This paper introduces a hybrid combined weight-place value method for evaluating the sustainable of urbanization. The values of development index are calculated by combined weight method. A case study of urbanization in Liaoning demonstrates the process of using the evaluation method. The result indicates that the urbanization in Liaoning is better. The development between economic, environment...

Accelerating urbanization has been viewed as an important instrument for economic development and reducing regional income disparity in some developing countries, including China. Recent studies (Bloom et al. 2008) indicate that demographic urbanization level has no causal effect on economic growth. However, due to the varying and changing definition of urban population, the use of demographic ...

1. Land use (e.g. urbanization, agriculture, natural lands management) may directly affect populations by habitat loss and fragmentation, and indirectly by altering conditions needed for reproductive success. The effects of urbanization are especially pronounced for populations that remain among urbanized areas, but they are difficult to detect in long-lived species. 2. We evaluated the effects...

Urban development is the most common form of land conversion in the United States. Using a before-after control-impact study design, we investigated the effects of urbanization on larval and adult stages of southern two-lined salamanders (Eurycea cirrigera) and northern dusky salamanders (Desmognathus fuscus). Over 5 years, we estimated changes in occupancy and probabilities of colonization and...

Urbanization, as considered from the economic aspect is good as it facilitates achievement of economies and thus promotes growth of industries and development in the economy. However, taking the social point of view urbanization encourage crimes as is evident from the fact that the rate of crime is higher in large cities and in urbanized areas as has been proved by many empirical studies. Urban...

Studies on the effects of urbanization on stream ecosystems have evolved from documenting impacts to attempting to understand the driving factors responsible for stream conditions. In 1999, the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Water-Quality Assessment Program initiated a series of pilot studies to assess the effects of urbanization on physical habitat, biotic assemblages (algal, fish, inverteb...

This article examines the relationship between urban land development and municipal finance in a Chinese regional economy undergoing rapid urbanization. Drawing upon insights from the perspective of political economy, this article identifies a strategy by which land-centered urbanization has been actively pursued as a means of revenue generation in response to the reshuffling of state power. Th...

Envisioning the airport’s expanding relevance as a hub for passenger movement and its immediate ancillaries focal point inducing growth that embraces enormous conurbations associated services, this paper seeks to identify factors likely impact regions surrounding airport, especially from viewpoint of planning development. The rationale focusing on these areas is determine change in landside con...

Urbanization is the process in which green space (fields, trees, wetlands, etc.) is converted into black space (concrete and asphalt). Urbanization occurs because people move from rural areas to urban areas. This usually occurs when a country is still developing. Slums and its consequences of overcrowding lack of sanitation, global warming, air pollution, water pollution and loss of forest cove...

Foresight Studies analyze emerging issues and trends with the objective of quantifying the research challenge and the potential impact for agricultural research. The past century has entailed a relatively speaking rapid redistribution as well as growth of urban populations, with the urban population surpassing the rural one for the first time in 2008. Processes of urban growth and their implica...