The ageing population tends to be seen as a burden of cities’ future development. Thus, the public funds for older residents’ wellbeing are at risk being cut back under economic austerity due prevalent neoliberalism policy atmosphere. However, some cities set good examples turn their citizens into active contributors sustainable urban development (SUD) by developing age-friendly and communities...

the field of nanobiotechnology mainly encompasses with physics, biology, chemistry and material sciences and it develops novel therapeutic nano-scale materials for biomedical, drug delivery, cancer therapy and pharmaceutical applications. silver nanoparticles (agnps) have unique physiochemical, biological and environmental properties which make them useful in a wide range of applications, so ag...

Abstract A global ageing population presents opportunities and challenges to designing urban environments that support in place. The World Health Organization's Global Age-Friendly Cities movement has identified the need develop communities optimise health, participation security order enhance quality of life as people age. Ensuring age-friendly create conditions for active requires cities olde...

Administrative fragmentation among government agencies has posed a significant challenge to environmental governance. However, few studies have theoretically examined and empirically measured how local governments in China address this with collaborative approaches. Informed by the ecology of games framework (EGF), this paper examined the status of inter-agency water governance in Dongguan City...

Current urban water and energy systems are expanding while increasing attention is paid to their social, economic and environmental impacts. As a research contribution that can support real-world decision making and transitions to sustainable cities and communities, we have built a model-based and data-driven platform combining comprehensive database, agent-based simulation and resource technol...