LisPi · @lispi314
699 followers · 15018 posts · Server mastodon.top@KiffinEileen An effective way to keep low taxes without harming services is to increase density.
One cannot reasonably have low density and low taxes while expecting any services to remain.
#Urbanization #density #densification
Gladwyn d’Souza · @godsouza
151 followers · 2298 posts · Server sfba.socialhttps://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01258-9
Poor planning for coming #Climate impacts! The result is a concrete sprawl of buildings, roads and other infrastructure.
“China’s rapid urbanization has led to a proliferation of #impermeable surfaces,” he says. “Green spaces such as #parks and gardens play a vital role in water retention. Their dwindling presence due to #urbanization diminishes their capacity to effectively manage excessive rainfall.”
#keepitintheground #DeterioratingCarbonSinks #AcceleratingKeelingCurve
#climate #impermeable #parks #Urbanization #keepitintheground #deterioratingcarbonsinks #acceleratingkeelingcurve
Pim Martens · @pimmartens
68 followers · 51 posts · Server fediscience.orgBoth #urbanization and #climatechange can be expected to aggravate several major human health problems. With a new model, we identified so-called hotspots, the areas within a city where urban design-related health problems are the largest.
https://pimmartens.com/2023/07/23/health-impacts-and-benefits-of-urban-green-space/
DoomsdaysCW · @DoomsdaysCW
898 followers · 12406 posts · Server kolektiva.social
Humans also introduce fungus into the bats' habitats. This article focuses on what diseases humans might get, but also highlights how humans are destroying the natural environment and making incursions into the bats' home ground.
The world's bat lands are under attack, seeding risk of a new pandemic. Here's where.
February 2023
Our hunger for resources is driving worldwide destruction of areas rich with bats, carriers of tens of thousands of viruses. A Reuters data analysis pinpoints areas where conditions are ripe for a bat-borne disease to spill over to humanity. We’ve dubbed these areas “jump zones.”
"Reuters reporters spoke to dozens of scientists, read extensive academic research and traveled to bat-rich countries across the globe to learn how human destruction of wild areas is amplifying pandemic risk. This five-part series visits some places where the risk is most acute and tells the stories of victims and their families. It begins with the death of one farmer in West Africa."
#Environment #Bats #Bat #Urbanization #NaturalWorld #Imbalance #Destruction
Read more:
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/global-pandemic-bats-jumpzones/?utm_source=pocket-newtab
#environment #bats #bat #Urbanization #naturalworld #imbalance #destruction
Gladwyn d’Souza · @godsouza
99 followers · 1068 posts · Server sfba.social
Clean #transition for #biodiversity: The chief cause of declining bird populations in Europe and the U.K. is the use of #pesticides and #herbicides by #farmers. Those that feed on #invertebrates saw the largest drops in population. They also noted that farmland #species were the hardest hit of any species. #Urbanization was the second leading factor
https://phys.org/news/2023-05-pesticides-herbicides-biggest-bird-decline.html
#transition #biodiversity #pesticides #herbicides #farmers #invertebrates #species #Urbanization
DoomsdaysCW · @DoomsdaysCW
898 followers · 12406 posts · Server kolektiva.socialNew York City is sinking due to its million-plus buildings, study says
Heavy rainfall from recent major hurricanes like Ida have inundated the city, and some of the effects of #urbanization "have allowed water to come in," say experts.
By Jacopo Prisco, CNN
Published May 23, 2023 4:05 PM EDT
"#NewYorkCity is sinking under the collective weight of all of its buildings, a new study has found.
"This gradual process could spell trouble for a city around which the sea level has been rising more than twice as fast as the global rate — and is projected to rise between 8 inches and 30 inches by 2050.
"What’s more, scientists expect more frequent and extreme rainfall events such as nor’easters and hurricanes due to the human-fueled #ClimateCrisis. "
#Urbanization #newyorkcity #ClimateCrisis
McKinsey & Company · @McKinsey
7 followers · 294 posts · Server mastodon.worldScaling smart mobility: An interview with Joost Vantomme
#Urbanization #sustainability #voices
McKinsey & Company · @McKinsey
5 followers · 234 posts · Server mastodon.world
Uniquely Austin: Stewarding growth in America’s boomtown
#Urbanization #growth #sustainability #futureofamerica
Derek Law · @GIS_Bandit
230 followers · 293 posts · Server mastodon.world
Using #Imagery & #Demographics to Address the Challenges of Rapid #Urbanization https://tinyurl.com/2xec95sn
#image #analysis #RemoteSensing #urban #planning #govtech #GIS #esri #arcgis #mapping #TheScienceOfWhere #GISchat #geospatial #mapstodon
#imagery #demographics #Urbanization #image #analysis #remotesensing #urban #planning #govtech #GIS #esri #arcgis #mapping #TheScienceOfWhere #gischat #geospatial #mapstodon
McKinsey & Company · @McKinsey
4 followers · 183 posts · Server mastodon.world
Building a biodiverse foundation: An interview with Katie Critchlow
#Urbanization #analytics #sustainability #voices
Gladwyn d’Souza · @godsouza
54 followers · 431 posts · Server sfba.social#UrbanSprawl and #agricultural #development have dramatically changed the #landscape of California. #Urbanization and much hotter and drier conditions in L.A. have driven #declines in more than one-third of #BirdSpecies in the region over the past century. “The #CentralValley had winners and losers. Whereas in L.A., we saw mostly losers,” because of #LandUse #changes.
