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1. Towards sustainability: An assessment of an urbanisation bubble in China using a hierarchical - Stochastic multicriteria acceptability analysis - Choquet integral method

Author:
Gao, Xing; Cao, Mengqiu; Zhang, Yuerong; Liu, Yuqi; Tong, Huan; Yao, Qing
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2021 v.279 pp. 123650
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
urbanization,   etc   ; mathematics; models; sustainable development; China;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... Urbanisation bubbles have become an increasingly serious problem. Attention has been paid to the speed of urbanisation; however, the issue of quality has been neglected, particularly in the case of China. Therefore, the aim of this research is to evaluate China’s urbanisation bubbles by employing a hierarchical - stochastic multicriteria acceptability analysis (SMAA) - Choquet integral method. In ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.123650

2. Evaluating efficiency and order of urban land use structure: An empirical study of cities in Jiangsu, China

Author:
Fu, Yonghu; Zhou, Tongtong; Yao, Yingying; Qiu, Agen; Wei, Fanqing; Liu, Junqing; Liu, Tie
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2021 v.283 pp. 124638
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
urbanization,   etc   ; cities; empirical research; issues and policy; land use; models; sustainable development; urban areas; China;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... The efficiency and order of urban land use structure (ULUS) are vital for the level of urban sustainable development. This paper evaluated the efficiency and order of ULUS of thirteen cities in Jiangsu province, China, using the data envelopment analysis (DEA) approach and information entropy method to characterize the spatial-temporal variation. Although literature using the DEA approach and info ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.124638

3. Spatial agglomeration and driving factors of environmental pollution: A spatial analysis

Author:
Wang, Xing; Zhou, Dequn
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2021 v.279 pp. 123839
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
urbanization,   etc   ; foreign direct investment; issues and policy; models; pollution; pollution control; quantitative analysis; China;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... Analyzing the influencing factors of environmental pollution is of utmost significance for formulating pollution control strategies. However, the extant research did not take into consideration the spatial effects, which may result in an insufficient understanding of the results. To explore the spatial agglomeration of environmental pollution, the externalities of economic units are integrated int ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.123839

4. Understanding the dynamics and factors affecting cultural ecosystem services during urbanization through spatial pattern analysis and a mixed-methods approach

Author:
Wang, Zhifang; Xu, Min; Lin, Haowen; Qureshi, Salman; Cao, Ankang; Ma, Yujing
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2021 v.279 pp. 123422
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
urbanization,   etc   ; cities; decision making; ecosystem services; governance; land use; planning; recreation; surveys; China;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... Cultivating a deeper understanding of the response mechanism of cultural ecosystem services to urbanization is increasingly recognized as a critical component of sustainable governance and land-use decision making. However, except for a range of studies exploring changes in ecosystem services during urbanization that address cultural ecosystem services as merely one service type, few investigation ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.123422

5. Development of a metric system measuring infrastructure sustainability: Empirical studies of Hong Kong

Author:
Liu, Bingsheng; Xue, Bin; Chen, Xingbin
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2021 v.278 pp. 123904
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
urbanization,   etc   ; case studies; empirical research; factor analysis; green infrastructure; industry; professionals; stakeholders; surveys; China;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... Sustainable infrastructure development is an indispensable driving force for successfully advancing urbanization globally. Evaluation of Infrastructure Sustainability (IS) has become an area of research increasingly gaining scrutiny. However, there exists a knowledge gap of a formal and comprehensive metric system measuring IS in current studies. By reviewing infrastructure assessment studies and ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.123904

6. Polycentric structure and carbon dioxide emissions: Empirical analysis from provincial data in China

Author:
Chen, Xu; Zhang, Shuo; Ruan, Sumei
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2021 v.278 pp. 123411
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
urbanization,   etc   ; carbon dioxide; cities; emissions; empirical research; energy; land transportation; markets; planning; roads; China;     Show all 11 Subjects
Abstract:
... With the increasing number of large and medium-sized cities and the improvement of intercity transportation infrastructure, polycentric urban network is gradually emerging. Based on the strong link between urbanization and carbon dioxide emissions has been proven, using a panel data of 23 provinces of China over the period of 1997–2013, this paper explores the impact of polycentric structure on ca ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.123411

