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THE CRITERIA USED BY MOTORCYCLISTS TO LOCATE INFORMAL PARKING SPACES

African Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences, 2023
In Tanzania, the increase in the number of commercial motorcycles operating in the urban areas has resulted to the establishment of informal parking spaces in various parts of towns and cities.
PAULO KITOSI
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Effectiveness of SMS messaging for diarrhoea measurement: a factorial cross-over randomised controlled trial

BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2020
Background Text messaging systems are used to collect data on symptom prevalence. Using a text messaging system, we evaluated the effects of question load, question frequency, and financial incentive on response rates and reported infant diarrhoea rates ...
Ryan Rego, Samuel Watson, Philbert Ishengoma, Philemon Langat, Hezekiah Pireh Otieno, Richard Lilford   +5 more
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Identification of Ground Deformation Patterns in Coal Mining Areas via Rapid Topographical Analysis

Land, 2023
Coal mining inevitably brings some negative impacts, such as surface subsidence, aquifer breakage, and land degradation, to the eco-geological environment in the mining area. Among these impacts, coal mining-induced ground deformation is the most serious
Zhen Du, Li Feng, Haiheng Wang, Ying Dong, Da Luo, Xu Zhang, Hao Liu, Maosheng Zhang   +7 more
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Unearthing Causative Factors of Cost Overrun on Ghanaian Road Projects

The Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering, 2022
When determining the success of a road project, cost is one of the most important variables to consider. This is because cost is the project’s backbone and driving force throughout the construction process.
Opeoluwa Akinradewo, Clinton Aigbavboa, Ayodeji Oke, Harrison Coffie, Babatunde Ogunbayo   +4 more
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Automated Extraction of Human Settlement Patterns From Historical Topographic Map Series Using Weakly Supervised Convolutional Neural Networks

IEEE Access, 2020
Information extraction from historical maps represents a persistent challenge due to inferior graphical quality and the large data volume of digital map archives, which can hold thousands of digitized map sheets.
Johannes H. Uhl, S. Leyk, Yao-Yi Chiang, Weiwei Duan, Craig A. Knoblock   +4 more
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Coupling Analysis of “Demand–Satisfaction” for Rural Public Service Facilities Based on the Kano Model with Importance–Performance Analysis: A Case Study of Gaoqing County, Zibo City

Buildings
In the context of people-oriented and high-quality development, improving the quality of rural public service facilities is an important way to promote rural revitalization.
Xinlei Wang, Jinwei Wen, Jing He, Mengying Wang, Keju Liu, Jinghua Dai, Dingqing Zhang, Dian Zhou, Yingtao Qi   +8 more
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Assessing urban fire risk in the central business district of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Jàmbá, 2010
Buildings as infrastructure along with people’s lives need protection against fire outbreaks. Knowledge on the use of installed facilities is essential in tackling There emergencies, otherwise their installation becomes meaningless.
Yohannes Kachenje, Jacob Kihila, Huba Nguluma   +2 more
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Advances on the Global Human Settlement Layer by joint assessment of Earth Observation and population survey data

International Journal of Digital Earth
The Global Human Settlement Layer (GHSL) project fosters an enhanced, public understanding of the human presence on Earth. A decade after its inception in the Digital Earth 2020 vision, GHSL is an established project of the European Commission’s Joint ...
M. Pesaresi, Marcello Schiavina, P. Politis, Sérgio Freire, Katarzyna Krasnodębska, Johannes H. Uhl, Alessandra Carioli, C. Corbane, Lewis Dijkstra, P. Florio, H. K. Friedrich, Jing Gao, S. Leyk, Linlin Lu, Luca Maffenini, Ines Mari-Rivero, Michele Melchiorri, V. Syrris, J. V. D. Hoek, T. Kemper   +19 more
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Mechanical Properties of Adjacent Pile Bases in Collapsible Loess under Metro Depot

Applied Sciences
Metro transit construction has begun to develop rapidly in northwest China because of the acceleration of urbanization. Accordingly, metro depots are also regarded as an essential auxiliary facility for stopping, operation, and maintenance of trains ...
Xiaohua Liu, Mingze Li, Hongjian Liao, Bingyan Huang, Shaohua Liu   +4 more
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A Study on the Perception of Local Characteristics in Cultural Street Vending Spaces, Taking Xi’an Baxian Temple as an Example

Buildings
The mode of urban renewal in China has changed from incremental expansion to a value-added stage, and the development of cities has increasingly focused on the human experience and quality improvement.
Yingtao Qi, Liping Yue, Tie Guo, Dian Zhou, Yulin Ren, Mengying Wang, Yujia Liu, Yujun Yang   +7 more
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