The modern metropolitan area typically contains not only multiple jurisdictions but also the interests of many stakeholders. Concerns about the formation in metropolitan areas have created some of the most important questions for the field of urban politics and economics. The traditional approach for this complexity sheds more light on political fragmentation and the efficiency in providing loc...

Allometric growth pattern and body shape changes of the Green terror (Andinoacara rivulatus)(Cichlidae) were studied using landmark-based geometric morphometric (GM) and traditional methods, from hatching up to 1266 Hours Post Hatching (HPH) under culture conditions. The left side of specimens were photographed using digital camera and morphometric characters, including total length, head lengt...

this article, with a focus on the change and transformation process of the approaches and trends affecting the new towns policy, scrutinizes the first and second generations of the new towns in reference to the south korea as a case study. the first generation of new towns development in south korea is associated with the rapid growth of urbanization, industrialization and subsequently economic...

As of January 1, 2001, the population of metropolitan France reached 59 million and that of the overseas departments 1.7 million, a total of 60.7 million inhabitants for all of France [1]. In metropolitan France, in 2000, the population increased by 300,000 — a growth rate of +0.5%. This rate is higher than during the last 8 years, owing to a significant increase of births, a decrease of deaths...

As the world becomes increasingly urbanized, it is vital for planners and policy-makers to understand patterns of urban expansion underlying driving forces. This study examines spatiotemporal in Texas Triangle megaregion explores drivers behind expansion. The used data from multiple sources, including land cover imperviousness National Land Cover Database (NLCD) 2001–2016, transportation Depart...

The São Paulo Metropolitan Region (SPMR), currently with about 18 million inhabitants, had only 1.5 million residents in the nineteen forties. The region grew fast and steadily mainly from 1960 to 1980, the period of its consolidation as an area of significant population concentration, when the metropolitan rates of participation both in the State of São Paulo and in the Brazilian population ha...