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Application of Smart City Construction in a New Data Environment
Frontiers in Energy Research, 2022 With the rapid development in the internet, cloud computing, Internet of Things, mobile internet, and other information technologies, the big data technology is widely used in all aspects of smart city construction.
Yunhong Zhao +3 more
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Relative Preference for Living in a Safer Place from Natural Disasters: A Case Study at Tokyo, Japan
Land, 2022 While it would be desirable to encourage people to live in places that are safer from natural disasters to minimize casualties and property damage, few studies have focused on people’s relative preference for living in such places.
Tomoyuki Takabatake, Nanami Hasegawa
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Bring Nature Back to the City; Keep Invasive Species Out [PDF]
Journal of Urban Research, 2022 Cities are the drivers of economic growth but pollute the environment and deplete natural resources. Nature-based Solutions (NbS) and Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) offer many answers to mitigate and adapt to climate change.
Ahmed O. El-kholei, Mohammad S. Abido
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Design with nature and eco-city design
Ecosystem Health and Sustainability, 2020 Designing with Nature is an approach linking design and ecology, which focuses on living with nature, caring for nature, and aiming for a sustainable society.
Yegang Wu +12 more
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The Analysis of the Sustainability Pillars of Karachi City’s Transportation System
Journal of Architectural Sciences and Applications, 2022 The rapid pace of urbanization all over the world and the growth of motorization have led to an unsustainable transport system. Karachi is a city suffering from the same phase of urbanization.
Şirin Gülcen Eren, Sania Siddiqui
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The significance of green spaces for protecting health of urban population
Analiz Riska Zdorovʹû, 2023 Green spaces (green infrastructure, green areas) are important components of urban environment. They are able to mitigate health outcomes of climatic risks, exposure to urbanization and adverse environmental factors.
B.A. Revich
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Gated communities in Lviv: Between social demand and spatial limitation [PDF]
Spatium, 2022 The article considers the phenomenon of the positive perception of gated communities in Lviv, with an emphasis on historical aspects of urban planning.
Idak Yuliya, Frankiv Roman
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International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development, 2021 Plug-in Electric Vehicles (PEVs) form a critical part of the infrastructure needed for sustainable transportation. Local governments are expected to play a key role in ensuring widespread adoption of PEVs by their residents.
James Wood, Ankur Jain
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IdeAs, 2021 This paper studies the rise of walking on the Strip, Las Vegas main tourist neighborhood, since the 1990s. Walking has flourished as a major tourist practice, embodying a distinct breach not only in the way tourist move around but also in the lay-out of ...
Pascale Nédélec
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The historical evolution of the urban centres of the historical provinces of Moldova and Bucovina [PDF]
MATEC Web of ConferencesThroughout history, under various political, economic and military conditions, these cities had the role of capital of the historical provinces of Moldova and Bucovina (Province of the Habsburg Empire Moldavia and Bukowina), Siret between 1340 and 1388 ...
Inna Ostrovsca +3 more
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