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Green Infrastructure

, 2017
This chapter examines opportunities for using green infrastructure in classroom and after-school activities and strengthening student contact with and attachment to their local environment. Education about green infrastructure refers to the learning opportunities provided by infrastructure projects in cities, where ecosystem services are intertwined ...
Laura B. Cole, Timon McPhearson, Cecilia P. Herzog, Alex Russ   +3 more
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Revealing the relationship between storm surge risks and coastal urbanization characteristics under sea level rise

Ecological Indicators
Under the pressures of climate change and sea level rise (SLR), coastal cities like Shenzhen face escalating threats from storm surges. A critical research gap remains in the mechanistic understanding of how anthropogenic urbanization processes interact ...
Bo Luan, Xiulin Ye, Jianing Luo, Shiqi Xie, Chenxi Xia, Yangtongci Ning, Mingjian Zhu   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Green Infrastructure, Green Stormwater Infrastructure, and Human Health: A Review [PDF]

Current Landscape Ecology Reports, 2017
In a growing trend, cities around the world have been installing Green Infrastructure (GI) in the form of vegetated landscapes that provide ecological benefits such as stormwater management, wildlife habitats, and temperature moderation (Tzoulas et al. Landsc Urban Plan. 61(3):11, 2007). Some GI, such as trees and green spaces, have positive impacts on
Pongsakorn Suppakittpaisarn, Xiangrong Jiang, William C. Sullivan   +2 more
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Performance of DcMFC-AnMBR coupled system for the treatment of sulfadiazine-containing swine wastewater

Gongye shui chuli
A dual-chamber microbial fuel cell-anaerobic membrane bioreactor(DcMFC-AnMBR) coupled process system was constructed. The power production, pollutant removal, and gas generation performance of the coupled system for treating swine wastewater containing ...
SIMA Cong, ZHANG Xinbo, CHENG Yanbin, WANG Huizhong, DU Qing, ZHONG Lingling, Huu Hao NGO   +6 more
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Community Participation for Providing Green Infrastructure of Riverbanks is South Sulawesi, Indonesia [PDF]

, 2017
The green infrastructure of riverbanks is an indicator of the environmental quality of the watershed area. The community has a leading role in producing green infrastructure.
Pertiwi, Nurlita
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From green fingers and green ring to green mitten: Helsinki’s polycentric urbanisation and its impact on green structure

European Spatial Research and Policy
Urbanisation changes the landscape and fragments spatial structures including greenspaces across much of the world and Europe. The resultant impacts and morphological characteristics are understudied within peri-urban regions of cities.
Richard leBrasseur
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Requirements for Achieving the Social Benefits of Urban Green Infrastructure (UGI) [PDF]

JES: Journal of Engineering Sciences
The rapid transformation of urban neighborhoods, alongside changing lifestyles, has prompted cities to prioritize not only mitigating climate stress but also improving the well-being of their residents.
Rehab Mahmoud
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Public assessment of green infrastructure benefits and associated influencing factors in two Ethiopian cities: Bahir Dar and Hawassa

BMC Ecology, 2019
Background Currently, urban green infrastructure is increasingly gaining attention as a source of multiple benefits. Understanding how city residents perceive the benefits of green infrastructure is critical for urban policy and planning.
Kassahun Gashu, Tegegne Gebre-Egziabher
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Adherence to Protocol Recommendations for Children With Wilms Tumour in Two Consecutive Studies in the United Kingdom and Ireland—Does Variation Matter?

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Wilms tumour (WT) has excellent event‐free and overall survival (OS). However, small differences exist between countries participating in the same international study. This led us to examine variation in adherence to protocol recommendations as a potential contributing factor.
Suzanne Tugnait, R. Al‐Saadi, A. Lopez‐Cortes, K. Dzhuma, M. Oostveen, J. Brok, S. Irtan, M. Weeks, J. Bate, S. Baker, R. Williams, M. Powis, D. Saunders, O. Olsen, T. Watson, S. Shelmerdine, S. Vaidya, L. Howell, C. Duncan, G. M. Vujanic, C. Stiller, G. P. Balchin, T. Chowdhury, K. Pritchard‐Jones   +23 more
wiley   +1 more source

Digital infrastructure construction drives green economic transformation: evidence from Chinese cities

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2023
Existing studies mostly discussed the impact of transportation infrastructure on the economy and society. However, the environmental performance of digital infrastructure has been discussed less.
Ruiyang Ma, Boqiang Lin
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