"Urbanization" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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 in urban areas.
| Descriptor ID |
D014507
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.880.853.400.726
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| Concept/Terms |
Central City- Central City
- Central Cities
- Cities, Central
- City, Central
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Urbanization" by people in Profiles.
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Urbanization, climate and species traits shape mammal communities from local to continental scales. Nat Ecol Evol. 2023 Oct; 7(10):1654-1666.
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Mammals adjust diel activity across gradients of urbanization. Elife. 2022 03 31; 11.
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Wealth and urbanization shape medium and large terrestrial mammal communities. Glob Chang Biol. 2021 11; 27(21):5446-5459.
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A multi-state occupancy model to non-invasively monitor visible signs of wildlife health with camera traps that accounts for image quality. J Anim Ecol. 2021 08; 90(8):1973-1984.
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Landscape-scale differences among cities alter common species' responses to urbanization. Ecol Appl. 2021 03; 31(2):e02253.
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Of cricket chirps and car horns: The effect of nature sounds on cognitive performance. Psychon Bull Rev. 2019 Apr; 26(2):522-530.
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Urbanization alters predator-avoidance behaviours. J Anim Ecol. 2019 05; 88(5):793-803.
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Making wildlife welcome in urban areas. Elife. 2018 10 02; 7.
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Urban occupational structures as information networks: The effect on network density of increasing number of occupations. PLoS One. 2018; 13(5):e0196915.
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Soil Bacterial Diversity Is Associated with Human Population Density in Urban Greenspaces. Environ Sci Technol. 2018 05 01; 52(9):5115-5124.