In addition, successful urban bird species have more elaborate colours in their plumage, which is especially true for females ...

The impact of land use and land cover changes, particularly increased urbanization, on climate is crucial. The most ...

The promise of jobs and prosperity, among other factors, pulls people to cities. Half of the global population already lives in cities, and by 2050 two-thirds of the world's people are expected to ...

Researchers at the University of Granada and the Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence have demonstrated a link ...

On the flip side of the coin, these visionary projects along with the trend of rapid urbanization also bring in a range of side effects - the spread of informal settlements and in turn ...

Urbanization provides South Asian countries with the potential to transform their economies to join the ranks of richer nations in both prosperity and livability. A new World Bank report finds the ...

As urbanization reshapes global landscapes, ecological balance is increasingly at risk, especially in Africa. The primary drivers are rapid development and expanding human settlements, often without ...

This paper investigates the effect of agglomeration on the productivity of manufacturing ... measure two different types of agglomeration—industrial specialization and urbanization—based on data at ...

“We haven’t been able to quantify the effect, but as the world is warming ... hasn’t kept pace with growing populations and rapid urbanization. For cities like Botswana’s capital, Gaborone ...

The ongoing, worldwide increase in urbanization is considered one of the main causes of the steady decline in biodiversity. Urban ecology is the field of research that focuses on the effects of ...