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Urban form datasets of 194 cities delineated based on the contiguous urban fabric for 1990 and 2015
(Elsevier Inc., 2020-12)
The present research datasets were processed for the article “The global homogenization of urban form. An assessment of 194 cities across time” [1]. They consist of land cover spatial layers, longitude and latitude point ...
Future land use conflicts: Comparing spatial scenarios for urban-regional planning
(SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, 2022)
Latin America's intensive urbanization processes are triggering rapid peri-urban transformations and the expansion of cities. These include accelerated metropolization processes, urban sprawl, and the emergence of new ...
Impact of urban and industrial features on land surface temperature: Evidences from satellite thermal indices
(2020-05-01)
Land surface transformations associated to the urbanization has impacted local climates and terrestrial surface energy processes. The occurrence of higher temperatures in urbanized areas when compared to rural and natural ...
Spatiotemporal variation of forest cover and its relation to air quality in urban andean socio-ecological systems
(2021)
Confronting the dynamics of global urbanization is one of the challenges of sustainability in the 21st century. Latin America is expected to be one of the regions with the highest urban growth; however, research related ...
The recent urban processes in Metropolitan Area of Concepcion: morphologic transformations and occupation typologiesProcesos urbanos recientes en el Área Metropolitana de Concepción: transformaciones morfológicas y tipologías de ocupación
(PONTIFICA UNIV CATOLICA CHILE, INST GEOGRAFIA, CAMPUS SAN JOAGUIN, 2012)
Land cover and potential for tsunami evacuation in rapidly growing urban areas. The case of Boca Sur (San Pedro de la Paz, Chile)
(Elsevier Ltd, 2022)
© 2021 The AuthorsThe destructive potential of a massive tsunami is not only related to society's response capacity and evacuation plans, but also to the urban morphology and land cover. The Boca Sur neighborhood is one ...
Land cover and potential for tsunami evacuation in rapidly growing urban areas. The case of Boca Sur (San Pedro de la Paz, Chile)
(International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 2022)
Monitoring and modeling the urban growth of two mid-sized Chilean cities
(PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2006)
Chile's economic development model changed drastically in 1973. Public policy liberalization ended and the market became the principal entity for regulating growth, including urban growth. The implementation of this new ...