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Articles related to urbanisation

Frogs have to adjust their calls in order to be heard in noisy urban environment
Feature: Sex in a Changing World
Bob Wong
Sex isn’t always easy, but it’s becoming a lot more complicated due to human-induced changes to the natural environment.
 Feature: Changes in Our Global Footprint
William Laurance and James Watson
Our impacts on the Earth are slowing down relative to population and economic growth.
conSCIENCE: Science Needs a Central Place in the New Urban Agenda
Xuemei Bai
More of the global population is becoming concentrated in cities yet science has been largely excluded from global urbanisation planning.
Credit: Google Earth
conSCIENCE: Roads to Ruin
Mason Campbell, Mohammed Alamgir & William Laurance
Can we build roads that benefit people while not destroying nature?
The Fit: Wanderlust
Tim Olds
We are walking less than ever, but urbanisation isn’t always to blame.