Urbanization is a continuous process for a city's economic development. Though rapid
urbanization provides a huge employment opportunity for people, urban threats also …

Populations and metropolitan centers are accumulated in coastal areas around the world. In
view of the fact that they are geographically adjacent to coasts and intense anthropogenic …

Nowadays, natural disasters and human actions are considered uncertain, unpredictable
urban threats. Therefore, cities must respond more quickly and more effectively to anticipate …

Cities face increasing environmental, social and economic challenges that together threaten
the resilience of urban areas and the residents who live and work there. These challenges …

There is a lack of theoretical and empirical studies regarding social sustainability. The
literature reveals that the “social” was integrated late into debates on sustainable …

Fostering resilience in the face of environmental, socioeconomic, and political uncertainty
and risk has captured the attention of academics and decision makers across disciplines …

Given that urbanization is considered as one of the most significant anthropogenic
alterations of the environmental framework, the present study attempts to understand …

Urban ecology is a field encompassing multiple disciplines and practical applications and
has grown rapidly. However, the field is heterogeneous as a global inquiry with multiple …

Green Infrastructure (GI) planning firstly developed as an integrated approach to ecological
and conservation planning. Then it has advanced and used in several disciplines such as …

Land cover mapping in complex environments can be challenging due to their landscape
heterogeneity. With the increasing availability of various open-access remotely sensed …