Urbanization has an abundant connotation in dimensions such as population, economy,
land, and society and is an important sign to measure regional economic development and …

Gully erosion is one of the most intense landscape degradation mechanisms in areas with
varying environmental characteristics. Both natural and anthropogenic factors affect the …

Rural–urban migration in developing countries is considered to be a key process for
sustainable development in the coming decades. On the one hand, rural–urban migration …

The spatial coupling of population and economy is an important indicator that reflects
regional differences and measures the coordination degree of industrial layouts and …

China's current economic transformation is constrained by uneven development, which
stems from traditional materialistic urbanization and results in a growing urban-rural divide …

Existing studies have paid less attention to the impact of new urbanization (NU) on urban
metabolic efficiency (UME). This paper empirically tests the mechanism and the effect of NU …

Ethiopia remains one of the least urbanized countries globally, although many of its urban
centers, including Woldia, the capital of the North Wollo Zone, are undergoing rapid growth …

This study examines the frequency use of cooking fuels by residents of four urban areas in
Uganda (Kampala, Lira, Soroti, and M'bale). The specific objective is to identify urban …

Currently, circa 30% of the population in sub-Saharan Africa resides in cities, and this figure
is expected to double in 2040. The recent literature describes the urban expansion …

While the framing of the past remains a critical terrain of political discourse in Uganda,
competing political visions oriented towards the future have emerged as equally salient as …