Scientists map "unprecedented" urbanization in East-Southeast Asia - IOP Publishing

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 population densities in some of the most populated yet vulnerable regions in the world. The study reveals..