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Accessibility of green spaces in the conditions of a compact city: case study of Kyiv

open access: yesВісник Харківського національного університету імені В.Н. Каразіна. Серія Геологія. Географія. Екологія, 2021
Purpose. The goal of the study is to develop an algorithm for assessing urban green space (UGS) accessibility in conditions of a compact city with high-density development by the example of Kyiv. Methodology.
Petro Shyshchenko   +2 more
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The Theoretical, Practical, and Technological Foundations of the 15-Minute City Model: Proximity and Its Environmental, Social and Economic Benefits for Sustainability

open access: yesEnergies, 2022
Conventional and emerging paradigms of urbanism require new responses under the current circumstances, especially in relation to the integration of sustainability dimensions and technology advances.
Zaheer Allam   +3 more
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Clarifying the levers of carbon emission reduction in compact cities in China: A multi-sectoral approach

open access: yesSustainable Futures
Compact city policies have gained global attention for their potential to combat urban sprawl, conserve suburban open spaces, reduce energy consumption, and cultivate vibrant urban living environments.
Tianhui Fan, Andrew Chapman
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Density and the compact city [PDF]

open access: yesDialogues in Human Geography, 2023
The ‘compact city’ agenda has become commonplace and is often presented as an urban ‘good’ in mainstream urban research, policy, and practice. Haarstad et al.'s intervention aims to bring critical geographical research to this debate, and is a very welcome one.
openaire   +2 more sources

Unidirectional Tape‐Based Composites from Hemp and Pineapple Leaf Fiber: Mechanical Performance in Conventional and Bio‐Based Matrices

open access: yesAdvanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
The study investigates novel semi‐finished products made of unidirectionally arranged hemp or pineapple leaf fiber‐reinforced composites produced from different matrices. The materials are analyzed in terms of their mechanical and interfacial properties and void content.
Nina Graupner   +22 more
wiley   +1 more source

El urbanismo sostenible de proximidad: la Ley 10/2019, de 27 de junio, de Ordenación Territorial de Grandes Establecimientos Comerciales del País Vasco

open access: yesRevista Vasca de Administración Pública, 2020
The Basque Parliament has approved the Law 10/2019, of 27 June, on the territorial planning of large commercial spaces, regulating the establishment and enlargement of large commercial establishments in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country, in ...
Iñaki Serrano Lasa
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Sky access versus shading for pedestrian comfort in the hot tropical climate of Jeddah [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Many urban studies have been done to demonstrate that urban sprawl is not the right approach in hot climate cities. On the contrary, a compact design is recommended to enhance human thermal comfort.
Beckers, Benoit   +2 more
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Effects of Orientations, Aspect Ratios, Pavement Materials and Vegetation Elements on Thermal Stress inside Typical Urban Canyons [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The analysis of local climate conditions to test artificial urban boundaries and related climate hazards through modelling tools should become a common practice to inform public authorities about the benefits of planning alternatives. Different finishing
Acero, J.A.   +5 more
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Overcoming the Stability Issue for Hydrophobic Hole Transporting Layers Utilized in Tin‐Lead Perovskite and Tandem Solar Cells

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A non‐annealed process is developed for non‐PEDOT:PSS inverted tin‐lead perovskite solar cells to attain PCE 22.67% for the PTAA‐based device. When PTAA is applied in an all‐perovskite tandem solar cell, a record efficiency of 28.14% is obtained with great stability for the efficiency maintaining 96% of its original value for 500 h under one‐sun ...
Chun‐Hsiao Kuan   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Anthropology of a city: organization, communication, information [PDF]

open access: yesВестник археологии, антропологии и этнографии, 2020
The article is concerned with the anthropology of a city. As an instrument of conceptualization, we used a three-dimensional scheme: organization — communication — information, which allows giving the urban interpretation for each of the coordinates, and
Ganopolsky M.G.
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