Cities across the globe are driving systemic change in social and ecological systems by
accelerating the rates of interactions and intensifying the links between human activities and …

Cities are the main hubs of human activity and the engines of economic growth. In pursuit of
such growth, cities are transgressing their local environmental boundaries. Ongoing …

With growing sustainability concerns, the need for products that facilitate easy disassembly
and reuse has increased. Adhesives, initially designed for bonding, now face demands for …

Scaling up urban agriculture could leverage transformative change, to build and maintain
resilient and sustainable urban systems. Current understanding of drivers, processes and …

This paper builds on the expansion of urban ecology from a biologically based discipline—
ecology in the city—to an increasingly interdisciplinary field—ecology of the city—to a …

Corporate environmental sustainability is gradually becoming consciously recognised by
textiles due to increasing pressure from diverse stakeholders and enhancing …

Urban road networks (URNs) are ubiquitous and essential components of cities. Visually,
they present diverse patterns that embody latent planning principles. However, we still lack a …

Failures of roads and critical facilities under disasters can result in public service disruptions.
Studies quantifying disaster resilience commonly focus on evaluating physical performance …

Urbanization results in drastic land use/cover change (LUCC) and ecological resilience (ER)
issues, which has become an important and urgent question of regional sustainability. This …

The patterns of material accumulation in buildings and infrastructure accompanied by rapid
urbanization offer an important, yet hitherto largely missing stock perspective for facilitating …