7. Improving construction and demolition waste collection service in an urban area using a simheuristic approach: A case study in Sydney, Australia

Author:
Yazdani, Maziar; Kabirifar, Kamyar; Frimpong, Boadu Elijah; Shariati, Mahdi; Mirmozaffari, Mirpouya; Boskabadi, Azam
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2021 v.280 pp. 124138
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
urbanization,   etc   ; algorithms; case studies; decision making; deterministic models; environmental impact; planning; population growth; recycling; uncertainty; urban areas; wastes; Australia;     Show all 13 Subjects
Abstract:
... Urbanization and population growth have resulted in a significant increase in the amount of generated construction and demolition (C&D) waste worldwide. Improper C&D waste management has led to a tremendous landfilled C&D waste, which has placed a great concern over its adverse impacts on the environment and natural resources. Appropriate C&D waste recycling mechanism as a remedial action saves ou ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.124138

8. Intra-urban microclimate mapping for citizens’ wellbeing: Novel wearable sensing techniques and automatized data-processing

Author:
Pigliautile, Ilaria; D’Eramo, Samuele; Pisello, Anna Laura
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2021 v.279 pp. 123748
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
urbanization,   etc   ; automation; cities; energy; heat island; information processing; microclimate; monitoring; relative humidity; solar radiation; temperature; thermal properties;     Show all 12 Subjects
Abstract:
... Cities alter their-own climate due to their configuration and land surface thermal properties. The main effect is the well-known phenomenon of the Urban Heat Island (UHI) meaning higher temperatures experienced in urbanized environment with respect to rural surroundings. Nevertheless, thermal behavior of cities varies even within the city itself and the investigation of intra-urban microclimate di ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.123748

9. Panel estimation for the impact factors on carbon dioxide emissions: A new regional classification perspective in China

Author:
Chang, Keliang; Du, Zifang; Chen, Guijing; Zhang, Yixin; Sui, Lili
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2021 v.279 pp. 123637
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
urbanization,   etc   ; carbon; carbon dioxide; energy; factor analysis; global warming; greenhouse gas emissions; industrialization; issues and policy; models; population size; China;     Show all 12 Subjects
Abstract:
... Global warming is an urgent issue facing humanity. Excessive emissions of CO₂ are the leading cause of global climate change. As economy grows, China’s CO₂ emissions grows rapidly correspondingly. Since 2006, China has ranked first in terms of total CO₂ emissions, results of different contributions of different provinces. In view of the shortcomings in the previous regional classification, this wo ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.123637

10. A global assessment of amphibian and reptile responses to land-use changes

Author:
Cordier, Javier M.; Aguilar, Ramiro; Lescano, Julián N.; Leynaud, Gerardo C.; Bonino, Andrea; Miloch, Daniela; Loyola, Rafael; Nori, Javier
Source:
Biological conservation 2021 v.253 pp. 108863
ISSN:
0006-3207
Subject:
urbanization,   etc   ; amphibians; deforestation; ecosystems; land use change; logging; meta-analysis; natural resources conservation; reptiles; silviculture; species richness;     Show all 11 Subjects
Abstract:
... Human land-use changes represent the most important drivers of biodiversity loss, and amphibians and reptiles represent the most threatened groups of vertebrates globally. However, today there is a general lack of knowledge and little consensus on how land-use changes affect amphibians and reptiles. In order to fill this gap, here we conduct the most comprehensive systematic quantitative review of ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108863

11. Cross-country evidence on Environmental Kuznets Curve in Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment for 174 Countries

