https://www.europesays.com/2159620/ First and Last Mile Delivery Markets Report 2025-2034: E-commerce Surge Fuels Demand #AutonomousVehicles #business #CarbonEmissions #CostEfficiency #DeliveryMarket #DeliveryProcesses #DeliverySpeed #ElectricVehicles #markets #urbanization
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Disasters Avoided Newsletter #8 focuses on the urban world of #cities and #towns
https://mailchi.mp/a43be29272f5/the-disasters-avoided-newsletter
Urban 2.0 Newsletter #2 focuses on urban resilience and how to avoid disasters
https://mailchi.mp/6d7cfaa1e35f/the-urban-2-zero-newsletter
#Urbanisation #Urbanization #UrbanStudies #urban #city #town #UrbanLife #DisastersAvoided #DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (so avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #vulnerability #resilience #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskReduction #disaster #disasters
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Deadly Botswana rains made more likely by climate change, rapid urbanization
Mongabay Environmental News · Deadly Botswana rains made more likely by climate change, rapid urbanizationUnusually heavy rainfall struck southern Botswana and eastern South Africa from Feb. 16-20, flooding cities and killing at least 31 people. In Botswana, the government said nearly 5,500 people were affected, and more than 2,000 people evacuated. A new rapid study by the World Weather Attribution (WWA), a team of international climate scientists analyzing extreme […]
Stories from #TheAmazon, #Kenya and #Zimbabwe
#WorldWaterDay: 3 stories of #resistance and #restoration from around the globe
Kristine Sabillo, 21 Mar 2025
"More than 2 billion people around the world live without access to safe drinkable water, as rivers, #groundwater, lakes and #glaciers face continued threats of #pollution and overexploitation due to #urbanization, #EnvironmentalDestruction, and #ClimateChange .
"This World Water Day, #Mongabay looks back at some of its coverage from 2024 on how local communities are trying to protect the world’s dwindling water resources."
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/world-water-day-3-stories-of-resistance-and-restoration-from-around-the-globe/
#WaterSecurity #WaterIsLife #RiversAreLife #OceansAreLife #Wetlands #Marshes #Rivers
Mongabay Environmental News · World Water Day: 3 stories of resistance and restoration from around the globeMore than 2 billion people around the world live without access to safe drinkable water, as rivers, groundwater, lakes and glaciers face continued threats of pollution and overexploitation due to urbanization, environmental destruction, and climate change. This World Water Day, Mongabay looks back at some of its coverage from 2024 on how local communities are […]
#Pakistan shuts primary schools for a week in #Lahore due to dangerous #AirQuality
November 4, 2024
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — "Dangerously poor air quality on Monday forced Pakistani authorities in the cultural capital of Lahore to close primary schools for a week, government officials said, after the air-quality index hit a record high over the weekend.
"The measures in Lahore were part of a larger effort to protect children from respiratory-related and other diseases in the city of 14 million people. The government said everyone in Lahore was required to wear a #FaceMask.
"Fifty percent of employees must also work from home as part of a '#GreenLockdown' in the city, the government said, adding that barbecuing food without filters was banned and motorized rickshaws restricted. Wedding halls must close at 10 p.m. and artificial rain is likely to be used to combat the pollution.
"The air-quality index in Lahore exceeded 1,000 over the weekend, a record high in Pakistan.
"Toxic gray smog has sickened tens of thousands of people, mainly children and elderly people, since last month when the air quality started worsening in Lahore, the capital of eastern #Punjab province bordering India.
"The government has also banned construction work in certain areas and fined owners of smoke-emitting vehicles. Schools will remain closed for a week because of the pollution, according to a government notification.
"The concentration of PM 2.5, or tiny particulate matter, in the air approached 450, considered hazardous, the Punjab Environment Protection Department said.
"Lahore was once known as a #CityOfGardens, which were ubiquitous during the Mughal era from the 16th to 19th centuries. But rapid #urbanization and surging population growth have left little room for #greenery."
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"While public discourses often focus on international migration, scientific evidence shows that when climatic factors drive #migration, it often results in short-distance moves within national borders.
"Many #climate-induced migrants move to urban areas, contributing to the accelerated #urbanization trends observed in numerous countries.
Our work underscores the need for policies that address both the drivers of migration and the consequences for destination regions."
https://phys.org/news/2024-10-climate-impacts-internal-migration-worldwide.html
Phys.org · Climate change impacts internal migration worldwide, census data analysis reveals
Climate Migrations: Are cities ready?
#climatechange #urbanization
https://youtu.be/H52VFYFtZvU?si=pXWBeR7Kiy37xBry
Timelapse of South Delhi villages (1984 to Present)
Villages having a population of 600 in 1960s now have a population as large as a lakh. Some pieces of land were sold as well to the migrants. The current result? Unplanned urban villages with open drains, narrow streets with overhead cables. In contrast, the government acquired land turned colonies like Vasant Kunj etc.
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Looking across the period from 2015 to 2022, the team was able to work out that 45% of urban areas are subsiding by more than 3mm per year.
Around 16% of urban land is going down faster than 10mm a year, which the scientists describe as a rapid descent.
The scale of decline is influenced by a number of factors, including geology and the weight of buildings. But a major element, according to the authors, is groundwater loss.
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www.bbc.comWater extraction and weight of buildings see half of China's cities sinkExtracting ground water for growing urban populations causes half of China's big cities to sink.
Humans Living in Cities Are Slowly Losing Their Ability to Digest Plants
https://www.sciencealert.com/humans-living-in-cities-are-slowly-losing-their-ability-to-digest-plants #urbanization #diet #health #fiber #cellulose #microbes #HumanGut #Ruminococcus
ScienceAlert · Humans Living in Cities Are Slowly Losing Their Ability to Digest PlantsWestern, industrialized diets are seriously lacking in fiber, and it may be fundamentally changing the way our guts digest tough plant matter.
