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The Socio-Politics of the Mobility - Urbanization Nexus: Techno-political Frames, Transportation Injustice and Informal Transportation in the Department of Antioquia in Colombia KU Leuven
This research explores the distinctive mobility patterns of transportation systems designed to answer the needs and demands of the commercial and agricultural sector in two specific regions in the department of Antioquia in Colombia (Urabá and San Nicolas valley). In addition, the research studies the impact of the existing and proposed mobility and transportation infrastructural projects in social and urban development on local and regional ...
Urbanization extends flight phenology and leads to local adaptation of seasonal plasticity in Lepidoptera Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Urbanization is gaining force globally, which challenges biodiversity, and it has recently also emerged as an agent of evolutionary change. Seasonal phenology and life cycle regulation are essential processes that urbanization is likely to alter through both the urban heat island effect (UHI) and artificial light at night (ALAN). However, how UHI and ALAN affect the evolution of seasonal adaptations has received little attention. Here, we ...
No overall effect of urbanization on nest-dwelling arthropods of great tits (Parus major) Research Institute for Nature and Forest
The impact of urbanization and rapid population growth on the groundwater regime in Dhaka city, Bangladesh Ghent University
Dhaka city with an area of about 306 Km2 and a population of more than 20 million is located in the central part of Bangladesh. Immense and prolonged groundwater abstraction due to rapid unplanned urbanization and population blast in this city have led to significant decline in groundwater level in the last three decades. 78% of the supplied water comprises groundwater from the Dupi Tila Sandstone aquifer system. Hydrogeological and geophysical ...
The socio-politics of the urbanization - transportation nexus: Infrastructural projects in the department of Antioquia in Colombia through the lens of technological politics and institutional dynamics KU Leuven
Development of transportation infrastructure has long been seen as a fundamental tool in shaping cities, and vice versa. However, moving beyond the discussion on the causalities of transportation infrastructure and urbanization, various authors have criticized large scale infrastructural projects for promoting injustice and reinforcing social and spatial polarization by supporting profit-oriented developments. Contributing to this line of ...
Air Pollution and the Airways: Lessons from a Century of Human Urbanization KU Leuven
Since the industrial revolution, air pollution has become a major problem causing several health problems involving the airways as well as the cardiovascular, reproductive, or neurological system. According to the WHO, about 3.6 million deaths every year are related to inhalation of polluted air, specifically due to pulmonary diseases. Polluted air first encounters the airways, which are a major human defense mechanism to reduce the risk of this ...