Rapid urbanization through cropland encroachment in the Jiangsu-Zhejiang-Shanghai region of China leads to substantial soil organic carbon loss by Zhao Ding, Zhaofan Wu, Xuan Zhou, Zhiming Wang, Huiwen Li

“…This study emphasizes the importance of assessing the impacts of urbanization on regional SOC stocks, especially with regard to deep soil, and provides scientific insights for future urban planning and land management in this region.…”
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Assessing the Applicability of Photocatalytic-Concrete Blocks in Reducing the Concentration of Ambient NO2 of Chandigarh, India, Using Box–Behnken Response Surface Design Technique... by Neeru Singla, Sandeep Singla, Parteek Singh Thind, Sandeep Singh, Jasgurpreet Singh Chohan, Raman Kumar, Shubham Sharma, Somnath Chattopadhyaya, Shashi Prakash Dwivedi, Ambuj Saxena, Alibek Issakhov, Nima Khalilpoor

“…Therefore, it is expected that the findings of this study may prove beneficial in urban planning, as it may assist scientific auditory in identifying the applicability of TiO2-based photocatalysis in mitigating the impacts of vehicular emissions.…”
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Off-Site Pension, Migrant Families, and the Settlement Intention of Older Migrants in China by Gu Hengyu, Li Wei, Liu Ye, Wu Rongwei

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Visualisation of impacts due to the proposed developmental projects in the ecologically fragile regions- Kodagu district, Karnataka by T.V. Ramachandra, Setturu Bharath, S. Vinay

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Identifying Potential Urban Greenways by Considering Green Space Exposure Levels and Maximizing Recreational Flows: A Case Study in Beijing’s Built-Up Areas by Tao Liu, Le Yu, Xin Chen, Yunmiao Chen, Xiaomeng Li, Xinyi Liu, Yue Cao, Fan Zhang, Chenggang Zhang, Peng Gong

“…Overall, the framework we present can be used to construct greenway networks that maximize the perceived accessibility for bus-based visitors, with valuable implications for sustainable urban planning and regeneration initiatives.…”
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Development of Tribes’ Commons in New Caledonia. Negotiation Over Kanak Land for Urbanization by Céline Cassourret, Irène Salenson

“…Furthermore, the development of customary lands is hampered by the inadequacy of the ordinary tools of urban planning. Consequently, since the 2000s, public, private, and customary stakeholders have innovated, setting up mechanisms and tools for the development of Kanak lands that respect their legal status and governance system. …”
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Automated Pixel Purification for Delineating Pervious and Impervious Surfaces in a City Using Advanced Hyperspectral Imagery Techniques by Payam Sajadi, Mehdi Gholamnia, Stefania Bonafoni, Gerald Mills, Yan-Fang Sang, Zeting Li, Salman Khan, Jiazheng Han, Francesco Pilla

“…This study significantly advances LULC classification and urban monitoring, offering valuable insights for sustainable urban development and advocating for its integration into future remote sensing and urban planning initiatives.…”
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Exploring the response of ecosystem service value to land use changes under multiple scenarios coupling a mixed-cell cellular automata model and system dynamics model in Xi'an, Chi... by Ping Zhang, Lei Liu, Lianwei Yang, Juan Zhao, Yangyang Li, Yuting Qi, Xuenan Ma, Lei Cao

“…Land use is a crucial factor affecting ecosystem service value (ESV), and forecasting future land use changes and ESV response can guide urban planning and sustainable development decisions. …”
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CD-MQANet: Enhancing Multi-Objective Semantic Segmentation of Remote Sensing Images through Channel Creation and Dual-Path Encoding by Jinglin Zhang, Yuxia Li, Bowei Zhang, Lei He, Yuan He, Wantao Deng, Yu Si, Zhonggui Tong, Yushu Gong, Kunwei Liao

