M Crippa, D Guizzardi, E Pisoni… - Environmental …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Between 1970 and 2015 urban population almost doubled worldwide with the fastest growth taking place in developing regions. To aid the understanding of how urbanisation has …
Flooding is among the most prevalent natural hazards, with particularly disastrous impacts in low-income countries. This study presents global estimates of the number of people …
Abstract The Degree of Urbanisation is a new definition of cities, towns and semi-dense areas, and rural areas endorsed by the UN Statistical Commission. The urban population …
This paper presents a novel method to delineate metropolitan areas–or functional urban areas (FUAs)–in the entire world and assesses their population trends. According to the …
The application of last-generation spatial data modelling, integrating Earth Observation, population, economic and other spatially explicit data, enables insights into the sustainability …
Although continental urban areas are relatively small, they are major drivers of environmental change at local, regional and global scales. Moreover, they are especially …
Abstract The Global Human Settlement Layer (GHSL) produces new global spatial information, evidence-based analytics and knowledge describing the human presence on …
H Guo, S Nativi, D Liang, M Craglia… - … Journal of Digital …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The digital transformation of our society coupled with the increasing exploitation of natural resources makes sustainability challenges more complex and dynamic than ever before …
Indicator 11.3. 1 of the 2030 sustainable development goals (SDG) 11, ie, the ratio of the land use to the population growth rate, is currently classified by the United Nations as a Tier …