Global urban growth between 1870 and 2100 from integrated high resolution mapped data and urban dynamic modeling

Xuecao Li; Yuyu Zhou; Mohamad Hejazi; Marshall Wise; Chris Vernon; Gokul Iyer; Wei Chen

doi:10.1038/s43247-021-00273-w

Communications Earth & Environment (Sep 2021)

Global urban growth between 1870 and 2100 from integrated high resolution mapped data and urban dynamic modeling

Xuecao Li,
Yuyu Zhou,
Mohamad Hejazi,
Marshall Wise,
Chris Vernon,
Gokul Iyer,
Wei Chen

Affiliations

Xuecao Li: Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State University
Yuyu Zhou: Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State University
Mohamad Hejazi: Joint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and University of Maryland
Marshall Wise: Joint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and University of Maryland
Chris Vernon: Joint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and University of Maryland
Gokul Iyer: Joint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and University of Maryland
Wei Chen: Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00273-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Projected urban sprawl and environmental impacts of urbanization are greatest under a fossil-fuelled development shared socioeconomic pathway, according to global, high resolution urban cellular automata modelling.

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsenv/

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