“…This technology has important application value in fields such as land resource surveys, global change monitoring, urban planning, and environmental monitoring. However, multi-target semantic segmentation of remote sensing images faces challenges such as complex surface features, complex spectral features, and a wide spatial range, resulting in differences in spatial and spectral dimensions among target features. …”
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Priorities identification of habitat restoration for migratory birds under the increased water level during the middle of dry season: A case study of Poyang Lake and Dongting Lake... by Guiqiao Wang, Haipeng Wu, Juan Dai, Ying Xiong, Yuannan Long, Xiaoxi Cai, Sihao Mo, Ruiqing Yang, Yuanyuan Liu

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Valuation of urban green open space using the Hedonic price model by R. Setiowati, R.H. Koestoer, R.D. Andajani

“…However, their economic value is often overlooked in urban planning. This study aims to conduct an economic valuation of green spaces by introducing the hedonic price model to equip decision-makers with a thorough and informed perspective.METHODS: A questionnaire created through Google Forms was distributed through a social media survey conducted from March to April 2021. …”
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Critical review of nuclear power plant carbon emissions by Bojie Liu, Bojie Liu, Binbin Peng, Fei Lu, Jiang Hu, Li Zheng, Li Zheng, Meifang Bo, Xin Shang, Weiwei Liu, Yichi Zhang, Xiafei Zhou, Pengfei Jia, Gengyuan Liu

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Ecological influence of oasisation on peripheral regions by Xueyuan Zhang, Yongze Song, Ashraf Dewan, Zecheng Guo, Xiaoyan Cao, Qiang Bie, Yaowen Xie, Xu Ma, Kai Ren, Haoyan Zhang, Guilin Xi, Lei He

“…The findings provide an in-depth understanding of the spatial heterogeneity of EQ and could be implemented in Oasis urban planning and sand prevention belt construction.…”
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Applying deep learning to manage urban ecosystems in arid Abha, Saudi Arabia: Remote sensing-based modelling for ecological condition assessment and decision-making by Saeed Alqadhi, Ahmed Ali Bindajam, Javed Mallick, Swapan Talukdar, Atiqur Rahman

“…In order to obtain more information for better decision making in urban planning, sensitivity and uncertainty analyses based on a deep neural network (DNN) were also used. …”
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Study on Ecosystem Service Trade-Offs and Synergies in the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area Based on Ecosystem Service Bundles by Hui Li, Qing Xu, Huiyi Qiu, Jiaheng Du, Zhenzhou Xu, Longying Liu, Zixiu Zhao, Zixin Zhu, Yun He

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How to resolve the conflicts of urban functional space in planning: A perspective of urban moderate boundary by Xizhao Liu, Xiaoshun Li, Jun Yang, Huiping Fan, Jian Zhang, Yuhang Zhang

“…The new perspective and method proposed in this paper can provide a reference for urban planning and urban functional space layout optimization.…”
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An Environmental and Societal Analysis of the US Electrical Energy Industry Based on the Water–Energy Nexus by Gabriela Shirkey, Megan Belongeay, Susie Wu, Xiaoguang Ma, Hassan Tavakol, Annick Anctil, Sandra Marquette-Pyatt, Rodney A. Stewart, Parikith Sinha, Richard Corkish, Jiquan Chen, Ilke Celik

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La evolución de Madrid. Aspectos socioespaciales del modelo de ocupación y desarrollo de la ciudad by Martha Isabel Bonilla Escobar

“…</em></p><p><strong>Keywords</strong></p><p><em>Sprawl, urban planning, urban development, sustainable development, public transportation</em></p><p><strong><br /></strong></p>…”
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Empirical Operational Energy Analysis of Downtown High-Rise vs. Suburban Low-Rise Lifestyles: A Chicago Case Study by Peng Du, Antony Wood, Brent Stephens

“…This study accurately captured the energy requirements associated with realistic behaviors and lifestyles of occupants of both low-rise suburban and high-rise urban households, and found that building OE dominates the total OE, which suggests that efforts to reduce building OE should be given high priority in building design and management as well as urban planning.…”
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The Pollen Representation of Vegetation and Climate Along an Altitudinal Gradient on the Eastern Tibetan Plateau by Weihe Ren, Min Liu, Feng Qin, Quan Li, Guitian Yi, Weiyu Chen, Shuming Li, Zijian Liu, Qing Peng, Chen Liang, Yan Zhao

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