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Boundary green infrastructure: a green infrastructure connecting natural and artificial spaces
Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2023 As a naturally-based solution (NBS), green infrastructural network constructing can improve urban ecological resilience and support sustainable urban development.
Jingyuan Yuan +3 more
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Tailored design of a novel composite foam of sodium alginate used for fluoride ion removal
Water Science and Technology, 2022 Fluoride is an essential micronutrient for humans. Nonetheless, when the amount of fluoride ion is greater than required, it will cause skeletal fluorosis and dental fluorosis to threaten human health.
Wenfei Li +7 more
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, 2018 How we design, develop, and manage our cities has changed as a direct reaction to the diversifying needs of society, the economy and the environment. As a consequence, greater attention has been called for reflecting on whether, and if so, how the physical environment can meet the aspirations of planners, architects, and economists, and their aim to ...
David C. Rouse, Ignacio Bunster-Ossa
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Land, 2023 The relationship between urban greenspaces and the benefits to psychological, social, and physical aspects of human wellbeing are important to study, particularly in rapidly urbanizing areas and underrepresented communities.
Richard leBrasseur
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Greenways and Ecological Networks: Concepts, Differences, Similarities [PDF]
, 2017 In recent decades green infrastructure (GI) frameworks have been widely used for developing theoretical and practical models of sustainable land reorganization.
Balestrieri, Mara, Ganciu, Amedeo
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Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 2021 The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) intend to encourage liveable urban environments by 2030 with a main focus on strategies to achieve environmental and human well-being.
Burne Van Zyl +4 more
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Land, 2023 The urban densification agenda for the Australian Capital Territory announced in 2012 as well as the climate-related impacts (such as flood and rising temperature) have made the role of green infrastructure in this city more critical than at any other ...
Maria Ignatieva, Fahimeh Mofrad
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Making green infrastructure healthier infrastructure
Infection Ecology & Epidemiology, 2015 Increasing urban green and blue structure is often pointed out to be critical for sustainable development and climate change adaptation, which has led to the rapid expansion of greening activities in cities throughout the world. This process is likely to have a direct impact on the citizens' quality of life and public health.
Mare Lõhmus, John Balbus
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Changes and Characteristics of Green Infrastructure Network Based on Spatio-Temporal Priority
Land, 2022 With advancements in urbanization, natural lands are constantly being encroached upon by artificial impervious surfaces, leading to serious ecosystem damage.
Xifan Chen +5 more
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Can urban metabolism models advance green infrastructure planning? Insights from ecosystem services research [PDF]
, 2018 Urban metabolism studies have gained momentum in recent years as a means to assess the environmental performance of cities and to point to more resource-efficient strategies for urban development.
Perrotti, Daniela, Stemke, Sven
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