Pingjia Luo

Nov 20, 2024 | mdpi.com | Pingjia Luo |Shuang Chen |Xin Huang |Haodong Liu

1. IntroductionThe process of urbanization is accelerating globally. According to the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs’ World Urbanization Prospects 2024, more than half of the world’s population, equivalent to 3.9 billion people, currently lives in urban areas. An additional 2.5 billion people are expected to reside in cities and towns by 2050 [1].