a r t i c l e i n f o This paper examines the impacts of industrialization and urbanization on CO 2 emissions in China using nonparametric additive regression models and provincial panel data from 1990 to 2011. The empirical results show that there is an inverted U-shaped nonlinear relationship between industrialization and CO 2 emissions in the three regions in China. Urbanization follows an i...

OBJECTIVES To explore the association between the place of death and the level of urbanization within the communities where the elderly were residing at the time of their death. METHODS A retrospective, population-based, cross-sectional study set in Taiwan, involving a total of 697,814 eligible deaths occurred between 1995 and 2004, among elderly people (aged 65 years or above). RESULTS Aft...

oncerns about urbanization and economic developthe question of how the causality works. Economic de_ ment go hand in hand, for a number of reasons. velopment makes it possible for people to produce more. Beyond the question of whether urbanization is a cause Why should this possibility lead to urbanization? Can or a consequence of development, it is the backdrop for our understanding of the lin...

Global urbanization is a vital process shaping terrestrial ecosystems but its effects on forest soil carbon (C) dynamics are still not well defined. To clarify the effects of urbanization on soil organic carbon (SOC) variation, 306 soil samples were collected and analyzed under two urban–rural gradients, defined according to human disturbance time and ring road development in Changchun, northea...

In the context of proposed rapid urbanization in Asia, this article attempts to analyse the pattern, issues and policy aspects of urbanization in the rapidly urbanizing state of India (Karnataka) and its capital city region (Bangalore city). Both India and Karnataka have encouraged 'top heavy character', city region disparities and associated problems of environment and development of Indian ur...

River systems are valuable to human beings; meanwhile, they are intensively influenced by human activities, especially urbanization. In this study, based on the data derived from topographic maps and remote sensing images, the temporal and spatial change of river system geomorphology in the Taihu Region over the past 50 years was investigated in conjunction with urbanization. Results demonstrat...

urbanization with all its semblances, complexities, and problems has been able to have profound effects on the behavior and action of citizens. this study intends to examine the issue of urbanization trends growth sociologically through survey method among women. it seems that in terms of acceptance, internalization, and representing parts of cultural situation, values and urbanization norms, w...

BACKGROUND Wild bees are important pollinators that have declined in diversity and abundance during the last decades. Habitat destruction and fragmentation associated with urbanization are reported as part of the main causes of this decline. Urbanization involves dramatic changes of the landscape, increasing the proportion of impervious surface while decreasing that of green areas. Few studies ...

The increase in size of human populations in urban and agricultural areas has resulted in considerable habitat conversion globally. Such anthropogenic areas have specific environmental characteristics, which influence the physiology, life history, and population dynamics of plants and animals. For example, the date of bud burst is advanced in urban compared to nearby natural areas. In some bird...

Ongoing global landscape change resulting from urbanization is increasingly linked to changes in species distributions and community interactions. However, relatively little is known about how urbanization influences competitive interactions among mammalian carnivores, particularly related to wild felids. We evaluated interspecific interactions between medium- and large-sized carnivores across ...