Urbanization is one of the biggest social transformations of modern time, driving and driven
by multiple social, economic, and environmental processes. The impacts of urbanization on …

Today, urban areas generate more than 90% of the global economy, are home to more than
50% of the world population, consume more than 65% of the world's energy; and emit 70 …

Contemporary urbanization differs from historical patterns of urban growth in terms of scale,
rate, location, form, and function. This review discusses the characteristics of contemporary …

This Handbook is the synthesis of more than ten years of research by an international
community of urbanization and global environmental scholars that have generated the core …

Urban systems emerge as distinct entities from the complex interactions among social,
economic and cultural attributes, and information, energy and material stocks and flows that …

Urban areas are hot spots of complex and dynamic interactions between society and
ecosystems. Studies on such areas, however, have partially captured the coupled socio …

Urbanization continues to be a transformative process globally, affecting ecosystem integrity
and the health and well being of people around the world. Although cities tend to be centers …

Urbanization is not only a socioeconomic phenomenon; it is also a process of ecological
transformation by humans. Here we examine two aspects of resource use as a result of …

As ongoing parallel processes, urbanization and climate change call for overarching context-
specific responses that tackle the complex challenges involved and include a …

Cities and urbanized regions are complex, dynamic, and highly integrated systems linking
social, ecological, and technical infrastructure domains in ways that create deep challenges …