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Sustainable landscape planning and design

open access: yes, 2017
Alongside sustainable development, the concept of sustainability has begun to be utilized in various areas of life (such as life, planning, design, management, settlement, space, urban, etc.). Subsequently, along with the concept, the objectives of sustainable development have been moved to these areas.
DEMİROĞLU, DEMET   +2 more
core   +9 more sources

Planning for Urban Heat Resilience

open access: yes, 2022
Heat is the number one weather-related killer in the United States. As average global temperatures continue to rise, the threats of both extreme heat events and chronic heat are projected to increase.
Keith, Ladd, Meerow, Sara
core   +4 more sources

The 'Landscape Character Turn': An Examination of Experience in the UK and Taiwan [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Landscape policy in the UK has a tradition of conserving natural beauty within designated areas. As a result of both the progressive development of landscape analysis techniques, of which the most recent is the use of Landscape Character Assessment (LCA),
CHENG, HSIAO-YUN
core   +6 more sources

Sweden does not meet agreed national and international forest biodiversity targets: A call for adaptive landscape planning [Elektronisk resurs] [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Loss of forest naturalness challenges the maintenance of green infrastructure (GI) for biodiversity conservation and delivery of diverse ecosystem services.
Angelstam, Per,   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Landscape Decoding in Urban City Planning [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The European Landscape Convention, with great determination, has placed as a priority target, the necessity to promote a high level of attention to the landscape, as a common asset. According to the Convention each part of the landscape conveys meanings:
Caputi, Paride Giustino   +1 more
core   +1 more source

Effects of spatial planning on Italian rural landscapes – Views of northern area

open access: yes, 2009
Landscape values of agricultural areas are the result of tangible and intangible heritage. They include scenic beauty, recreation, education, agriculture and farm diversification.
S. Agostini
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The Influence of Green Infrastructure on the Acoustic Environment: A Conceptual and Methodological Basis for Quiet Area Assessment in Urban Regions

open access: yesConservation
Urban regions represent complex acoustic environments with few respites from noise other than small or remote patches of green infrastructure (GI).
Bryce T. Lawrence   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Global Efforts to Reduce Paediatric Cancer Care Disparities in Radiotherapy: A Decade Change

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background We present an update on the status, needs and challenges faced by paediatric imaging and radiotherapy (RT) programmes globally after a previous survey conducted by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) 10 years prior. Methods We developed and distributed a 121‐question survey to radiation oncologists, medical physicists and ...
Raymond B. Mailhot Vega   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Functional regionalization of land resources considering eco-efficiency in Nanjing Metropolitan Area, China

open access: yesEcological Indicators, 2023
The rapid urbanization in the region has caused a shift in land-use structure and, as a result, the degrading of ecosystems. Elucidating the spatial–temporal evolution of ecosystem services (ESs) and ecological function zoning, it was beneficial to ...
Shiqi Song   +5 more
doaj   +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.
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