Metropolitan areas worldwide have grown rapidly and are usually surrounded by peri-urban
zones that are neither urban nor rural. Despite widespread use of the term 'peri-urban' …

Peri urban areas have been a key interest area in the literature because of their dynamic
and transformative nature. The expansion of the urban population worldwide and the …

Land in the peri-urban interface is of vital importance as there is a lack of clarity in the
planning and policies in this region whether they should be governed under the authority of …

Nature mediated processes like seawater intrusion (SWI) and its complementary processes
like submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) often cause severe water stress on the coastal …

Population relocations driven by economic reasons or caused by land speculation have led
to people settling in peri-urban areas (or areas in the periphery of the urban). The in …

Peri-urbanisation around metropolitan cities of India has been an emerging and apparent
phenomenon in the last few decades. The peri-urban spaces, which are characterised by co …

Background Vaccine hesitancy is a complex phenomenon that threatens global health.
Present-day communication technology has paved the way for self-education but also …

Urbanization is an unavoidable force resulting in the directional change of metropolitan
growth around the world, altering their structure and having a profound impact on the …

In the past few decades, due to urbanization and spatial expansion of cities beyond their
municipal boundaries, complex interactions between the city and its surrounding rural areas …

The Indian government has launched the Smart Cities Mission in June 2015 with the aim of
providing a better quality of life to the citizens in 100 cities of the country. This paper …