THE ROLE OF TRADITIONAL POLITICAL LEADERS IN THE URBAN DEVELOPMENT OF ISANLU KINGDOM UNDER OBA IBRAHIM AGBANA AGIE, 1935 - 1971 by Ayorinde Emmanuel Moses

“… This study is an assessment of the contribution of Oba Ibrahim Agbana Agie to urban development in Isanlu Kingdom between 1935 and 1971. …”
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Spatio-temporal Variation of Meteorological Influence on PM2.5 and PM10 over Major Urban Cities of Bangladesh by Nafisa Islam, Tarik Reza Toha, Mohammad Maksimul Islam, Tanvir Ahmed

“…In addition, the northwestern wind appeared to contribute to PM rise in most urban areas by carrying PM loading. In winter, the low temperature was found to favor PM accumulation, while in monsoon, high temperature causes PM rise, possibly by assisting atmospheric secondary aerosol formation. …”
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Rural-Urban Disparity in Premature Cancer Mortality in Young People Aged 15–44 Years in China, 2004–2021 by Chunrong Chen, Xing Xing, Shaojie Li, Bo Qu, Chunyu Liu, He Zhu, He Zhu

Subjects: “…rural-urban disparity…”
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Why Men Have Abortions: Quantitative and Qualitative Perspectives From Urban Family Planning Clinics in Chicago, Illinois, USA by Jenna M. Heath, Brian T. Nguyen

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Hydrodynamic Effects of River-Lake System Connectivity on Ecological Restoration of Urban Rivers: A Case Study of Liede River by WANG Shaobo, ZHANG Shu, XIONG Yulong, ZHOU Xinmin

Subjects: “…urban river…”
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Effect of Pollution Level on Size Distributions and Mixing State of Ambient Black Carbon Particles in an Urban Area during Wintertime by Kangning Li, XiaoFei Wang, Xiaohui Lu, Hong Chen, Xin Yang

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Magnitude and pattern of usage of contraception and counselling services in an urban health centre in East Delhi: A secondary data analysis by Garima Singh, Subham Kansal, Arihant Jain, Kanishka Garg, Manan Tayal, Boyana T. Tejaswi, Anita S. Acharya, Ananya R. Laskar, Jyoti Khandekar

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Community perceptions of community health worker effectiveness: Contributions to health behaviour change in an urban health district in South Africa by L S Thomas, Y Pillay, E Buch

“…A cross-sectional descriptive study to determine community perceptions of the role and contributions of the CHW programme was conducted in the Ekurhuleni health district, an urban metropolis in SA. Members from 417 households supported by CHWs were interviewed in May 2019 by retired nurses used as fieldworkers. …”
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Short-term urban traffic forecasting in smart cities: a dynamic diffusion spatial-temporal graph convolutional network by Xiang Yin, Junyang Yu, Xiaoyu Duan, Lei Chen, Xiaoli Liang

“…Accurately predicting short-term traffic trends can avoid traffic congestion and plan travel routes, which is of great significance to urban management and traffic scheduling. The difficulty of short-term urban traffic forecasting is that the traffic flow is random and will be dynamically changed by the traffic conditions of nearby nodes. …”
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Unpacking the Area-Based Approach for Sustainable Urban Development in Europe: Policies and Challenges for Migrants Inclusion in the Metropolitan Area of Venice by Paola Briata, Carlotta Fioretti

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Spatio-temporal variation in pollen collected by honey bees (Apis mellifera) in rural-urban mosaic landscapes in Northern Europe. by Yoko L Dupont, Thorsten J S Balsby, Mette B Greve, Luna K Marcussen, Per Kryger

“…In the present study, the aim was to investigate the composition of pollen collected by honey bees in rural-urban landscape mosaics typical of Northern Europe. …”
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Retraction Note: Prevalence of complications among Chinese diabetic patients in urban primary care clinics: a cross-sectional study by Kenny Kung, Kai Ming Chow, Eric Ming-Tung Hui, Maria Leung, Shuk Yun Leung, Cheuk Chun Szeto, Augustine Lam, Philip Kam-Tao Li

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Reurbanization and Spatially Polarized Land Markets – An Analysis of Urban Land-Value Changes in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, 2012–2024 by Stefan Siedentop, Maximilian Schartmann

“…Overall, the paper offers new insights into the spatial patterns of urban land markets and possible driving factors explaining uneven developments. …”
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The Impact of Public Activity Restriction during COVID-19 to Air Quality in Urban Area of Bandung Measured Using Mobile Monitoring by Martin Adrian, Puji Lestari, Ferry Iskandar, Muhammad Miftahul Munir

“…To understand the effect of public activity restriction (PAR) and its correlation with air pollution, mobile monitoring (MM) of particulate matter (PM2.5) was performed in the urban area of Bandung, Indonesia, in July 2021. Based on MM using a bicycle, we found that a PAR had an impact on air pollution. …”
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Conceptual and Simulated Semi-Automatic Urban Waste Management System using Global Systems for Mobile Communication and Customer Reliability Indices by L. Ogunwolu, A.D. Omiyale, O.O.E. Ajibola

“…The challenges are fuelled by population explosions all over the world, especially in the major urban centres, against the backdrop of limited resources to manage wastes efficiently. …”
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Association of weight-adjusted-waist index with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Chinese urban adults: a cross-sectional study by Qingzheng Wu, Bing Li, Yuepeng Wang, Yuepeng Wang, Yue Zhang, Qian Wang, Binqi Li, Binqi Li, Wei Jing, Jing Yang, Yiming Mu

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A systematic scoping review reveals that geographic and taxonomic patterns influence the scientific and societal interest in urban soil microbial diversity by Simon Masson, Matteo Chialva, Davide Bongiovanni, Martino Adamo, Irene Stefanini, Luisa Lanfranco

“…Abstract Urban green areas provide multiple ecosystem services in cities, mitigating environmental risks and providing a healthier environment for humans. …”
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IMPACT OF GREENING ON MINIMIZING THE URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT TO IMPROVE THERMAL COMFORT (THE AREA BETWEEN THE TWO HOLY SHRINES IN KARBALA) by Hala. H. Musa

“… This research aimed to reduce the effect of the urban heat island phenomenon during the early evening hours to provide the best thermal comfort for the large numbers of visitors of the two holly shrines in Karbala. …”
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First record of stone moroko (Pseudorasbora parva), an invasive alien fish species, in water bodies of urban green areas in Poland by Wróblewski Paweł, Maciaszek Rafał, Kasprzak Robert

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Similarities and differences in physiological adaptation to cadmium interactions with nitrogen levels between two aquatic iris life forms in urban wetlands by Zhenzuo Lei, Yuan Jiang, Yanqiong Meng, Yiyong Li, Yucong Li, Tao Hu, Yanjun Ma

“…Plants play a key role in the ecological restoration of urban wetlands. Previous studies have shown that heavy-metal accumulation capacities and adaptation strategies of wetland plants may be related to their life forms. …”
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