The Impact of Urbanization of Wekiva Springshed on Groundwater

2019 ◽

Vol 5 (5) ◽

pp. 550-562

Keyword(s):

Rural Communities ◽

Urban Communities ◽

Agricultural Production ◽

Social Problems ◽

Social Issues ◽

Field Research ◽

Credit Market ◽

Urbanization Process ◽

Impact Of Urbanization ◽

The Impact

Drawn upon field research in two peri-urban villages of Hanoi in 2014 and short re-visits recently, the research examines the widespread of gambling and other social issues in Hanoi’s urbanizing peri-urban communities which happened concurrently with the phenomenon of “land fever,” and at the time local villagers received compensation from land appropriation. The article aims to understand the impact of urbanization on these communities and the interface between urbanization and the increase of social problems. It argues that gambling, drug use, and other social problems have been existing in Vietnamese rural communities long before; however, when urbanization came, some people have higher chances to engage in these activities. Those are villagers who want to transform quickly into entrepreneurs or bosses by joining the “black credit” market and gambling. Together with middle-aged and old farmers who greatly relied on agricultural production and face difficulties in transforming their occupation, they formed the group of losers in the urbanization process. Received 6th January 2019; Revised 26th April 2019; Accepted 15th May 2019

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Gulf of Mexico Integrated Science - Tampa Bay Study: Examining the Impact of Urbanization on Seafloor Habitats

Open-File Report ◽

10.3133/ofr20051017 ◽

2005 ◽

Author(s):

Kimberly Yates

Keyword(s):

Gulf Of Mexico ◽

Tampa Bay ◽

Integrated Science ◽

Impact Of Urbanization ◽

The Impact

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Hydrogeological characterization of the Quaternary aquifer of south Bengal Basin in India and the impact of urbanization on the groundwater resources of the system

Hydrogeology Journal ◽

10.1007/s10040-021-02340-0 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Sumanta Banerjee ◽

Pradip K. Sikdar

Keyword(s):

Groundwater Resources ◽

Bengal Basin ◽

Quaternary Aquifer ◽

Impact Of Urbanization ◽

The Impact

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Effects of Urbanization on Ecosystem Services in the Shandong Peninsula Urban Agglomeration, in China: The Case of Weifang City

Urban Science ◽

10.3390/urbansci5030054 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5 (3) ◽

pp. 54

Author(s):

Yuejuan Yang ◽

Hao Zhang ◽

Xinquan Zhao ◽

Zhizhang Chen ◽

Aiguo Wang ◽

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Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Ecosystem Services ◽

Remote Sensing Data ◽

Population Data ◽

Raw Material ◽

Nutrient Cycle ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Impact Of Urbanization ◽

Academy Of Sciences ◽

The Impact

Ecosystem services are the material basis of economic and social development, and play essential roles in the sustainable development of ecosystems. Urbanization can remarkably alter the provision of ecosystem services. Most studies in this area have focused on densely populated metropolises with poor ecological environments, while comparatively few studies have focused on cities with low ecological pressures. Therefore, to avoid continuing to engage in the repetitive pattern of destroying first and rehabilitating later, quantitative analyses of urbanization and ecosystem services should be carried out in representative cities. In this study, based on partial least squares-discriminant analysis, kernel density estimation, and correlation analysis, we quantitatively evaluated the impact of urbanization on ecosystem services in Weifang city. The Data Center for Resources and Environmental Sciences at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research provided remote sensing data on land use, the gross domestic production (GDP), population data, and ecosystem services. The results were as follows: (1) The variation in population, GDP, and built-up areas consistently increased throughout the study period, whereas the ecosystem service values (ESVs) decreased; (2) food production, raw material production, nutrient cycle maintenance, and soil conservation were decisive ecosystem services that led to vast reductions in ESVs during the process of urbanization; and (3) the negative correlation coefficient between built-up areas and ecosystem services was greater than that between the population or GDP and ecosystem services, which indicated that the impacts of population and economic urbanization on ecosystem services lagged behind the impact of land urbanization. This study provides references for fully recognizing the ecological effects of urbanization, and make suggestions regarding the application of ecosystem services in sustainable development.

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COVID-19, Urbanization Pattern and Economic Recovery: An Analysis of Hubei, China

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph17249577 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (24) ◽

pp. 9577

Author(s):

Wenyi Yang ◽

Xueli Wang ◽

Keke Zhang ◽

Zikan Ke

Keyword(s):

Rapid Development ◽

Generalized Method Of Moments ◽

Economic Recovery ◽

Population Mobility ◽

Economic Resilience ◽

Economic Resource ◽

Large Cities ◽

Impact Of Urbanization ◽

The One ◽

The Impact

In the context of the rapid development of urbanization and increasing population mobility in China, the outbreak of COVID-19 has had a significant impact on China’s economy and society. This article uses China UnionPay transaction data and takes Hubei, the worst-hit region by COVID-19 in China, as an example, to conduct empirical analysis using the generalized method of moments (GMM) of the impact of current urbanization patterns on the spread of the epidemic and economic recovery from the perspectives of time, industry, and regional differences. The study found that during the different stages of COVID-19, including discovery, outbreak, and subsidence, the overall impact of urbanization on the economy in Hubei Province was first positive, then became negative, and finally gradually increased. This process had significant industrial and urban heterogeneity, which was mainly manifested in losses in tourism and catering industries that were significantly greater than those in the audio-visual entertainment and digital office industries. Similarly, the recovery speed of large cities was lower than that of small and medium-sized cities. The main reason for these differences is that the one-sided problem of urbanization is more obvious in areas with higher urbanization rates. COVID-19 has drawn attention to the development of urbanization in the future, that is, the development path of one-sided economic resource agglomeration and scale expansion should be abandoned, with greater attention paid to the improvement of service functions and the development of amenities. This transformation is necessary to enhance urban economic resilience and reduce public health risks.

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COVID-19 Pandemic Turns Life-Science Students into “Citizen Scientists”: Data Indicate Multiple Negative Effects of Urbanization on Biota

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13052992 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (5) ◽

pp. 2992

Author(s):

Jens Schirmel

Keyword(s):

Citizen Science ◽

Online Teaching ◽

Teaching Strategy ◽

Ecosystem Functions ◽

Negative Effects ◽

Ecological Data ◽

Pollinating Insects ◽

Impact Of Urbanization ◽

Data Collections ◽

The Impact

The COVID-19 pandemic and its restrictions strongly affect the higher education community and require diverse teaching strategies. We designed a course where we combined online teaching with independently conducted ecological data collections by students using a “citizen science” approach. The aim was to analyze the impact of urbanization on biota by comparing urban and rural grasslands. Seventy-five students successfully conducted the data collections and the results provide evidence for prevailing negative effects of urbanization. Individual numbers of ground-dwelling invertebrates (−25%) and pollinating insects (−33%) were generally lower in urban sites. Moreover, animal and seed predation were reduced in urban grasslands, indicating the potential of urbanization to alter ecosystem functions. Despite the general limitations of online teaching and citizen science approaches, outcomes of this course showed this combination can be a useful teaching strategy, which is why this approach could be used to more actively involve students in scientific research.

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