A World Bank study reveals that Bangkok’s dense urbanization significantly intensifies heat stress, especially at night, with ...

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Hossain, E. , Tahia, F. , Siemens, A. , Islam, M. , Rahman, Z. and Ahmad, I. (2025) Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Land Use ...

What hasn’t been fully understood—until now—is how restrictive land-use regulations in cities and urban centers shape segregation across entire metropolitan areas.

In 1988, residential, commercial, and industrial areas accounted for 17.7% of the land use, and this rose to 48.7% by 2017. In the same period, agricultural lands shrunk from 42.2% to 19.6%, and ...

Liu Thai Ker, an urban planner who’s often considered the architect of modern Singapore, helped build public housing flats and oversaw the development of the city’s land-use plans.