Author:
Boubellouta, Bilal; Kusch-Brandt, Sigrid
Source:
Sustainable Production and Consumption 2021 v.25 pp. 136-151
ISSN:
2352-5509
Subject:
urbanization,   etc   ; electricity; electronic wastes; environmental Kuznets curve; environmental degradation; gross domestic product; industrialization; least squares; models; Asia;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... Waste electrical and electronic equipment, or e-waste, is rapidly growing worldwide, but the determinants of growth in different countries are not well understood. This paper examines the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis at the world and continents levels using e-waste generation as the indicator of environmental degradation. The EKC hypothesis assumes an inverted-U-shaped relationship ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.spc.2020.08.006

12. Urban expansion, the politics of land, and occupation as infrastructure in Kinshasa

Author:
De Boeck, Filip
Source:
Land use policy 2020 v.93 pp. 103880
ISSN:
0264-8377
Subject:
urbanization,   etc   ; infrastructure; politics;     Show all 3 Subjects
Abstract:
... This article demonstrates how the future of Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo is partly to be found in its past. It looks at the complex and often ambivalent role many autochthonous land chiefs continue to play in the processes of urban expansion currently taking place in Kinshasa. ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.02.039

13. Responses of hydropower generation and sustainability to changes in reservoir policy, climate and land use under uncertainty: A case study of Xinanjiang Reservoir in China

Author:
Guo, Yuxue; Fang, Guohua; Xu, Yue-Ping; Tian, Xin; Xie, Jingkai
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2021 v.281 pp. 124609
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
urbanization,   etc   ; General Circulation Models; Soil and Water Assessment Tool model; case studies; climate; issues and policy; land use change; planning; stream flow; uncertainty; water power; water reservoirs; China;     Show all 13 Subjects
Abstract:
... Climate and land use changes will affect the hydrological regime, and therefore hydropower. This study which aims to develop a novel modeling framework, does not only determine the changes in hydropower generation and sustainability, but also provide robust operating rules for handling uncertainty attributed to both climate and land use changes, using Xinanjiang Reservoir in Eastern China as a cas ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.124609

14. Quantifying influences of natural and anthropogenic factors on vegetation changes using structural equation modeling: A case study in Jiangsu Province, China

Author:
Yang, Lin; Shen, Feixue; Zhang, Lei; Cai, Yanyan; Yi, Fangxin; Zhou, Chenghu
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2021 v.280 pp. 124330
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
urbanization,   etc   ; anthropogenic activities; case studies; climate change; crop yield; cropland; land use; landscapes; models; normalized difference vegetation index; population density; soil; structural equation modeling; temporal variation; vegetation; China;     Show all 16 Subjects
Abstract:
... Vegetation coverage in highly developed areas has been significantly altered in response to multiple disturbances over recent decades. However, the major driving factor of vegetation coverage change in these areas remains unclear, with climate change and anthropogenic factors playing interactive roles under different soil and terrain conditions. Comprehensively understanding the underlying drivers ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.124330

15. A review on the deteriorating situation of smog and its preventive measures in Pakistan

Author:
Raza, Waseem; Saeed, Saad; Saulat, Hammad; Gul, Hajera; Sarfraz, Muhammad; Sonne, Christian; Sohn, Z.-H.; Brown, Richard J.C.; Kim, Ki-Hyun
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2021 v.279 pp. 123676
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
urbanization,   etc   ; air pollution; air quality; energy use and consumption; fossil fuels; human health; industrialization; public health; risk; skin diseases; smog pollution; systematic review; Pakistan;     Show all 13 Subjects
Abstract:
... Urbanization, industrialization, and increasing fossil fuel consumption are generally identified as the main contributors to poor air quality. Smog is a form of visible air pollution processes that can cause diverse health problems (e.g., pulmonary, respiratory, and skin diseases). In Lahore, the second-largest city of Pakistan, smog pollution has been a significant socioeconomic issue since 2013 ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.123676

