Understanding the Role of Optimized Land Use/Land Cover Components in Mitigating Summertime Intra-Surface Urban Heat Island Effect: A Study on Downtown Shanghai, China [PDF]
Energies, 2020 In this study, 167 land parcels of downtown Shanghai, China, were used to investigate the relationship between parcel-level land use/land cover (LULC) components and associated summertime intra-surface urban heat island (SUHI) effect, and further analyze
Xi Zhao, Hao Zhang, Jie-Jie Han
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"Shanghai" in Irkutsk Downtown. Ecology of the Chinese Market
Проект Байкал, 2014 On the turn of the 1980s, a Chinese market named ‘Shanghai’ spontaneously appeared in the center of Irkutsk. Initially it was just a venue where several hundreds of small sellers sold goods brought from China.
Victor Dyatlov, Roman Kuznetsov
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The Deformation Analysis of a Deep Frame Top-Down Excavation in Downtown Shanghai Based on the 3D FEM [PDF]
Advances in Civil Engineering, 2021 The deformation and environmental influence of the pit excavation in downtown is very important. A 3D FEM analysis is conducted to understand the deformation of a 13.9 to 15.2 m deep excavation with an in-plane dimension of about 189 m width and 251 m ...
Ting Bai, Dong Xie
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One-year record of organic and elemental carbon in fine particles in downtown Beijing and Shanghai [PDF]
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2005 Weekly PM2.5 samples were collected for one year (1999-2000) in Beijing and Shanghai and the carbonaceous species analyzed to investigate and compare their time series patterns and possible sources in the two biggest cities of China.
F. Yang +8 more
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Assessing Appropriation of Space in Urban Green Spaces: Three Case Studies in Downtown Shanghai
LandThis study investigated patterns of activities in urban green spaces (UGSs) in downtown Shanghai. UGSs are essential public infrastructure, contributing to urban sustainability, quality of life, and social cohesion.
Marcus Vinicius Sant’Anna +2 more
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LandWhile informal settlements have been extensively studied in the Global South, their counterparts in the Global North remain under-researched, despite their critical role in shaping urban morphology.
Yuqi Zhai
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Road Traffic and Urban Form Factors Correlated with the Incidence of Lung Cancer in High-density Areas: An Ecological Study in Downtown Shanghai, China. [PDF]
J Urban Health, 2021 The incidence of lung cancer is affected by air pollution, especially in high-density urban areas with heavy road traffic and dense urban form. Several studies have examined the direct relationship between lung cancer incidence and road traffic as well as urban form. However, the results are still inconsistent for high-density urban areas.
Sun W, Bao P, Zhao X, Tang J, Wang L.
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Three dimensional numerical modeling of land subsidence in Shanghai [PDF]
Proceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences, 2015 Shanghai city has been suffering land subsidence caused by overly exploitation of ground water since 1921, which is a serious problem for this coastal city with altitude of 2.2–4.8 m above mean sea level.
S. Ye +5 more
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Fitness Culture and Green Space Equity: Accessibility Evaluation of Shanghai Communities
Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022 In China, sports parks, and green spaces are often spatially integrated to realize the multiple functions of shared green spaces and play an important role in the production and living services of its residents.
Tingting Qiu, Daliang Zhou, Wen Li
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Field evaluation of Mosq-ovitrap, Ovitrap and a CO2-light trap for Aedes albopictus sampling in Shanghai, China [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 Background The Mosq-ovitrap (MOT) is currently used for routine surveillance of container-breeding Aedes in China. However, the effectiveness of monitoring Aedes albopictus using the MOT and other mosquito monitoring methods, such as the Ovitrap (OT) and
Qiang Gao +7 more
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