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Cities are getting hotter because of climate change and urban development, increasing risks to health and well‐being. We analyzed how increasing urban tree canopy cover in city areas of 900 m2 can reduce land surface temperatures, using detailed aerial‐LiDAR and satellite data with Bayesian hierarchical models.
Ángel Ruiz‐Valero +7 more
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Enabling citizens to refine the location accuracy of cadastre boundary markers by gamified VGI [PDF]
Mikko Rönneberg, Pyry Kettunen
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Accumulating time lags across biodiversity levels following land‐use change
Species identity seems central in governing the observed delays at each level of biodiversity, from genetic to functional diversity. In particular, species identity controls the slowest responses at the genetic level, potentially leading to accumulating underestimations of the size and duration of time lags at species, community and functional ...
Jan Plue, Franz Essl, Sara A. O. Cousins
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Evaluating land administration systems: a comparative method with an application to Peru and Honduras [PDF]
This article develops a methodology for the evaluation of land administration systems. We propose a set of quantitative and qualitative indicators with benchmarks for each one of them that signal possible venues to improve the administration’s structure ...
Bandeira, Pablo +2 more
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Subtropical Highland Grasslands showed greater net conversion than Mixed Ombrophilous Forest across our study PAs. In one PA created to conserve Highland Grasslands, net grassland loss inside the PA exceeded loss in adjacent buffer zones during the study period.
Ricardo Jerozolimski +2 more
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FORMALIZING INFORMALITY: THE PRAEDIAL REGISTRATION SYSTEM IN PERU [PDF]
The Praedial Property Registration system has been presented as an alternative system to traditional registries for the formalization of immovable property.
Barnes, Grenville +1 more
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Résumé Dans un contexte régional alimenté par la multiplication des tensions autour de l'accès, de l'usage et du contrôle des ressources naturelles, les mangroves de Douala se révèlent être un terrain emblématique pour apprécier la conflictualité socio‐environnementale à l'échelle urbaine.
Roussel Lalande Teguia Kenmegne +2 more
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Integrating Photogrammetric 3D City Models into Virtual Reality: A Methodological Approach Using Unreal Engine [PDF]
Three-dimensional (3D) city models have become indispensable in urban planning, disaster management, and various geospatial analyses. Advances in photogrammetric techniques and virtual reality (VR) platforms now enable highly detailed, immersive ...
İ. Ç. Gençtürk +2 more
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SURVEYING AND MAPPING STRATEGY FOR SUPPORTING THE EMERGING LAND MARKET IN ALBANIA [PDF]
Moving toward a market-oriented economy involves the development of various types of markets. One of the first steps of the transition in Albania has been the property privatization process, that is, the transformation of state property into private ...
Jazoj, Ahmet, Lamani, Spiro, Lira, Leart
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GPS and property surveying [PDF]
In 2010 the Global Positioning System (GPS) developed by the United States military was the best known Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). Others included Russia’s GLONASS, China’s COMPASS and Europe’s GALILEO systems.
Drummond, J.
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