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Land, 2023 This research aims to optimize the use of trees to enhance microclimate conditions, which has become necessary because of climate change and its impacts, especially for cities suffering from extreme heat stress, such as Cairo.
Ahmed Yasser Abdelmejeed +1 more
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Long-term success of floodplain meadow restoration on species-poor grassland
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Restoration of floodplain meadows remains a challenge, as many degraded sites suffer from seed limitation. The transfer of seed-containing plant material from species-rich donor sites is a widely used method to restore semi-natural grasslands.
Leonhard Sommer +4 more
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Ecosystem Health and Sustainability, 2020 Introduction: Although Brownfield greening (BG) can be a crucial solution to green space deficiency in dense urban areas, the potential benefits of different BG initiatives have rarely been quantitatively pre-evaluated.
Qicheng Zhong +6 more
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LANDSCAPE PLANNING IN UKRAINE: THE FIRST LANDSCAPE-PLANNING PROGRAM
GEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY, 2013 The paper presents the results of the first, in Ukraine; project on landscape planning widely accepted in European countries. Under the project implemented in 2010–2013, a landscape-planning program has been developed for the Cherkassy oblast. This is the first document of this kind in Ukraine.
Leonid Rudenko +5 more
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Landscape metrics and indices : an overview of their use in landscape research [PDF]
, 2009 The aim of this overview paper is to analyze the use of various landscape metrics and landscape indices for the characterization of landscape structure and various processes at both landscape and ecosystem level.
Antrop, Marc +4 more
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ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2023 The Yellow River Basin is an important energy base and economic belt in China, but its water resources are scarce, its ecology is fragile, and the task of achieving the goal of carbon peak and carbon neutrality is arduous.
Haihong Song +4 more
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Landscape planning to promote well being [PDF]
, 2007 There has been a rapid increase in knowledge regarding the importance of the external environment to our health. Eight characteristics of the outdoor environment (serene, wild, lush, spacious, the common, the pleasure garden, festive/ centre, and culture)
Skärbäck, Erik
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Distribution Characteristics of Soil Aggregates in Urban Relocation Sites of Shanghai City
Shuitu baochi tongbao, 2022 [Objective] The distribution characteristics of soil aggregates in typical relocation sites of Shanghai City were analyzed in order to provide technical support for soil afforestation in relocation sites.
Liang Jing, Wu Haibing, Zhang Lang
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Global urban homogenization and the loss of emotions
Scientific Reports, 2022 Urban expansion is generating unprecedented homogenization of landscapes across the world. This uniformization of urban forms brings along dramatic environmental, social, and health problems. Reverting such processes requires activating people’s sense of
Adrienne Grêt-Regamey +1 more
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Climate Risk Management, 2021 As climate change increases flood risk, there is growing recognition that the multiple plans cities adopt often work at cross purposes and encourage development in areas at risk of current and future flooding. There have been calls for a more coordinated
Sierra Woodruff +8 more
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