This study investigates manifestations of demographic and economic change in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region on the border of China and Central Asia, a region characterized by many different cul
Urban microclimates cannot be explained solely on the basis of scientific phenomena, but are also affected materially and spatially by the city’s local architecture. The layout, design, and facade con
The rapid expansion of the mineral and metal mining sector in the past decade was accompanied by an increase in social conflicts. What are the impacts of large-scale mining operations? What are the st
