TY - BOOK AU - Kauffman,Harold J. TI - Urbanization: global trends, role of climate change and effects on biodiversity T2 - Environmental research advances SN - 9781631170638 PY - 2014///] CY - New York PB - Nova Publishers KW - Urbanization KW - Case studies KW - Cities and towns KW - Environmental aspects KW - Climatic changes KW - Biodiversity KW - Social aspects N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Walt Disney's Celebration City and Songdo/South Korea : comparison between informational city and smart city, two urban paradigms for the world / Paulo Celso da Silva, Professor at University of Sorocaba, S Paulo, Brasil -- Urbanization and human impact on biodiversity in water's edge public spaces : case studies from Sydney, Hong Kong and Singapore / Mabel John, Steffen Lehmann, China-Australia Centre for Sustainable Urban Development, School of Art, Architecture and Design, University of South Australia -- A mathematical-modeling approach to urbanization caused by migration / Minoru Tabata, Nobuoki Eshima, Ichiro Takagi, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Osaka, Japan, and others -- Sustaining urbanization in a developing economy : a case study of Nigeria / Oluwayomi Kayode Babatunde, Department of Building, School of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore, Singapore -- Urbanization and cardiomyopathy vulnerability in an African male cohort : the sympathetic activity and ambulatory blood pressure in Africans study / R.P. Van Staden, L. Malan, J.M. Van Rooyen, Hypertension in Africa Research Team (HART), North- West University, Potchefstroom Campus, Potchefstroom, North-West Province, South Africa ER -