Unregulated Vertical Urban Growth Alters Microclimate: Coupling Building-Scale Digital Surface Models with High-Resolution Microclimate Simulations
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Falcão, Jonatas Goulart Marinho; Furtado, Luiz Felipe de Almeida; Barbosa, Gisele Silva; Teixeira Coelho, Luiz CarlosAbstract
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u6361657 How does urbanisation affect biodiversity? Urbanisation is a continuously growing modern phenomenon that shapes the world we live in today. Currently, according to World Bank, 86% of Australia’s population live in urban areas, and 57% of the global population … Continue reading →
Human activity has fundamentally altered the
natural world in countless ways. Geologists and environmental scientists alike
are consistently looking at the various aspects of our environment that are
suffering under humanity’s watch. And although issues such as climate change
and air pollution tend to get the bulk of media coverage in regards to
environmentalism, we shouldn’t overlook similar top…
Researchers have, for the first time, mapped the rapid urban expansion that has occurred across the whole of East-Southeast Asia in the last decade.
In a study published today, 4 March, in IOP Publishing’s journal Environmental Research Letters, the researchers provide evidence to suggest that urban populations have grown more rapidly than the expansion of urban areas, leading to increased popula…