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The three main functions of the hukou system are to control internal migration, manage the distribution of social resources and maintain stability.
The system limits where a person is allowed to live, especially if one is born into a rural hukou. Attempting to change to a more attractive residence or to an urban hukou can be extremely difficult. Thus, the system institutionalizes inequality.
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Voice of America (VOA News) · After 63 Years, China Rethinks Strict Residency Rules
Rapid #urbanization in South China’s Greater Bay Area poses a significant threat to the #ecological well-being of Deep Bay and its surrounding #wetlands, new research shows.
#Environmental #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2023/11/en11052301.html
www.sflorg.comUrbanization threatens ecological health of South China’s Greater Bay AreaThis change in land use has indirectly impacted the water quality in Deep Bay.
#Komi has a rich historical background, but is under the siege of #urbanization
Source: https://yle.fi/a/74-20056086
Across the world more people are moving into high flood zones, adding to an increase in water disasters from climate change, according to a new World Bank study. https://apnews.com/article/flooding-population-development-climate-change-disaster-cfee396af85763e69c1527d4c95652f1
(Paper: "Global evidence of rapid urban growth in flood zones since 1985" https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06468-9)
#ClimateChange #flooding #hazard #urbanization
AP News · Study finds more people are moving into high flood zones, increasing risk of water disasters
Protesters demand that #Japan save 1000s of #trees by revising a design plan for a popular #Tokyo park
Story by Mari Yamaguchi, September 17, 2023
"#Protesters in Tokyo formed a #HumanChain Sunday to demand the government save thousands of trees by revising its plan to redevelop a popular downtown park.
"Demonstrators, many wearing green shirts and holding up signs saying, 'Save Jingu Gaien,' demanded the Education Ministry take action even though the landowner is one of its agencies.
"#Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike approved the plan in February, a move that would allow #developers — real estate company Mitsui Fudosan, Meiji Jingu shrine, Itochu Corp. and the ministry-affiliate Japan Sports Council — to build a pair of 200-meter (650-foot) #skyscrapers and an 80-meter (260-foot) tower.
"That would require cutting down nearly 3,000 trees at #JinguGaien, one of Tokyo's most historic and beloved #green areas. The plan would also raze and rebuild a historic baseball stadium where Babe Ruth played and change a rugby field to one with artificial grass.
"Also at stake are the well-known 150 #gingko trees lining a century-old promenade built to commemorate Emperor Meiji, the great-grandfather of Emperor Naruhito. Critics and environmental activists say the gingko trees will be under threat from any construction right next to them.
"'I just had to come and do something to stop tree-cutting that could start this month,' said Nahoko Shirakawa, holding a handmade sign. 'I cannot just sit around and see the demise of 100-year-old gingko trees.'
"Rochelle Kopp, a movement leader who operates a Tokyo management consulting company, said the ministry should protect the Gaien as a #NaturalCulturalHeritage site. She said the ministry also should designate the area as a scenic site as a way of protecting it."
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It's not a new phenomenon, here's an article from 2014 about it: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2014/06/chinese-scientists-warn-against-plan-to-flatten-hundreds-of-mountains.html
Here's the source of the quote, an article from 2016: https://www.forbes.com/sites/wadeshepard/2016/01/21/china-is-moving-mountains-for-the-new-silk-road-literally/
SlateChina Is Flattening Hundreds of Mountains. What Could Go Wrong?
Wild #bees facing a global decline, largely due to #habitat loss through #urbanization, it is vital to understand their preferences. Although urban areas often have a diversity of #flowers compared to natural #habitats, many of these flowers are #exotic species
#Conservation #EarthScience #Environmental #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2023/06/con06092301.html
www.sflorg.comStudy finds the best plants and bee hotels for boosting urban bee numbersWith wild bees facing a global decline
Humans also spread diseases and introduce fungus into the bats' habitats. This article focuses on what diseases humans might get, and also highlights how humans are destroying the natural environment and making incursions into the bats' home ground.
The world's bat lands are under attack, seeding risk of a new pandemic. Here's where.
February 2023
Our hunger for resources is driving worldwide destruction of areas rich with bats, carriers of tens of thousands of viruses. A Reuters data analysis pinpoints areas where conditions are ripe for a bat-borne disease to spill over to humanity. We’ve dubbed these areas “jump zones.”
"Reuters reporters spoke to dozens of scientists, read extensive academic research and traveled to bat-rich countries across the globe to learn how human destruction of wild areas is amplifying pandemic risk. This five-part series visits some places where the risk is most acute and tells the stories of victims and their families. It begins with the death of one farmer in West Africa."
#Environment #Bats #Bat #Urbanization #NaturalWorld #Imbalance #Destruction
Read more:
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/global-pandemic-bats-jumpzones/?utm_source=pocket-newtab
ReutersBat lands worldwide are besieged, seeding risk of a new pandemicPeople are destroying bat habitats, bringing us closer to viruses they carry. Reuters pinpoints areas worldwide where a bat-borne disease could infect humanity.
New York City is sinking due to its million-plus buildings, study says
Heavy rainfall from recent major hurricanes like Ida have inundated the city, and some of the effects of #urbanization "have allowed water to come in," say experts.
By Jacopo Prisco, CNN
Published May 23, 2023 4:05 PM EDT
"#NewYorkCity is sinking under the collective weight of all of its buildings, a new study has found.
"This gradual process could spell trouble for a city around which the sea level has been rising more than twice as fast as the global rate — and is projected to rise between 8 inches and 30 inches by 2050.
"What’s more, scientists expect more frequent and extreme rainfall events such as nor’easters and hurricanes due to the human-fueled #ClimateCrisis. "