Tourism today represents a strategic engine of economic growth, contributing substantially to GDP, employment, and export revenues. Accounting for approximately 10% of global GDP, the sector plays a significant role in tourism-intensive countries. To...
Flooding poses significant risks to urban areas, especially in regions vulnerable to climate change, where developing countries are disproportionately affected. Compared to rural areas, urban zones are more severely impacted by natural disasters, par...
The article straddles the intersection of legislation, planning guidelines, and housing policy studies in the neoliberal era. Its objective is to examine the right to a home within urban renewal projects. It addresses the gap between residents’...
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set the criteria for sustainable economic development. These goals encompass four dimensions, including social, human, economic, and environment, of which the last two goals (i.e., economic and...
Resource-based regions play an indispensable role as strategic bases for national energy and raw material supply in the global industrialization and urbanization process. However, intensive and large-scale natural resource exploitation—particul...
Urban densification threatens biodiversity, yet conventional greenspace expansion is constrained by limited land availability. Living wall systems (LWS) offer potential biodiversity enhancement through vertical green infrastructure, though their ecol...
Urban street sweeping infrastructure plays a critical role in municipal solid waste management by mitigating particulate matter resuspension and preventing contaminant mobilization into water bodies, thereby supporting public health and environmental...
Urban noise is a major environmental concern that affects public health and quality of life, demanding new approaches beyond conventional noise level monitoring. This study investigates the development of an AI-driven Acoustic Event Detection and Cla...
Since 2017, China’s carbon emissions have exceeded 10 billion tons. Hebei Province is one of the country’s major heavy-industrial regions, accounting for over 9 percent of the national total carbon emissions. Achieving carbon peaking and...
Groundwater is increasingly relied upon in cities, particularly during drought, yet its management often lacks coordination and systems-based decision-making. Effective governance requires inclusive participation across sectors and scales, engaging a...
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