[HTML][HTML] Understanding urban growth modeling in Africa: Dynamics, drivers, and challenges

A Korah, JAM Koch, MC Wimberly - Cities, 2024 - Elsevier
Africa has been a hotspot of rapid urban growth since 2000, yet no review exists that
describes the current state of urban growth modeling. This review aims to fill this gap by …

Offshore Island Connection Line: A new perspective of coastal urban development boundary simulation and multi-scenario prediction

F He, J Yang, Y Zhang, D Sun, L Wang… - GIScience & Remote …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The urban development boundary (UDB) is a core issue in territorial spatial planning and
remains a research focus in urban development. However, in the past, land use simulations …

Knowledge mapping analysis of the study of rural landscape ecosystem services

Y Wang, Y Zhang, G Yang, X Cheng, J Wang, B Xu - Buildings, 2022 - mdpi.com
Understanding the research lineage of rural landscape ecosystem services (RLESs) is of
importance for improving rural landscapes and developing sustainable ecosystem services …

[HTML][HTML] An open-source platform for geospatial participatory modeling in the cloud

CT White, A Petrasova, V Petras, LG Tateosian… - … Modelling & Software, 2023 - Elsevier
Participatory modeling facilitates the co-production of knowledge and action by engaging
stakeholders in research. However, the spatial dimensions of socio-environmental systems …

[HTML][HTML] Water quality pollution control and watershed management based on community participation in Maros City, South Sulawesi, Indonesia

S Syafri, B Surya, R Ridwan, S Bahri, ES Rasyidi… - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Increases in the number of urban residents have significant impacts on spatial pressure,
affecting the utilization of river basins. The purpose of this study is to analyze (1) the …

Spatially interactive modeling of land change identifies location-specific adaptations most likely to lower future flood risk

GM Sanchez, A Petrasova, MM Skrip, EL Collins… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Impacts of sea level rise will last for centuries; therefore, flood risk modeling must transition
from identifying risky locations to assessing how populations can best cope. We present the …

Modelling vegetation land fragmentation in urban areas of Western Province, Sri Lanka using an Artificial Intelligence-based simulation technique

A Jayasinghe, N Ranaweera, C Abenayake… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Vegetation land fragmentation has had numerous negative repercussions on sustainable
development around the world. Urban planners are currently avidly investigating vegetation …

Statistical mirror symmetry

J Zhang, G Khan - Differential Geometry and its Applications, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper, we investigate a duality between Hermitian and almost Kähler structures on
the tangent manifold TM induced by pairs of conjugate connections on its base, affine …

The safe development paradox of the United States regulatory floodplain

GM Sanchez, MA Lawrimore, A Petrasova, JB Vogler… - PloS one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
In the United States, requirements for flood insurance, development restrictions, and federal
buyout program eligibility rely on regulatory designation of hazardous zones, ie, inside or …

Projecting the long‐term effects of large‐scale human influence on the spatial and functional persistence of extant longleaf pine ecosystems in the Florida Flatwoods …

L Hutchens, JA Kupfer, P Gao… - … Science and Practice, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Decades of human activities and fire suppression have adversely affected longleaf pine
(Pinus palustris) ecosystems, which are home to high levels of diversity and endemism …