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From the Second Punic War onwards, it is possible to identify significant episodes regarding war's effects on Rome and other Italic cities. Apart from their military defence system, the perception of a state of war, its ...

The cities of arid North Patagonia are located mainly on valleys framed by slopes. In recent decades they have had exponential demographic growth. The unplanned expansion of the urban area occurs over sensitive and poten...

This study aims to evaluate the criteria and procedures for the selection of antidiabetic and antihypertensive drugs purchased by the public health network of the cities in the Ourinhos Micro-region, Sao Paulo, Brazil....

This article intended to assess the Pharmaceutical Services in eight cities of the Brazilian Northeast. It was a descriptive and transversal study done between July and September of 2007. Data was gathered from the sec...

Latin American cities are exposed to threats triggered by climate change that generate environmental impacts. In addition, there is evidence of an accelerated process of urbanization which consequences are intensified by...

Indonesia continues to face structural challenges in smart city development, as reflected in the global positioning of its major cities in the IMD Smart City Index. In 2025, Jakarta, Medan, and Makassar were ranked 103, ...

Coastal cities have particular spatial urbanization trends conditioned by the dominant activities, meaning tourism, fishing or commerce. Notwithstanding that, there are other issues or restrictions that also conditioned ...

Context and background  Rapid urbanisation in African cities is reshaping urban land systems, creating complex environmental trade-offs with direct implications for land policy and spatial regulation. In Windhoek and...

Urban analytics has emerged as a transformative tool for addressing the challenges of urbanization and fostering sustainable smart cities. Despite its growing significance, a gap remains in the literature on integrating ...

Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of extreme heat events in cities, creating health risks and mobility issues while navigating urban areas outdoors. To identify where and when pedestrians face the ...

Abstract Finding a balance between economic growth and environmental protection is a significant challenge for contemporary cities. In the last 30 years, many large cities have started integrating sustainability concept...

Abstract The rapid growth of the ageing population in medium-sized cities presents increasing challenges for the provision of inclusive public transport systems. This study examines the accessibility and service quality ...

Abstract Background Under pressures of health insurance cost containment and high-quality development, diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) and other case-based payment schemes have become a major direction of China’s inpat...

The ageing of the society is a serious factor affecting the prospects of urban development. Unfavourable demographic changes disturb the functioning of the urban system, thus forcing adaptive activities leading to a new ...

Abstract Rapid and continuous urbanization has increased water demand in cities worldwide. Global assessments of urban water scarcity should be conducted using gridded hydrological information, but are hampered by the la...

Competitiveness is now considered one of the basic economic mechanisms. The phenomenon, which is originally associated with enterprises, has evolved beyond the initial research framework for many years. Currently, the co...

Uno de los principales objetivos de la conquista y colonización españolas del norte argentino fue el de comunicar las sedes del poder central en el Perú y Alto Perú con el puerto de Buenos Aires a través de redes de...

Spatial expansion and increasing population of cities is turning them into neuralgic points of the food supply chain. Due to its structure and the speed of life processes, food is delivered to urban centres through con...

The Time-Dependent Travelling Salesman Problem (TDTSP) is a generalization of the traditional TSP where the travel cost between two cities depends on the moment of the day the arc is travelled. In this paper, we focus on...

Urban forests significantly benefit cities and people´s wellbeing. However, under suboptimal growth conditions, they can pose risks. The tree risk and tree hazard assessments in public spaces bring together several prot...

Abstract Background The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was first reported in Wuhan, China. The mass population mobility in China during the Spring Festival has been considered a driver to the transmission of COVID-...

Abstract As global climate change intensifies, the shift toward sustainable energy has become a pivotal pathway for attaining sustainable development. This paper examines how urban innovation capacity affects energy tran...

Road traffic congestion has become an everyday phenomenon in today's cities all around the world. The reason is clear: at peak hours, the road network operates at full capacity. In this way, growing traffic demand cannot...

La historia de los precios en el Río de la Plata colonial, más allá de valiosos aportes, tiene aún grandes deficiencias. Una de ellas es la falta de series para ciudades interiores de dimensión menor y de frontera. ...