A framework for understanding adverse adolescent experiences
Adolescence (ages 10–24) is characterized by cognitive, behavioural and social development. Childhood environments are typically centred on home …
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Regulatory responses to ultra-processed foods are skewed towards behaviour change and not food system transformation
Growing evidence suggests that diets high in ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are harming human and planetary health. UPFs therefore pose a complex reg…
Planning for the complexity and uncertainty of urban socio-environmental futures
Owing to the rapidly evolving complexity within urban social and environmental systems, planners are increasingly facing the unenviable task of mak…
Linking smart cities and SDGs through descriptive analysis of US municipalities
Transforming cities and communities into ‘smart cities’ holds great potential to advance sustainable development goals (SDGs), but where smart …
Smart cities: the data to decisions process
Smart cities improve citizen services by converting data into data-driven decisions. This conversion is not coincidental and depends on the underly…
The use of plastic as a household fuel among the urban poor in the Global South
Increasing plastic waste pollution has led to a rising prevalence of the open burning of plastic waste, especially in locations lacking formal wast…
A systematic review of smart city governance in the Southern African Development Community
This paper offers a systematic review of literature on smart cities in the Southern African Development Community countries, with a focus on the co…
Uneven diffusion: a multi-scale analysis of rural settlement evolution and its driving forces in China from 2000–2020
In recent years, the spatial and temporal patterns of rural settlement expansion in China have shifted significantly due to rapid urbanization and …