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Africa: Air Quality in Africa: Challenges, Impact, and Innovative Monitoring Solutions: [InfoWire] Africa is facing an increasingly urgent crisis in air quality, leading to devastating effects on the public health and the environment. Due to the continent's rapid urbanization and industrialization, harmful pollutants are found in living areas like schools and work environments. This article will look at… newsfeed.facilit8.network/TJjz #AirQuality #Africa #PublicHealth #EnvironmentalImpact #Urbanization

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Stories from #TheAmazon, #Kenya and #Zimbabwe

#WorldWaterDay: 3 stories of #resistance and #restoration from around the globe

Kristine Sabillo, 21 Mar 2025

"More than 2 billion people around the world live without access to safe drinkable water, as rivers, #groundwater, lakes and #glaciers face continued threats of #pollution and overexploitation due to #urbanization, #EnvironmentalDestruction, and #ClimateChange .

"This World Water Day, #Mongabay looks back at some of its coverage from 2024 on how local communities are trying to protect the world’s dwindling water resources."

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#WaterSecurity #WaterIsLife #RiversAreLife #OceansAreLife #Wetlands #Marshes #Rivers

Mongabay Environmental News · World Water Day: 3 stories of resistance and restoration from around the globeMore than 2 billion people around the world live without access to safe drinkable water, as rivers, groundwater, lakes and glaciers face continued threats of pollution and overexploitation due to urbanization, environmental destruction, and climate change. This World Water Day, Mongabay looks back at some of its coverage from 2024 on how local communities are […]
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Africa: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Smart Cities in Africa: [ACSUS] Artificial Intelligence (AI) has established itself as a transformative force and is poised to play a pivotal role in shaping the future of smart cities across Africa. The integration of AI in Africa is a topic of increasing interest, offering both promising opportunities and formidable challenges. In an epoch of… newsfeed.facilit8.network/TJFN #ArtificialIntelligence #SmartCities #Africa #Urbanization #Technology

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Fascinating #OneHealth study on the effects of #urbanization on #bat reproduction: Urban fruit bats give birth earlier in the season compared to rural fruit bats

Pop-sci article: Due to 'the good life' in the city, urban bats give birth earlier than rural bats

Prof. Yovel explains, "Fruit bats living in cities benefit from favorable environmental conditions, including higher temperatures due to the 'urban heat island' effect and greater food availability, primarily from ornamental fruit trees irrigated year-round." ... However, the researchers emphasize that it remains unclear whether the bats are shortening their pregnancies (a capability known in some bat species) or becoming pregnant earlier. They add that the study opens the door to further research on how urbanization affects mammalian reproductive patterns in general and bats in particular, and how these findings can be used to protect other species in changing ecosystems.

The picture of the momma bat in flight carrying her pup beneath her is so cute! looks like tandem skydiving 😄 🦇

BioMed CentralUrban fruit bats give birth earlier in the season compared to rural fruit bats - BMC BiologyBackground Urbanization is rapidly altering our ecosystem. While most wild species refrain from entering urban habitats, some flourish in cities and adapt to the new opportunities these offer. Urban individuals of various species have been shown to differ in physiology, morphology, and behavior compared to their rural counterparts. While several studies have suggested that urban dwelling alters the reproductive cycle in birds, such evidence currently has not been shown for mammals. Egyptian fruit bats are highly flexible mammals that roost and forage in both urban and rural habitats. Urban-dwelling fruit bats encounter higher average temperatures and a richer supply of food (mainly fruit) during winter. Results Here, we set out to determine whether urban-dwelling fruit bats take advantage of urbanization and reproduce earlier in the annual cycle than rural fruit bats. We sampled ten fruit bat colonies located in different urbanization levels, over 3 years. We monitored the bats’ reproductive state and the size of the pups following parturition. Indeed, we found that urban fruit bats gave birth ~ 2.5 weeks earlier in spring than rural fruit bats. We also found that roosting in urban colonies did not decrease the bats’ reproductive success, in contrast to what has been suggested for some urban birds. Conclusions Our study provides new insights into the adaptation to urban living and its exploitation by one of the most common mammalian groups found in cities worldwide—bats.
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Fighting against Urban Air Pollution: #mexicocity and its Participation in Early Monitoring Networks – The Case of the Pan American Air Monitoring Network (1967-1980).
Some of this feedback had already made its way into the paper when I submitted it for a special double issue of #Comparativ on Transforming Cities: #urbanization and International #Development in #africa and #latinamerica since 1945, edited by Marc Frey, Sönke Kunkel, and Nancy Kwak.
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Comparativ · Fighting against Urban Air Pollution: Mexico City and its Participation in the Pan American Air Pollution Sampling Network (1967–1980) The article deals with the Mexican Capital, a city that has been struggling with massive urban air pollution since the 1930s. Within the framework of an environmental history, it considers air pollution from local and pan-American perspectives. The Pan American Air Pollution Sampling Network REDPANAIRE serves as a framework for the study. The REDPANAIRE was set up in the 1960s by the Pan American Health Organization as a development policy response to the challenges posed by urban air pollution. The article also examines local knowledge production and perspectives that played an important role in the emerging global governance discourse on urban air pollution that have been marginalized in previous research. The article argues that Mexico City’s participation in the REDPANAIRE was useful as it not only allowed local decisionmakers to gain insight into urban air pollution issues, but also enabled valuable development cooperation that helped the city in its fight against air pollution.
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Sabrina Kirschner

It feels like ages ago that I attended the Transforming #Cities: #urbanization and International #development Policies in the #GlobalSouth in the Twentieth Century #conference organized by #unibwm and #FUBerlin in the #grunewald district of #berlin (see photo), where the event was held at the European Academy. The #conference featured a lot of fascinating #talks and I also received a lot of constructive and useful #feedback for my #presentation on 1/4

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1979 Futuristic Urban Skyways

This drawing depicts a futuristic cityscape, with several large airships or "skyways" floating above the buildings. The architecture of both the skyways and the skyscrapers has an intricate, almost mechanical design, suggesting advanced technology in use.

The style is reminiscent of steampunk aesthetics combined with modern urban elements. It evokes a sense of anticipation for future possibilities while reflecting on contemporary concerns about environmental impact or overpopulation within cities.

The artwork does not contain any discernible text besides the possible title provided here.
Tags: futuristic, skyways, airships, steampunk, architecture, urbanization

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1979 Futuristic Urban Skyways This drawing depicts a futuristic cityscape, with several large airships or "skyways" floating above the buildings. The architecture of both the skyways and the skyscrapers has an intricate, almost mechanical design, suggesting advanced technology in use. The style is reminiscent of steampunk aesthetics combined with modern urban elements. It evokes a sense of anticipation for future possibilities while reflecting on contemporary concerns about environmental impact or overpopulation within cities. The artwork does not contain any discernible text besides the possible title provided here. Tags: futuristic, skyways, airships, steampunk, architecture, urbanization
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John Englart

1/2 Dr Peter Hotez warns: “The next big coronavirus pandemic is coming – the fourth one. I can’t tell you if it’s going to be next year or five years or 10 years, but it’s coming,” he warned.

“The reason why we’re seeing more and more of this is, in part, because of climate change and urbanization – human migrations encroaching into territories where bats are. It’s a combination of climate change with other social determinants.”

Hotez is co-director of the Center for Vaccine Development at Texas Children’s hospital and dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in the US

#zoonotic

theguardian.com/world/2022/dec

The GuardianNobel-nominated vaccine expert warns of Covid complacency: ‘We’re still losing too many lives’By Erum Salam
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