The task of adapting cities to the impacts of climate change is of great importance—urban
areas are hotspots of high risk given their concentrations of population and infrastructure; …

Megacities in emerging markets are a relatively new phenomenon. The size of these cities
combined with the high growth rates provides substantial sustainability challenges. Urban …

Rapid urbanization in Asia puts strong pressure on densely populated agricultural land in
the peri-urban zone. It has created a specific feature, namely 'Desakota', as a mixed urban …

In many megacities of the global south, the combination of rapid population growth and high
pressure on space for housing, results in urban growth taking place in areas particularly …

In our increasingly urbanized world, monitoring and mapping of urban growth and thereby
induced land-use and land-cover change (LULCC) is of emergent importance. Remote …

The purpose of this study was to elaborate on the role of coastal megacities in
environmental degradation and their contribution to global climate change. Although only …

Introduction: Extremes of body mass index (BMI), viz. underweight, overweight and obese
categories, are associated with a variety of adverse health outcomes such as diabetes …

The Indian city of Pune witnessed rapid growth and deep transformation processes in the
last three decades. This paper assesses past developments and recent structures and …

Aims The prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) is on the rise in an increasingly
urbanized world. The study aimed to review the association between urbanization and MetS …

The impacts of tropical cyclones (TCs) on Southeast Asia's coastlines are acute due to high
population densities in low-lying coastal environments. However, the trajectories of TCs are …