16. Economic growth and carbon emissions: Estimation of a panel threshold model for the transition process in China

Author:
Song, Zhiguang
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2021 v.278 pp. 123773
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
urbanization,   etc   ; capital; carbon; economic sectors; emissions; energy; environmental protection; gross domestic product; markets; mining; pollution; regression analysis; renewable energy sources; threshold models; China;     Show all 15 Subjects
Abstract:
... In recent years, the correlation between economic growth and environmental pollution has become noticeably contentious in China, which is experiencing the process of transitions in various social and economic sectors, for example, slowing economic growth, reformations to industrial and capital structure, ongoing urbanization, aggravated aging population and a series of environmental challenges, wh ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.123773

17. Estimating spatiotemporal dynamics of county-level fossil fuel consumption based on integrated nighttime light data

Author:
Liu, Hao; Ma, Lin; Xu, Lin
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2021 v.278 pp. 123427
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
urbanization,   etc   ; carbon dioxide; cities; energy conservation; energy use and consumption; fossil fuels; greenhouse gas emissions; image analysis; issues and policy; models; satellites; sustainable development; China;     Show all 13 Subjects
Abstract:
... Rapid urbanization has resulted in increased fossil fuel consumption in China, which is closely related to regional sustainable development and CO₂ emissions. This study proposed an improved model to estimate fossil fuel consumption on the county scale in Shandong to understand the dynamics of fossil fuel consumption. This improved model is beneficial for establishing energy-saving and CO₂ emissio ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.123427

18. The natural environment in port development: A ‘green handbrake’ or an equal partner?

Author:
Taljaard, S.; Slinger, J.H.; Arabi, S.; Weerts, S.P.; Vreugdenhil, H.
Source:
Ocean & coastal management 2021 v.199 pp. 105390
ISSN:
0964-5691
Subject:
urbanization,   etc   ; coastal zone management; coasts; ecosystem services; environmental assessment; environmental performance; environmental protection; infrastructure; integrated pest management; international trade; management systems; natural capital; natural resources; stakeholders;     Show all 14 Subjects
Abstract:
... Rapid urbanization of the coast, growing global trade, stakeholder emancipation and ongoing depletion of natural resources mean that ports can no longer operate and develop without acknowledging and incorporating societal and environmental considerations. Drawing primarily on first-hand experiences in South African ports, supplemented with learning taken from international literature, this paper p ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2020.105390

19. Impact of environmental changes on infectious diseases: Key findings from an international conference in Trieste, Italy in May 2017

Author:
Brattig, Norbert W.; Tanner, Marcel; Bergquist, Robert; Utzinger, Jürg
Source:
Acta tropica 2021 v.213 pp. 105165
ISSN:
0001-706X
Subject:
urbanization,   etc   ; air quality; climate change; ecosystems; emerging diseases; globalization; humans; land use; livestock; population growth; poverty; sustainable development; trade; travel; waterborne diseases; wildlife; Italy;     Show all 17 Subjects
Abstract:
... Elsevier's 2nd conference on “Impact of Environmental Changes on Infectious Diseases” (IECID), convened in May 2017 in Trieste, Italy, brought together some 120 researchers from more than 20 countries. They presented the latest findings and discussed the impact of current and predicted future environmental changes on infectious disease dynamics in humans, livestock and wildlife in different parts ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.actatropica.2019.105165

20. Water-energy nexus within urban agglomeration: An assessment framework combining the multiregional input-output model, virtual water, and embodied energy

Author:
Liu, Ziwen; Huang, Qingxu; He, Chunyang; Wang, Changbo; Wang, Yihang; Li, Kaixin
Source:
Resources, conservation, and recycling 2021 v.164 pp. 105113
ISSN:
0921-3449
Subject:
urbanization,   etc   ; buildings; cities; clean energy; electricity; embodied energy; emissions; energy conservation; environmental impact; industry; models; sanitation; sustainable development; virtual water; water conservation; water shortages;     Show all 16 Subjects
Abstract:
... With rapid urban expansion and economic development, water shortages and high energy emissions at the regional scale pose critical challenges for urban agglomerations, resulting in quite intricate water-energy nexus. Although important, an assessment framework that can analyze interregional and intersectoral water-energy nexus among cities at the urban agglomeration scale is still lacking. Based o ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.105113