In 1977, Michael Lipton introduced the Urban Bias Thesis as a framework for understanding how most economic policy initiatives have contributed to the overdevelopment of urban areas and the underdevelopment of rural areas. In Latin America, there has historically been a positive correlation between urbanization and mortality decline, as the region’...
Sexton, Aaron N.Beisel, Jean-NicolasStaentzel, CybillWolter, ChristianTales, EvelyneBelliard, JérômeBuijse, Anthonie D.Martínez Fernández, VanesaWantzen, Karl M.Jähnig, Sonja C.
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Inland navigation in Europe is proposed to increase in the coming years, being promoted as a low-carbon form of transport. However, we currently lack knowledge on how this would impact biodiversity at large scales and interact with existing stressors. Here we addressed this knowledge gap by analysing fish and macroinvertebrate community time series...
De Pauw, KarenDepauw, LeenCalders, KimCousins, Sara A. O.Decocq, GuillaumeDe Lombaerde, EmielDiekmann, MartinFrey, DavidLenoir, JonathanMeeussen, Camille
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Forests are highly fragmented across the globe. For urban forests in particular, fragmentation increases the exposure to local warming caused by the urban heat island (UHI) effect. We here aim to quantify edge effects on herbaceous understorey vegetation in urban forests, and test whether these effects interact with forest structural complexity. We...
Si l’hôtellerie de plein air est aujourd’hui un mode d’hébergementprivilégié dans le tourisme en France, le camping a fortement évolué depuisun siècle. Au début du XXe siècle, il bénéficie d’une impulsion forte, commeun sport à part entière ou combiné à d’autres pratiques physiques d’itiné-rance comme le nautisme, le cyclisme ou la randonnée. Rapid...
Le processus de métropolisation a bouleversé la répartition de la population en France, tout particulièrement à partir des années 1970. Si la littérature sur le sujet s’accorde sur le fait que ce phénomène contribue à renforcer des processus de ségrégation spatiale et d’exclusion, la mesure de ces derniers reste principalement restreinte à l’échell...
Optimal growth and development in childhood and adolescence is crucial for lifelong health and well-being1-6. Here we used data from 2,325 population-based studies, with measurements of height and weight from 71 million participants, to report the height and body-mass index (BMI) of children and adolescents aged 5-19 years on the basis of rural and...
