Healthy ecosystems are the foundation of sustainable urbanization. While scientists have
long understood the ecological benefits of healthy landscapes, there is still limited …

Amid escalating global concerns surrounding climate change, the transportation sector has
garnered the attention of stakeholders. Double-hurdle censored models were employed in …

Urban forms are increasingly reflective of socio-economic change in metropolitan regions.
The present study illustrates an original approach to identify latent mechanisms of urban …

Urban growth is associated with a number of environmental issues. One of the most serious
environmental concerns is the air pollutants and increasing greenhouse gas (GHG) …

While many studies find that air pollution has been generally related with natural factors and
anthropogenic activities, relatively little attention has been paid to exploring the impact of …

Rapid urbanization not only consumes substantial amounts of valuable land resources but
also changes the pattern of land-use. Diversity of land use measures the functional …

The rise in urbanization has led to an expansion of traditional urban externalities toward
suburban and rural areas together with changes in the preferences of human populations for …

This study examines the effects of urban land expansion on air pollution in China. Using
panel data of Chinese prefecture-level cities and exploring variations in air pollution …

Demand for drinking water and wastewater services has increased drastically due to
increased urbanization and population growth worldwide. The provision of these services …

In this paper we present a complex Ecological Footprint (EF) analysis of one of the largest
metropolitan regions in post-socialist East Central Europe, the Budapest Metropolitan …