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Urban informality and climate change pose significant challenges for urban planning in rapidly growing cities in the Global South. This study conducts a qualitative content analysis of 45 spatial planning instruments add...

Background and Objectives: Climate change, resulting from the continuous increase in greenhouse gas emissions, has become one of the most critical global challenges. The IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report emphasizes that l...

Materias / palabras clave: Cities and towns; Latin America; Urbanization; Urban policy; Mexico; Urbanización; Siglo XXI; México; América Latina; Movilidad residencial; Ciudad de México; España; Barcelona; Política urbana

Materias / palabras clave: Urban policy; Environmental aspects; Colombia; Cali; Política urbana; Aspectos ambientales; Política ambiental; Aspectos económicos; Economía urbana; Análisis de impacto ambiental; Urban economics; Environmental imp...

Materias / palabras clave: Urban policy; Mexico; Política urbana; México; Urbanismo; Urbanism

Materias / palabras clave: Municipal finance; Management; Mexico; Finanzas municipales; Gestión; México; Local government; Economic policy; Gobierno local; Política económica

Materias / palabras clave: Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Human ecology. Anthropogeography: Settlements: Cities. Urban geography; Social Sciences: Communities. Classes. Races: Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology

A rising human impact alters landscape patterns and determines the agriculture–ecology–economy nexus (AEEN), which further threatens the sustainability of social–ecological system (SES). However, the mechanisms thr...

Road traffic crashes are among the leading causes of death and injury worldwide. While urban planning and design are known to influence road safety, it is not clear how features of the built environment contribute to tra...

Context and background  Rapid urbanization in Lagos metropolis, Nigeria, has led to significant changes in its urban climate, manifesting as Urban Heat Islands (UHIs). Goal and Objectives: This study assesses the...

This study analyzes the effectiveness of implementing Bandar Lampung City Regional Regulation No. 4 of 2022 on drainage systems, particularly the application of Biopore Infiltration Holes (BRH), and evaluates it through ...

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...

Abstract Studies about the relationship between public opinion and foreign policy are rare in Latin America as civic participation in these issues is a recent phenomenon. The following research explores the general perce...

This study explores the complex interaction between sustainable urban mobility and transition management, focusing on the critical role of integrated governance and organizational change in improving metropolitan tra...

Negative external effects of transport are a huge problem of contemporary cities, because of adverse effects on socio-economic development. These processes are visible not only in high or medium developed countries, but ...

The objective of this research is to identify the institutional and legal critical factors responsible for the inefficiencies in the urban mobility system in Brazil, to later recommend guidelines on how to overcome count...

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...

This study explores the relationship between urban development and air pollution in Thailand by analyzing remote sensing nightlight data and carbon monoxide (CO) concentrations over six years (2019-2024). Using data from...

This article presents and discusses the importance of political processes on the explanation of patterns of urban public investments. For this purpose, we use primary data on the investments made by the Municipal Governm...

Abstract Background Strengthening urban primary healthcare (PHC) systems in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is essential to effectively serve the growing urban poor. Such reforms should incorporate patient opini...

Climate change poses escalating challenges to urban systems, intensifying risks from extreme temperatures, flooding, sea-level rise, and socio-environmental inequalities. Cities are increasingly recognised as critical ar...

IntroductionUnder the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the development of green economy and the enhancement of ecological resilience are widely regarded as critical pathways for promoting sustainabl...

El objetivo de este artículo es analizar la definición y re-definición del conflicto suscitado alrededor de la traza de la ExAu3 en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires (Argentina) y las intervenciones estatales surgidas en resp...

Abstract Energy insecurity is a persistent yet insufficiently examined barrier to sustainable informal entrepreneurship in African cities. In Namibia, informal women entrepreneurs in low-income settlements face limited e...