Applied with remote sensing, GIS, and mathematical statistics, the spatial-temporal evolution characteristics of urbanization expansion of Yantai city from 1974 to 2009 was studied. Based on landscape pattern metrics and ecological risk index, the landscape ecological risk from the landscape pattern dynamics was evaluated. The results showed that the area of urban land increased by 189.77 km(2)...

Urbanization is one of the great challenges of our time and unchecked haphazard urbanization is a serious threat both to the environment and social and economic balance. In order to meet global sustainability targets, rapid urban growth must be channelled into environmentally friendly, sustainable and liveable urban environments. Thus, this special issue focuses on sustainable urban design whic...

Vernacular architecture has always had appropriate answer in conformity with the environment and climate. This paper has considered values of Iran vernacular urbanization and architecture in humid and moderate climate looking through sustainability and sustainable development concepts. Gorgan city has been studied using laboratory studies and available sources and relying on the content analysi...

Since the start of the 21st century, humanity has been a predominantly urban species. This Special Issue is about the future of cities and how urbanization will develop when based on principles of sustainability. It explores the underlying dimensions of the transformation of existing cities and the design of low carbon green precincts and their urban systems. The view of the papers presented in...

Cities stand at the confluence of two global grand challenges—urbanization and climate change. Smart city initiatives around the global seek to leverage information technology to preserve and improve quality of urban life in face of these challenges. Given its vast experience with socio-technical systems, the IS discipline can assume a leading role on this path towards a more sustainable way of...

World agriculture will undergo far-reaching economic and physical change in the coming 50 years. Population increase, urbanization and income growth will drive the demand for food while high energy prices, stress on natural resources, and climate change may act to constrain supply. To feed the world’s growing population – projected to exceed 9 billion in 2050 (UN, 2009) – it will be necessary t...

Increased urbanization in the Eastern Mediterranean Region has led to a significant rise in the prevalence of diabetes. Caring for diabetes under conditions of endemic uncertainty, violence and poverty is a great challenge. The micro-clinic model establishes a public domain of social and community interaction whereby friends, families and neighbours can collectively engage in education, treatme...

African cities have to manage rapid urbanization and mobilization to decrease road congestion and air pollution that hinder economic development and social cohesion. This paper presents public policy research that applied the concepts and language of Ostrom’s Institutional Analysis Development (IAD) framework to systematically describe the implementation of sustainable public transport policies...

Son iki asırda Endüstri Devrimin hızlandırdığı üretim ve tüketimle doğal kaynaklar Dünya genelinde kontrolsüzce tüketilmiştir hala tüketilmeye devam etmektedir. Özellikle 1980’lerin sonlarından itibaren günümüze kadar hızla tükenen kaynaklarının sürdürülebilir kullanılması için yerel küresel ölçekte birçok girişimde bulunulmuştur. Ancak bu girişimlere rağmen son çeyrek asrın Birleşmiş Milletler...

Within the sustainable urbanization framework, two dimensions, namely, social and environmental urbanization, have complex coordinated interactions. To better understand interaction status between dimensions of an empirical study was carried out in 14 cities Hunan Province, China, from 2011 to 2019. This establishes integrated measurement uses coupling coordination degree model, information ent...