I use the new Kaldor facts to compare China with the US. Institutions, ideas, human capital, urbanization & size of the market all matter for prosperity. The US is still the technological frontier. For how long? Societies make choices. Link to article in comments. #economicgrowth #institutions #education #globalization #urbanization

Tỷ lệ đô thị hóa toàn quốc đến cuối năm 2025 ước đạt khoảng 45%, theo số liệu mới nhất từ Bộ Xây dựng. Con số này cho thấy xu hướng tăng trưởng bền vững trong quá trình phát triển đô thị trên cả nước.

#Urbanization #ĐôThịHóa #BộXâyDựng #PhátTriểnĐôThị #Vietnam #UrbanDevelopment

https://vietnamnet.vn/ty-le-do-thi-hoa-toan-quoc-uoc-dat-45-pre2487080.html

https://nextcity.org/urbanist-news/how-a-small-canadian-city-tripled-its-cycling-in-just-11-years

#BikeTooter #publictransport #Urbanization

Once upon a time, in the land known as Sumer, the people built a temple to their god, who had conquered the forces of chaos and brought order to the world. #History #Uruk #Urbanization #SumerianLanguage #Sumer #Mesopotamia #Eridu #City #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-678-en/

【🎉Latest accepted article】
Divergent responses of endemic and non-endemic plant species to climate change in South American Lomas ecosystems

#Drought | #EndemicSpecies | #MaxEnt | #SpeciesDistributionModeling | #Urbanization

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf226

Uruk was one of the most important cities (at one time, the most important) in ancient Mesopotamia. #History #Writing #Uruk #Urbanization #Ur #Sumerians #SumerianLanguage #Sumer #SargonOfAkkad #Inanna #Gilgamesh #Eridu #Akkad #Babylonia #Trade #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-43-en/

#Colorado - Residents celebrate game-changing agreement for crucial US nature area: 'My goal has always been to preserve'

by Misty Layne
Wed, December 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM

"Land conservation is more important than ever, as changes in the climate and increased #urbanization have brought about habitat loss.

"According to Hoodline, one ranch owner in Colorado did their part to support land conservation while also securing the future of their 675-acre property through a significant donation that placed the property under a #ConservationEasement.

"A conservation easement is a legal agreement that permanently limits how landowners can use their land to protect its conservation value.

"#LegendTrailRanch in Northern Colorado is found in the Laramie Foothills region, an area targeted by the Larimer County Open Lands Master Plan as essential for land conservation. In particular, the ranch's proximity to U.S. Hwy 287 makes it a vital parcel of protected lands in Larimer County.

"Significant conservation work has already happened in the Laramie Foothills region. For example, Great Outdoors Colorado funded the Mountains to Plains Project in 2004, which was, at the time, the largest Great Outdoors Colorado grant of all time — an $11.6 million request plus an estimated local match totaling $13.7 million. Overall, through the years and various projects and partnerships, 140,000 acres of land in the Laramie Foothills have been protected.

"This protected land connects the plains to the mountains, providing a key corridor for #wildlife movement in the region, which is just one reason conservation of this area is so important. Additionally, current and future projects aim to collect #seeds to restore #Prairie land and manage invasive plants and #weeds, thereby protecting #NativeSpecies, conserving natural resources, and economically benefiting those living in the area.

"Legend Trail Ranch offers up working #agricultural lands, rock #outcroppings, and rolling grasslands for conservation. With the conservation easement, Legend Trail Ranch can not only continue using the land for growing hay, grazing cattle, and other agricultural uses, but also protect local #ecosystems, #biodiversity, wildlife habitats, and the land's incredibly scenic views.

"As Hoodline reported, the ranch's landowner, Cheryl Rennels, shared, 'My goal has always been to preserve the agricultural way of life I grew up in and currently enjoy. Partnering with Larimer County permanently conserves what I value: agriculture lifestyle, livestock, wildlife and the beauty of the Livermore Valley.' "

Source:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/residents-celebrate-game-changing-agreement-160000155.html

#SolarPunkSunday #WildlifeCorridors #Grasslands #Nature

🚨 Dọc QL13 (đoạn thuộc TP.HCM, trước đây là Bình Dương) chưa đầy 4km, 9 dự án chung cư mọc lên dày đặc gây áp lực lớn lên hạ tầng và giao thông khu vực.

