mehran plain is located in the cultural region of south west iran. studying the geographic location of this region in relation to the formation of early states is important. the cultural materials of chogha ahowan in mehran plain would explain the process of urbanization and cultural interactions of this region with its neighbors. according to the surveys conducted to collect necessary pottery ...

Heavy metals discharged from various industries like electroplating, leather tanning, paint, textile and dying units are the primary cause of water pollution [1]. They pose serious threats to public health and environment due to their high toxicity, bio accumulative and non-biodegradable behavior [1,2]. Therefore, Water purification is emerging as a critical need for the researchers owing to th...

Excess weight gain and potential obesity among children in the developing world is an increasing concern as the world becomes more developed and urban. Changing urban life styles bring an increasing availability of fast and processed foods. Compounding this is the growth of working middle-class and poor families, often with exceedingly long commutes, that adopt western-style work-family dynamic...

This study is to investigate the short- and long-run causal relationship between agglomeration (localization and urbanization) economies and labor productivity in the manufacturing sector of 28 Iranian provinces over an 11-year period, 2001–2011. Fully Modified Ordinary Least Squares (FMOLS) method was used to estimate our long-run panel data model. The empirical findings suggested that localiz...

While effects of urbanization on species assemblages are receiving increasing attention, effects on ecological interactions remain largely unexplored. We investigated how urbanization influences the strength of direct and indirect trophic interactions in a tri- trophic system. In a field experiment including five cities and nearby farmed areas, we used potted Vicia faba plants and manipulated t...

Limited access to or receipt of liver transplantation (LT) may jeopardize survival of patients with end-stage liver diseases. Taiwan launched its National Health Insurance (NHI) program in 1995, which essentially removes financial barriers to health care. This study aims to investigate where there are still demographic and urbanization disparities of LT after 15 years of NHI program implementat...

BACKGROUND The frequent outbreak of environmental threats in China has resulted in increased criticism regarding the health effects of China's urbanization. Urbanization is a double-edged sword with regard to health in China. Although great efforts have been made to investigate the mechanisms through which urbanization influences health, the effect of both economic development and urbanization ...

This paper describes the state of art urbanization in Italian coastal areas 2021, both at national and regional level. Moreover, we focused on six municipalities, aiming to evaluate land consumption relation population dynamics between 2012 2021 assessing per capita consumed each municipality. Finally, an analysis specific prone natural risks along coastline (hydraulic, landslide seismic, hazar...