Projecting Water Yield Amidst Rapid Urbanization: A Case Study of the Taihu Lake Basin by Rui Zhou, Yanan Zhou, Weiwei Zhu, Li Feng, Lumeng Liu

“…Taking the rapidly urbanizing Taihu Lake Basin (TLB) as an example, coupled with the PLUS-InVEST model, three scenarios of a natural development (ND) scenario, urban development (UD) scenario, and ecological protection (EP) scenario were set to simulate the response mechanisms of land use changes for WY and the influence of policy-making on the water conservation capacity of river basins. (1) During 2000 and 2020, the Taihu Lake Basin (TLB) experienced rapid urbanization, which was evident in the conversion of forest and cropland for urban development. (2) From 2000 to 2020, the TLB’s WY first decreased and then increased, ranging from 201.52 × 10⁸ m³ to 242.70 × 10⁸ m³. …”
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Teleconnections detection of land use carbon emissions beyond geographical proximity promotes the construction of cross-city networks by Lei Shen, Yinghong Jiang, Duanqiang Zhai, Peng Wang

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Du lieu de production à la production des lieux : histoire socio-matérielle de la brasserie Gruber dans son contexte territorial by Nicolas Handtschoewercker

“…Can a metabolic perspective provide new narratives about modern urban development? In this article, we propose to retrace the joint history of the Gruber brewery and its territorial context. …”
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Growth, Segregation and Displacement Mechanisms in the Peri-urban of Quito by Gustavo Durán, Marc Martí, Juan Mérida

“…From identifying the transformations in the urban landscapes and the characterization of the most relevant processes and actors within these transformations, it was possible to build empirical evidence on displacement processes and generation of conflicts as a result of urban development in the periphery in Quito.…”
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L’eau dans les paysages de l’énergie by Sylvie Laroche, Nicolas Tixier

“…The findings presented in this article are the fruit of interdisciplinary research on the energy and environmental resource challenges of an urban development project on the Grenoble Peninsula. On this site, water-related energy systems are used to collect, convert and/or distribute energy and water. …”
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Fight for Centrality and Self-management of Space. The Movement of Occupants and Tenants in Buenos Aires by Ibán Díaz Parra

“…The struggle of the Movement in this city has characterized for the revindication of the permanence of the popular sectors in the central areas, in a context where these spaces are being revaluated and, urban development projects targeting the urban renewal with clear neoliberal orientation are being designed. …”
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Des usines à la campagne aux villes industrielles by Laure Bonnaud, Emmanuel Martinais

“…The main aim of this paper is to relate the history of a part of the environmental French law, the one which govern the urban development in the vicinity of the dangerous chemical plants. …”
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Environmental analysis and ecosystemic design. Survey, critical issues and application solutions by Chiara Catalano, Andrea Balducci

“…In this context, urban development projects represent an excellent opportunity to experiment and implement new solutions which promote biodiversity. …”
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Pour une genèse de la compétence paysagiste by Bernadette Blanchon-Caillot

“…The approach aims to explicit the specific answer provided by the landscaper (at a large meaning) to urban development in order to enrich the thoughts on city and metropolis through the dimension of landscape and open spaces. …”
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Un défi pour La Réunion : une dynamique périurbaine mieux maîtrisée by Joël Ninon

“…Urban development in Reunion really took off with the departmentalization of the island in 1946. …”
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Toward an Architecture of Dissensus: Participatory Urbanism in South-East Asia by Camillo Boano, Emily Kelling

“…A critical reflection of the Thai programme Baan Mankong (secure housing) and its regional counterpart Asian Coalition for Community Action (ACCA) – an entity aimed at creating an alternative development process in which people that were previously ignored and marginalized are engaged at the centre of a process of transforming their lives, spaces and position in the city – sheds light on such relationship in order to promote a re-conceptualisation of the role of architecture and design in the process of socially just urban development, participatory urbanism and the struggle for democracy.…”
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Generative spatial artificial intelligence for sustainable smart cities: A pioneering large flow model for urban digital twin by Jeffrey Huang, Simon Elias Bibri, Paul Keel

“…This research advances both the theoretical and practical dimensions of AI-driven, environmentally sustainable urban development by operationalizing GenAI and FMs within UDT frameworks. …”
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Research on Characteristics and Influencing Factors of High Temperature Disaster Risk in Wuhan Based on Local Climate Zone by Shujing GUO, Li ZHANG

“…On this basis, a high temperature disaster risk map of the urban development area of Wuhan is synthesized to identify the distribution characteristics of high temperature disaster risk in the research area. …”
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« Shopping mall » et « modernisation » des villes africaines : les cas de Douala (Cameroun) et Kigali (Rwanda) by Benjamin Michelon

“…This study is based on observations conducted in two Central African cities: Douala, a major economic capital that is undergoing poorly managed urban development, and Kigali, which is trying to establish a reputation as a model modern city. …”
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La définition du parc Matisse dans l’urbanisme d’Euralille by Clément Quaeybeur

“…To characterise “imagination in landscape design”, the study analyses a landscape project in the different phases leading to its realisation, the Matisse Park situated within the urban development project of Euralille. The study analyses the works undertaken and a variety of documents such as the specifications, collages, sketches, and discursive notes produced by the successive landscape architects in the conceptual design of this urban park. …”
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A METHODOLOGY FOR THE EVALUATION OF FUNCTIONAL URBAN AREAS IN ROMANIA by ANTONIO TACHE, MONICA TACHE

“…Achieving this goal requires/involves an assessment of the 'area's ability' to generate and disperse urban development. This methodology is redefining functional urban areas and is based on the study of polycentric ESPON 1.1.1 and on a statistical-mathematical model for assessing the Functional Urban Areas (FUA-s), using a spatial database in ARCGIS 10.2.2. …”
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Feasibility of City Development Strategy in Enabling and Regularizing the Informal Settlements, Tabriz metropolis, district 1 by Mohammad shali, jamileh tavakolinia

“…On the other hand it is the result of urban planning deficiency, absence of citizenship and inattention to social and economical needs of low income groups in urban development plans. In this research, in order to develop main strategies for enabling and regularizing Tabriz informal settlements by zoning the district one’s settlements of Tabriz municipality and identifying the low income and vulnerable zones, the social, economical, physical and environmental indicators have been used. …”
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Knowledge of the earthquake in architecture and its impact on the organization of the geography of habitation by Ali Asgharzadeh, Seyed Gholamreza Islami, Iraj Etessam

“…Earthquake and fault lines can be considered as an organizing factor, which play an important but hidden role in the geography of habitation, e.g. settlement location, urban spatial network, urban development and spatial-structural network of buildings. …”
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De la défiance à la réconciliation : itinéraires des constructions urbaines et rivulaires des villes du Sillon lorrain (Nancy, Metz, Thionville) by Denis Mathis, Anne Hecker, Jean-Pierre Husson, Kamila Bensaadi

“…These relationships, which were often conditioned by mistrust within an urban development context, are now evolving towards a more balanced approach to planning based on the logic of river management and are thus towards a more harmonious relationship. …”
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Les marais salants brésiliens entre protection environnementale et pression foncière : un paysage en mutation by Vanessa Moura de Lacerda Teixeira

“…In seeking to develop real estate assets some decision makers consider salt marshes as a potential land source for urban development. Two methodologies are put forward to conduct a critical examination of environmental policies and their effects on the salt marsh landscape. …”
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