A new study suggests that the risk of mosquito-borne illness in Brazil will rise significantly by the year 2080, but that ...

Let’s take a little quiz. Question #1: What’s the global population? Take your time…and I’ll give you half a billion slack on either side. As of mid-February 2014, the estimate was 7.2 billion. I’m ...

Research led by Arizona State University, Tempe, has looked into how urbanization, species traits and environmental factors interact to shape urban wildlife communities. This research is essential for ...

Download PDF file of "Urbanization in Sub-Saharan Africa" 239kb The GDP of many SSA countries is concentrated, and even reliant, on the productivity of its urban centers. It is rare to transition from ...

https://doi.org/10.1525/bio.2012.62.9.6 • https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/bio.2012.62.9.6 Copy URL As the pace and extent of urbanization increase, an ...

During China’s recent Central Economic Working Conference (CEWC), the Politburo Standing Committee announced China’s six major economic tasks for 2014. One item not on the list nevertheless stands to ...

In the first-ever study on the characteristics of urbanization in large cities around the world, researchers at the University of Hong Kong analyzed cities' urban built-up areas (BUAs) expansion, ...

When it comes to cities and urbanization, it is generally thought that bigger is better. But a pair of recent studies suggests that although industrialized nations may have benefited from larger ...

The frozen food market is driven by urbanization, increased demand for convenience, and strategic production investments.