#ĐôThịHóa #GiaoThông #CơSởHạTầng #ChungCư
#Urbanization #Traffic #Infrastructure #Condominium

https://vtcnews.vn/mot-truc-duong-gan-4km-o-tp-hcm-ganh-9-du-an-chung-cu-ar994847.html

Map Reveals How America's Forests Have Changed Over Time
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https://www.newsweek.com/america-forests-change-over-time-2041291 <-- shared 2025 media article
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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-1005-2023 <-- shared 2023 paper
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7055086 <-- shared study datasets
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #copernicus #CONUS #USA #forest #model #modeling #landuse #landcover #change #forestland #agriculture #urban #development #cities #industry #vegetation #America #humanimpacts #settlement #decline #cropland #pasture #grassland #grazing #reforestation #deforestation #urbanization #conservation #ecosystems #logging #mining #railroad #infrastructure #forestcover #NLDI #farmland #colonial #LULC #census #climate #hydrology #biogeochemical

Literally a map showing all the buildings in the world. “…Other than being cool to look at, the researchers created the project to serve a socioeconomic and environmental purpose. For instance, such a comprehensive, bird’s-eye-view map offers detailed information about the “footprint” of urbanization and poverty around the world…” #map #maps #mapstodon #urbanization #UrbanPlanning #urban #cities

https://gizmodo.com/literally-a-map-showing-all-the-buildings-in-the-world-2000694696

Jakarta is now the biggest city in the world

https://www.axios.com/2025/11/24/jakarta-tokyo-worlds-biggest-city-population

#HackerNews #Jakarta #Tokyo #Population #City #Growth #Urbanization

Africa: Cities Now Home to Nearly Half of Humanity - UN Report: [UN News] Forty-five per cent of the 8.2 billion people on the planet live in cities, which is only going to increase as the world becomes increasingly urban. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TPLRTK #Urbanization #Cities #Africa #UNReport #SustainableDevelopment

Priced Out of Neighborhood Bliss - Tim Dillon

#affordability #community #urbanization #fyp #explore #discover

Các hộ dân di dời quanh hồ Hoàn Kiếm đã được bố trí khu tái định cư tại xã Đông Anh và phường Việt Hưng (Hà Nội) - thuộc dự án Quảng trường phía Đông hồ Gươm.
#TáiĐịnhCư #Resettlement #HồHoànKiếm #HoanKiemLake #ĐôThịHóa #Urbanization

https://vtcnews.vn/toan-canh-noi-o-moi-cua-nguoi-dan-ven-ho-hoan-kiem-sau-di-doi-ar985206.html

Ruiting Wang et al. explored the threshold-dependent relationship between #FunctionalDiversity and tree species #EcologicalMultifunctionality along urban and suburban gradients and their environmental regulatory mechanisms.

#UrbanForest | #Urbanization | #EnvironmentalChange

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf059

Progress. Cartoon for Dutch daily newspaper Trouw:
https://www.trouw.nl/cartoons/tjeerd-royaards~bcb45712/

#nature #urbanization #future #progress

Bão Kalmaegi tàn phá hoàn toàn làng chài ven biển Gia Lai trong một đêm, khiến người dân hồi quy không thể nhận ra ngôi nhà từng thân thuộc. Cảnh tàn phá khủng khiếp để lại là nỗi bất lực: không còn mái ấm để về.

#bão_lũ #GiaLai #thiên_tai #khủng_hoảng_khí_hậu #vỡ_tổ #bão_Kalmaegi #đô_thi_hóa #bảo_vệ_môi_trường
#storm #GiaLai #climatechange #flooding #urbanization #environmentaldisasters #typhoon #displacement

https://vtcnews.vn/bao-kalmaegi-nuot-lang-ven-bien-gia-lai-sau-mot-dem-khong-con

Ecumenopolis: The Art Of Urbanizing A Planet

This fascinating video by Dami Lee goes into some of the painful details of what it would take actually to urbanize an entire planet.

She does this by examining two Ecumenopolises (city planets) in science fiction: Trantor from The Foundation & Coruscant from Star Wars.

https://youtu.be/ndTtiggfVsA?si=emtpIDJfswt19-JU

What was interesting about this video was not only the explanation of the potential hazards & difficulties of urbanizing an entire planet, but also the revelation on how much of Earth is urbanized—& the extent was very surprising.

Interestingly, Dami Lee projected how many people could live on planet Earth if all available land were urbanized at a reasonable density.

Complete urbanization of the entire surface area is unlikely (and not wise), as people need green spaces for psychological reasons and farms for biological ones, so a better diagram was displayed.

Overall,, a planet with a trillion people would probably not be welcomed by the masses. However a planet hosting a couple of hundred billion people would (in theory) be feasible & potentially sustainable (but probably not enjoyable).

It was a fun video to watch, & I enjoyed Dami Lee explaining a potentially crowded future through two fictional worlds that serve as (albeit horrifying) examples.

#Architecture #Coruscant #earth #Ecumenopolis #Foundation #scienceFiction #scifi #StarWars #Trantor #Urban #Urbanization