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<p>Global dominant urbanisation trend and emerging patterns of urban depopulation and rural population growth.</p>
Qianwen Duan (14377398)
Shengjie Lai (319023)
Alessandro Sorichetta (3531635)
Felix Eigenbrod (805055)
Evolutionary Biology
Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
Ecology
Sociology
Science Policy
two primary mechanisms
thereby inform policies
realise potential benefits
increasingly urban world
limit emerging pressures
emerging parallel dynamics
different landscape contexts
urbanisation remains fragmented
ecological consequences associated
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ecological consequences
ecological relations
ecological interpretation
landscape pathways
relocation motivations
reflecting changes
population redistribution
physical modification
manage trade
infrastructure development
human presence
existing evidence
diverse risks
<p><b>a</b> Data sources: World Bank [<a href="/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pesy.0000030#pesy.0000030.ref024" target="_blank">24</a>]. <b>b</b> Changes in weekly night-time population during workdays in the UK during 2020−2022, as measured from Facebook data [<a href="/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pesy.0000030#pesy.0000030.ref013" target="_blank">13</a>,<a href="/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pesy.0000030#pesy.0000030.ref025" target="_blank">25</a>]. The basemap shapefile used to plot the data was obtained from the Global Administrative Areas (GADM) spatial database (version 4.1, <a href="https://gadm.org/" target="_blank">https://gadm.org/</a>). Zoomed-in views of major UK cities: (b-1) London; (b-2) Birmingham; (b-3) Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds & Sheffield; (b-4) Glasgow. Black polygons represent cities from the GHS – Urban Centre Database R2024A [<a href="/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pesy.0000030#pesy.0000030.ref026" target="_blank">26</a>].</p>
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