The relationship between urbanization and development is a vital policy concern, especially
in Africa and Asia. This paper reviews the arguments and evidence for whether rapid urban …

Urban areas continue to be the center of action for many countries due to their contribution
to economic development. Many urban areas, through the urbanization process, have …

Urbanization level is a key indicator for socioeconomic development and policy making, but
the measurement data and methods need to be discussed further due to the limitation of a …

Although the urban transition is a universal event that unfolds in all countries, the
determinants, patterns, and outcomes do not necessarily follow a uniform process. With the …

This chapter argues that the urban world is increasingly a 'southern'urban world. Over the
last half-century or more, urbanisation has proceeded far more rapidly in the Global South …

Purpose This paper aims to address the issues of Asian countries toward why females are
discouraged and more likely to be removed from the formal financial system than males …

We are living through a global urban transition, but the timing of this transition has varied
significantly across countries and regions. This geographic variation in timing matters, both …

Urban poverty research on African cities has focused mainly on megacities and large
metropolitan areas. Despite their critical role in Africa's urbanization and development …

Background Urbanisation has been associated with temporal and geographical differences
in asthma prevalence in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). However, little is …

Prediction of building energy use, when performed at urban scale, is influenced by the
choice of modelling approach, as well as the quality of available data. In the case of data …