Transforming landscapes: Decoding the impact of universities on urbanization using advanced modeling and perception analysis

• Md. Naimur Rahman ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Project administration, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: naimurbrur@gmail.com, naimurbrur@life.hkbu.edu.hk (MNR); towfiq_dm@brur.ac.bd (ARMTI)

  Affiliations Department of Geography, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon, Hong Kong, David C Lam Institute for East-West Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Department of Development Studies, Daffodil International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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• Md. Mushfiqus Saleheen,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Geography and Environmental Science, Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur, Bangladesh

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• Babor Ahmad,

  Roles Formal analysis, Resources, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Economics, Dhaka International University (DIU), Dhaka, Bangladesh

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5783-6154

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• Hamza El Fadili,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliation Laboratory of Spectroscopy, Molecular Modeling, Materials, Nanomaterials, Water and Environment, Materials for Environment Team, ENSAM, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Rabat, Morocco

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• Sagar A. S. M. Sharifuzzaman,

  Roles Formal analysis, Software, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Intelligent Mechatronics Engineering, Sejong University, Seoul, South Korea

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4891-0233

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• Md. Salman Sohel,

  Roles Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Development Studies, Daffodil International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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• Shahnaj Husne Jahan,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Archaeological Studies, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB), Dhaka, Bangladesh

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• Md. Fouad Hossain Sarker,

  Roles Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Development Studies, Daffodil International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6884-837X

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• Abu Reza Md. Towfiqul Islam ,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: naimurbrur@gmail.com, naimurbrur@life.hkbu.edu.hk (MNR); towfiq_dm@brur.ac.bd (ARMTI)

  Affiliations Department of Development Studies, Daffodil International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Department of Disaster Management, Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur, Bangladesh

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5779-1382

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• Syed Anowerul Azim

  Roles Formal analysis, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Geography and Environmental Science, Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur, Bangladesh

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