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Effects of greenery at different heights in neighbourhood streetscapes on leisure walking: a cross-sectional study using machine learning of streetscape images in Sendai City, Japan

International Journal of Health Geographics, 2023
Background It has been pointed out that eye-level greenery streetscape promotes leisure walking which is known to be a health -positive physical activity.
Shusuke Sakamoto, Mana Kogure, Tomoya Hanibuchi, Naoki Nakaya, Atsushi Hozawa, Tomoki Nakaya   +5 more
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Pedestrians' perceptions of route environments in relation to deterring or facilitating walking

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
BackgroundEvery walk takes place in a route environment, and it can play an important role in deterring or facilitating walking, and will always affect the environmental unwell-well-being of pedestrians.
Dan Andersson, Lina Wahlgren, Peter Schantz, Peter Schantz   +3 more
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Psychological and physiological effects of viewing a money plant by older adults

Brain and Behavior, 2019
Background Observing plants can induce neurophysiological responses that can alleviate stress and reduce anxiety. However, few studies have examined such effects in older adults.
Ahmad Hassan, Chen Qibing, Liu Yinggao, Jiang Tao, Guo Li, Mingyan Jiang, Li Nian, Lv Bing‐Yang   +7 more
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Natural environments and suicide mortality in the Netherlands: a cross-sectional, ecological study [PDF]

, 2018
Background: Natural outdoor environments, such as green spaces (ie, grass, forests, or parks), blue spaces (ie, visible bodies of fresh or salt water), and coastal proximity, have been increasingly shown to promote mental health.
de Beurs, Derek, Groenewegen, Peter P., Helbich, Marco, Kwan, Mei-Po, O'Connor, Rory C.   +4 more
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Simulations as Part of the BIM Concept in Urban Management [PDF]

, 2019
Smart city management is part of the Smart Cities concept and can be an essential element for further development in this area. The BIM concept, based on a 3D model, data and for all the beneficial cooperation, expands exponentially in the civil ...
Faltejsek, Michal
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Понятие и состав растительного мира в населенных пунктах по законодательству Украины.

Теорія і практика правознавства, 2016
Рассмотрены понятия растительного мира в населенных пунктах на основе анализа уже существующих в науке и законодательстве определений растительного мира.
І. М. Шевердіна
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Urban green Landscapes: the Green as contemporary Cult

Agathón, 2017
Balconies, lodges, green roofs, solariums, etc. represent one of the fundamentals (according to the definition by Rem Koolhaas at Biennale di Venezia 2014) of contemporary architecture, that is triggering a new debate on the contemporary city and its ...
Oscar Eugenio Bellini, Martino Mocchi
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The inhabited environment, infrastructure development and advanced urbanization in China's Yangtze River Delta Region [PDF]

, 2016
This paper analyzes the relationship among the inhabited environment, infrastructure development and environmental impacts in China's heavily urbanized Yangtze River Delta region.
Chen, W, Gao, W, Kammen, DM, Wu, Y, Zhang, Y, Zhou, N, Zhu, X   +6 more
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Evaluating the Effects of Irrigation with Reused Water and Compost from a Pilot Wastewater Treatment Unit on the Experimental Growth of Two Common Ornamental Plant Species in the City of Athens

Clean Technologies
Since 2019, the NextGen pilot wastewater treatment unit—also known as the NextGen Sewer Mining concept—has been operating at the Athens Plant Nursery, transforming sewage from Athens’ central network into irrigation water and compost.
Konstantinos Tsimnadis, Giannis Katsenios, Stylianos Fanourakis, Grigorios L. Kyriakopoulos, Antonios Kyriakakis, Dimitrios Kyriakakis, Dimitrios Tsagkaropoulos   +6 more
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Evaluation of growth and flowering of cultivars derived from the rugosa (Rosa rugosa Thunb.) growing in the national collection of rose cultivars in the Polish Academy of Sciences Botanical Garden in Powsin. Part II. The modern cultivars

Acta Agrobotanica, 2012
In the years 2000-2011, observations were made of shrubs of the cultivars derived from the Rugosa (R. rugosa Thunb.) gathered in the Collection of Rose Cultivars of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS) Botanical Garden - Center for Biological Diversity ...
Marta J. Monder
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