blondel, Stéphane Gaillot

“…The presence of this masonry structure suggests that in Antiquity the main channels of the river probably passed between the piers at the bottom of the eastern slope of the valley.Beyond this indication of the old route of the river, the geoarchaeological approach also provides matter for discussion on the possible causes of the collapse of the bridge, which probably involved one or more consecutive or associated factors: weaknesses in the subsoil, the influence of meteorological factors or natural disasters.The data acquired during this excavation contribute significantly to ideas about the techniques and architectural choices that governed the construction of the bridge, together with more general thinking about the dating of a hydraulic structure as important as the Gier aqueduct, which is of not insignificant impact for the analysis of the urban development of the Roman colony of Lugdunum.…”
Get full text

Optimization of Identification and Zoning Method for Landscape Characters of Urban Historic Districts by Hong YUN, Zixuan HU, Zehao HU

“…ObjectiveWith the shift of urban development mode from “incremental expansion” to “stock renewal” in China, the renovation of urban historic districts has become the main work of urban planning and landscape architecture. …”
Get full text

La datation des aqueducs lyonnais : un état des lieux by Aldo Borlenghi, Catherine Coquidé

“…Epigraphic discoveries as well as reflection on the relationship between the aqueducts and the urban development of the colony have also contributed new elements to this field. …”
Get full text

Path and Practice of Gap Management in National Parks: A Comparison Between China and the US and Inspirations Therefrom by Yun MA, Siyuan HE

“…The research highlights key similarities and differences between the two countries in the aforesaid aspects, and proposes policy recommendations for optimizing gap management in China’s national parks.ResultsIn China, the concept of “gap” in land planning generally refers to small areas within designated zones that do not align with the intended function, such as plots scattering in ecological protection, agricultural, and urban development zones. The practice of “gap opening” allows for flexibility in land use, enabling the inclusion or exclusion of land parcels that undertake agricultural, ecological, and urban functions within certain zoning boundaries. …”
Get full text

Evaluation of Urban Composite Carbon Sink Value: A Case Study of Shenyang by Tiemao SHI, Di WANG, Yu TANG, Peiying LI

“…Additionally, the research conducts preliminary discussions on the relationships between different carbon pricing calculation methods, changes in carbon sink value, and urban development, and compares the carbon sink values of urban spaces with those of other ecosystems.ResultsThe results indicate that from 2003 to 2023, within the Shenyang Fourth Ring area, the composite carbon sink value calculated by the afforestation cost method ranges from RMB 599 million to RMB 2.5 billion, while that calculated by the carbon tax method ranges from RMB 646 million to 864 million, and that calculated by the carbon trading method ranges from 623 million to RMB 833 million. …”
Get full text