#urbansprawl #agricultural #development #landscape #Urbanization #declines #birdspecies #centralvalley #landuse #Changes
Gladwyn d’Souza · @godsouza
54 followers · 427 posts · Server sfba.social#UrbanSprawl and #agricultural #development have dramatically changed the #landscapeevolution of California. #Urbanization and much hotter and drier conditions in L.A. have driven declines in more than one-third of #BirdSpecies in the region over the past century. “The Central Valley had winners and losers. Whereas in L.A., we saw mostly losers,” because of #LandUse #changes.
#urbansprawl #agricultural #development #landscapeevolution #Urbanization #birdspecies #landuse #Changes
GregCocks · @GregCocks
105 followers · 121 posts · Server techhub.social
Global Water Resources And The Role Of Groundwater In A Resilient Water Future
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https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-022-00378-6 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #water #urbanization #future #management #change #hydrology #groundwater #surfacewater #resources #waterresources #climate #climatechange #waterstorage #watersecurity #remotesensing #model #modeling #satellite #GRACE #drought #floods #anthropogenic #pumping #well #wells #extraction #sustainable #development #watermanagement #waterconservation #irrigation #agriculture #cropland #climateresilience #sustainabledevelopment #global #surfacewater
#gis #spatial #mapping #water #Urbanization #future #management #change #hydrology #groundwater #surfacewater #resources #waterresources #climate #climatechange #waterstorage #watersecurity #remotesensing #model #modeling #satellite #grace #drought #floods #anthropogenic #pumping #well #wells #extraction #sustainable #development #watermanagement #waterconservation #irrigation #agriculture #cropland #climateresilience #sustainabledevelopment #global
TC (Tirthankar Chakraborty) · @TC_Chakraborty
489 followers · 370 posts · Server fediscience.orgIn our recent study in #Urban #Climate, we separate the impacts of #urbanization and lake breeze on moist #heatstress over #Chicago metropolitan area using #WRF model simulations.
#wrf #chicago #HeatStress #Urbanization #Climate #urban
Chuixiang (Tree) Yi · @TreeYi
10 followers · 1847 posts · Server mastodon.world
RT @PythonMaps
Population density of South America! I used GHSL data with Rasterio/Matplotlib to produce this. Why don't you have a go and post your maps in the comments!
#SouthAmerica #PopulationDensity #Map #Demographics #Urbanization #CityLife #Countryside #CensusData #Insightful #Geography
#SouthAmerica #populationdensity #map #demographics #Urbanization #citylife #countryside #censusdata #insightful #geography
Zack Subin 🏳️🌈🥑 · @zack_subin
92 followers · 41 posts · Server sfba.social
A recent study of #urbanization trends in 331 European cities found that there was a big shift (about 1/3 of cities studied) from net sprawl to net urban #infill from the 2000s to the 2010s. European policies to encourage growing up rather than out are working-- and they could work in the US too!
https://www.wired.com/story/europe-cities-populations/
GregCocks · @GregCocks
2 followers · 3 posts · Server techhub.social
Quantifying The Spatiotemporal Pattern Of Urban Expansion And Hazard And Risk Area Identification In The Kaski District Of Nepal
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https://doi.org/10.3390/land7010037 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #landuse #landcover #Nepal #Pokhara #remotesensing #urbanisation #LULC #Landsat #imagery #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #hazard #multihazard #risk #geology #engineeringgeology #urban #urbanization #development #future #sustainable #transformation #expansion
#gis #spatial #mapping #landuse #landcover #Nepal #pokhara #remotesensing #urbanisation #lulc #landsat #imagery #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #hazard #multihazard #risk #geology #engineeringgeology #urban #Urbanization #development #future #sustainable #transformation #expansion
kilombavita · @kilombavita
208 followers · 539 posts · Server rage.love
https://archive.org/details/african-women
African Women: Their Struggle for Economic Independence by Christine Obbo
Topics
#immigration, #emigration, #EastAfrica, #womeninAfrica, #misogynoir, #Uganda, #Kenya, #Kampala, #urbanization, #gender, #anthropology, #Africananthropology, #anthropologyofAfrica, #capitalism, #neocolonialism, #imperialism
"African Women is a study of the everyday struggles of women in East Africa to support themselves economically. The aim of these women is clear – to be more independent of men. One consequence of this has been their migration from traditional village society to the apparently less restrictive life of the city. Chistine Obbo’s book grew out of her research in Uganda and Kenya during the 1970’s. It portrays the attitudes of ordinary women – both villagers and those living in the cities – to their relationships with men. It presents a detailed picture of the multitude of ways in which these women earn their own living. And it shows the new more independent forms of relationships with men – as well as solidarity with other women – that they have built up."
#immigration #emigration #EastAfrica #WomenInAfrica #misogynoir #uganda #kenya #Kampala #Urbanization #gender #anthropology #Africananthropology #anthropologyofAfrica #capitalism #neocolonialism #imperialism
TC (Tirthankar Chakraborty) · @TC_Chakraborty
385 followers · 286 posts · Server fediscience.orgThe papers:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00376-021-1371-9: We review how #urbanization impacts regional #climate and #extreme #weather.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22799-5: We explore surface #urban #heat island (SUHI) #disparities for #US cities.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2018.09.015: We develop a #global SUHI dataset.
#global #us #disparities #heat #urban #weather #extreme #Climate #Urbanization
Sam McClatchie · @Huia_fishocean
259 followers · 63 posts · Server fediscience.org
I found some of the projected city (megalopolis) sizes in this article astonishing. An analogy between humans and ants seems increasingly apt.
#Urbanization #population #megalopolis #cities