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Urbanization

Known as: Urbanizations 
The process whereby a society changes from a rural to an urban way of life. It refers also to the gradual increase in the proportion of people living… 
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Rising incidence of multiple sclerosis in females associated with urbanization
Objective: To design and perform a case-control study of multiple sclerosis (MS) in Crete, an island of 0.6 million people, that… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Impact of urbanization on the groundwater regime in a fast growing city in central India
This paper describes the impact of urbanization on the groundwater regime in a fast growing city, Solapur, in central India… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
The land-cover cascade: relationships coupling land and water.
We introduce the land-cover cascade (LCC) as a conceptual framework to quantify the transfer of land-cover-disturbance effects to… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Urbanization and Its Effect On Runoff in the Whiteoak Bayou Watershed, Texas 1
Abstract:  The capacity of a watershed to urbanize without changing its hydrologic response and the relationship between that… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Integrated Coastal Zone Management in the People’s Republic of China – An Assessment of Structural Impacts on Decision-making Processes
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
RETRACTED: A GIS-based gradient analysis of urban landscape pattern of Shanghai metropolitan area, China
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Strategies for stimulating poverty-alleviating growth in the rural nonfarm economy in developing countries
"The rural nonfarm economy (RNFE) accounts for roughly 25 percent of full-time rural employment and 35-40 percent of rural… 
Review
1997
Review
1997
Isihlambezo: utilization patterns and potential health effects of pregnancy-related traditional herbal medicine.
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Kinship, social networks, social support and health.
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Emergence of diverticular disease in the urban South African black.
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