This paper presents information on global energy consumption by fuel type (liquid fuels,
coal, natural gas, renewables and nuclear) and sectors (buildings, industrial, transportation …

The problems of urban sprawl have long been recognized. The classic response to sprawl
has been compact settlements of one form or another. Yet the profession's modern origins …

Urbanisation is one of the major driving forces behind the formation of today's land use
systems. It almost always involves the conversion of land use from non-urban to urban uses …

Many emerging economies have experienced rapid urbanization in an unprecedented scale
and speed in the past few decades. While the urban expansion has led to the formation of …

This book provides a comprehensive discussion on urban growth and sprawl, and how they
can be analyzed using remote sensing imageries. It compiles views of numerous …

Background Extreme heat events (EHEs) are increasing in frequency in large US cities and
are responsible for a greater annual number of climate-related fatalities, on average, than …

In the book, authors Howard Frumkin, Lawrence Frank, and Richard Jackson examine the
direct and indirect impacts of sprawl on human health and well-being, and discuss the …

Despite growing recognition of the important role of cities in economic, political and
environmental systems across the world, comparative, global-scale research on cities is …

Many tout the benefits of collaborative environmental management as an alternative to
centralized planning and command and control regulation, but the excitement over …

This study provides an empirical assessment of energy use and greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions associated with high and low residential development. Three major elements of …