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Application of Environmental Technologies in the Creation of the Pavement of the Sponge Eco-City (Case Study: Shiraz City) [PDF]

open access: yesبرنامه ریزی فضایی
Overexploitation of natural resources and the environment during urban development has led to numerous environmental challenges in cities. This study aimed to identify the key criteria for establishing sponge eco-city pavements using environmental ...
Mahboobeh Noori, Mohammad Reza Rezaei
doaj   +1 more source

Reapportionments of State Legislatures—Legal Requirements [PDF]

open access: yes, 1952
The continuously rising attention to and practice of eco-city development in Sweden and China, as well as the countries’ active cooperation has motivated this study and the exploration of eco-city development in these two countries.
Harvey, Lashley G.
core   +1 more source

What Are the Challenges of Increasing the Sustainability of Urban Livelihoods? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
. This article places the challenge of rapid urbanisation throughout the world into a perspective that acknowledges inequalities due to economic history.
Whittingham, N. (Neil)
core   +3 more sources

Record Performance in Vertically Stacked, Solution‐Processed ZTO Schottky Diodes

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Schottky diodes based on solution processed sustainable zinc—tin–oxide thin films present an eco‐friendly and versatile alternative to conventional CMOS based technologies. Beyond state‐of‐the‐art performance for vertically stacked solution‐based oxide diodes was achieved, including rectification ratios exceeding nine orders of magnitude, and intrinsic
Carlos Silva   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Assessment of the European Union’s Eco-City Approach and Its Applicability to Turkish Cities

open access: yesDoğal Afetler ve Çevre Dergisi
Cities not only contribute to contemporary environmental, economic, and social challenges but also play an active role in developing solutions to these issues.
Çiğdem Tuğaç
doaj   +1 more source

From Lab to Landscape: Environmental Biohybrid Robotics for Ecological Futures

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This Perspective explores environmental biohybrid robotics, integrating living tissues, microorganisms, and insects for operation in real‐world ecosystems. It traces the leap from laboratory experiments to forests, wetlands, and urban environments and discusses key challenges, development pathways, and opportunities for ecological monitoring and ...
Miriam Filippi
wiley   +1 more source

CHOICE Internal report I-4: The current status of ICT R&D&I for Chinese Eco-Cities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This report attempts to give a flavour of the current of status of ICT R&D&I for Chinese Eco-cities and thereby provide some insights into the potential of China’s emerging market for Eco-city solutions for EU- China collaborative ICT R&D&I. It addresses
Itagaki, T, Owens, TJ
core  

Landscapes without the car : a counterfactual historical geography of twentieth-century Britain. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Despite increased concern about environmental damage and resource depletion, the private motor car, and associated automobility, are taken-for granted aspects of 21st century life.
Pooley, Colin
core   +1 more source

Mapping the “Supply–Demand–Flow” of Ecosystem Services for Ecosystem Management in China

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
This study develops a “supply–demand–flow” framework clarifies how ecosystem services move between regions by distinguishing potential and actual supply and demand. Using integrated biophysical–socioeconomic modeling, nine services in China were mapped.
Yikun Zhang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Explanation of the feasibility of the ecological city model (biocity) with an emphasis on the role of a renewable gray urban infrastructure.

open access: yesJournal of Land Use and Sustainable Development
Ecological cities seek to create a sustainable balance between human activities and the environment. Based on the objective, this is applied-developmental research. In the qualitative section, grounded theory and MAXQDA software were used for qualitative
Naser Lamei Ramandi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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