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Preserving and promoting the urban landscape

open access: yesPlaNext, 2016
The issues of promotion and preservation of urban landscapes are increasingly gaining prominence in international cultural and political debates. These issues can lead to tensions, especially for historical cities, partly because the concept of urban ...
Elena Greco
doaj   +1 more source

Driving continuous improvement of sustainability certification for industrial biobased systems through comprehensive sustainability requirements

open access: yesBiofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, EarlyView.
Abstract Existing monitoring frameworks for sustainability certification schemes and labels (CSLs) have largely prioritised environmental aspects, while the social and economic pillars of sustainability remain comparatively underdeveloped. Also, dedicated circularity requirements tailored to biobased systems are still largely lacking, despite being ...
Iris Vural Gursel   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Landscape urbanism in the context of the historical environment

open access: yesUrban construction and architecture
Currently, most people live in cities, which leads to an increase in building density, a reduction in public spaces, and a violation of the ecological balance. Therefore, one of the main tasks facing architects and designers is to maintain ecological balance, which, in turn, contributes to the creation of more comfortable living conditions.
Ekaterina D. Enyutina   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Cost–benefit analysis of screening programme for diabetic retinopathy in Bulgaria

open access: yesBritish Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims Late‐diagnosed diabetic retinopathy (DR) is difficult and expensive to treat. Screening programmes can identify the disease early and reduce the costs of its future treatment. This study aims to analyse the cost–benefit of screening programmes for DR.
Iva Nenkova   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reconceptualising ‘agency in mobility’: Agency for becoming and other forms of agency in study abroad

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Study‐abroad programs are increasingly adopted and supported by institutions and governments as a strategic tool for deepening internationalisation and public diplomacy through people‐to‐people, institution‐to‐institution and country‐to‐country connections.
Ly Thi Tran, Thinh Huynh
wiley   +1 more source

Opportunities for learning amidst concerns of misuse: Secondary teachers' uses and perceptions of artificial intelligence

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Artificial intelligence (AI) has a growing influence on planning, teaching and assessment practices in education. In New Zealand, the Ministry of Education (2024) has acknowledged AI's expanding role in schools; nevertheless, limited data exist on teachers' practices and perspectives regarding its implementation.
Mohammed Tashmeer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Ideology of the Urban Cultural Landscape Construct

open access: yes, 2020
This chapter projects the concept of cultural landscapes into the realm of historic urban areas in the context of the Historic Urban Landscape (HUL) paradigm.
Taylor, Ken
core   +1 more source

Biographies, ontological security and the socio‐spatial politics shaping teachers' mobility in remote Australia

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The global teacher shortage continues to intensify, with disparate impacts across geographic and socio‐economic communities. In Queensland, Australia, where this study originates, post‐COVID teacher shortages have intensified workforce pressures, leaving several regional, rural and remote schools as some of the ‘hardest‐to‐staff’ in the ...
Matthew Readette   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Greenways as strategic landscape planning: theory and application [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
Greenways are systems and/or networks of protected lands that are managed for multiple uses including: nature protection, biodiversity management, water resources, recreation, and cultural/historic resource protection.
Ahern, J.F.
core  

Exploring interactions of the dimensions of agency through the experiences of aspiring school leaders in Scotland, UK

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Agency has increasingly become a central concept in educational leadership research, yet its application to those preparing to enter school leadership roles remains underexplored. Drawing on the conceptual framework of the ecological approach to teacher agency, we explored how and in what ways aspiring school leaders in Scotland (n = 21 ...
Romina Madrid Miranda   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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