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Place and space tensions in post-disaster landscapes

open access: yesProgress in Disaster Science
Disasters caused by natural hazards and their subsequent recovery processes inevitably transform landscapes in varying degrees. This paper explores two Indonesian cases, the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami and the 2010 Mt.
Muzayin Nazaruddin
doaj   +1 more source

Impacts of the Boom-Bust Cycle on the Effectiveness of Policies for Moderating the Consequences of Sprawl on Residential Development [PDF]

open access: yes
urban sprawl, spatial discrete-choice model, Land Economics/Use,
Cho, Seong-Hoon   +3 more
core   +1 more source

An Ecological Assessment of Property and Violent Crime Rates Across a Latino Urban Landscape: The Role of Social Disorganization and Institutional Anomie Theory [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
The present research put forth an integrated theoretical framework aimed at providing a more holistic community- level approach explaining crime across a heavily populated Latino city.
Cancino, Jeffrey Michael   +3 more
core   +1 more source

OPTIMISATION OF LAND RESOURCE USE IN THE SUBURBAN AREA OF ODESA FOR RECREATIONAL NEEDS

open access: yesBaltic Journal of Economic Studies
The article discusses topical issues of optimising the use of suburban areas in the context of developing tourism and recreational infrastructure, using the example of the Odessa region.
Oksana Dyshkantiuk   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Floristic Analysis and Reconstruction for the Renewal of Botanical Memory: The “Experimental Agricultural Garden of Villa Santa Maria in Potenza” (Southern Italy) as a Model

open access: yesJournal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Historic gardens are dynamic archives of biodiversity and cultural heritage, yet many have been lost or transformed, erasing their original floristic identity.
Flavia Bartoli   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Farmland Conservation in The Netherlands and British Columbia, Canada: A Comparative Analysis Using GIS-based Hedonic Pricing Models [PDF]

open access: yes
As a result of urban development farmland in many countries is under pressure. Reasons to preserve farmland are related to cultural heritage, food safety, open space, the environment, but also slowing and restricting development is a reason.
G. Cornelis van Kooten   +2 more
core  

Management Plans for Natura 2000 Sites and the Wider Planning System: Imperfect Advancements from Sardinia (Italy). [PDF]

open access: yes
Natura 2000 is a European coherent network of areas to be protected for their ecological importance, established under the Habitats Directive (HD) and under the Birds Directive (BD); it is aimed at protecting biodiversity and especially habitats and ...
Sabrina Lai
core  

THE FEATURES OF THE MODERN URBAN POLICY OF MOSCOW AND MOSCOW REGION

open access: yesRUDN Journal of Public Administration, 2014
The author has analised the General Plan of Moscow City Development for the period up to 2020, which identified key areas of urban development, worked out a comprehensive urban territory zoning, installed the priority urban activities on the basis of ...
A V Korobova
doaj  

Landscape and hydromorphological assessment of river valleys as a method for delineating natural and cultural landscape protection zones as applied to a reach of the Vistula near the Benedictine Abbey in Tyniec, Poland

open access: yesGeomatics, Landmanagement and Landscape
Rivers and their surroundings significantly affect the character and quality of the landscape. These landscapes have been created or defined to a considerable degree by the river. This specific quickly changing type of landscape is in a need of decision making as to which parts of it should be protected.
Barbara Olczak   +6 more
openaire   +1 more source

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