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Critical Landscape Planning during the Belt and Road Initiative [PDF]
, 2021 This open access book traces the development of landscapes along the 414-kilometer China–Laos Railway, one of the first infrastructure projects implemented under China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and which is due for completion at the end of 2021 ...
Lu, Xiaoxuan +3 more
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Regional Studies, Regional ScienceA steadily growing repository of publicly available land use and land cover (LULC) data holds great potential for addressing pressing challenges, e.g., associated with climate change or profound societal and economic transformations. However, significant
Florian Klopfer, Dietwald Gruehn
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Discover SustainabilityThis study aims to develop an efficient urban tree strategy (UTS) to enhance the microclimate conditions of cities that suffer from heat stress and strong solar radiation, such as the metropolitan area of Greater Cairo.
Ahmed Yasser Abdelmejeed +1 more
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LandConsidering the impacts of climate change on the goal of obtaining sustainable and healthier cities, this research aimed to analyze and assess the impact of different urban forms with different trees densities on the dynamic physiological equivalent ...
Ahmed Yasser Abdelmejeed +1 more
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The performance of landscape concepts in spatial planning : branding, bonding and bringing about [PDF]
, 2010 Spatial planners are expressive people. They often use landscape concepts, being metaphors that refer to landscape ideas and planning principles. Examples are Green Heart, Nature Pearls and the Camelisation of landscapes.
Hagens, J.E.
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Land, 2022 This paper outlines land-use/landscape pattern changes and relationships between land-use change trajectories and environmental variables in the Dong ethnic-minority village of Gaoyou in southwestern China. In the study, landscape metrics were applied to
Fanya Qin +2 more
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The rarest invaders: systematic global evidence for the conservation-invasion paradox in plants
npj BiodiversityThe Conservation–Invasion Paradox (CIP) refers to species that are threatened or declining within their native ranges establish invasive populations elsewhere.
Ramiro R. Ripa +2 more
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Spool, 2018 Increasingly celebrated, often without questioning, “green architecture” calls for a substantiated discussion. This article explores how design critique can contribute to the thinking and practice around green architecture, particularly green facades ...
Ann-Charlott Eriksen, Svava Riesto
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Measuring Urban Walkability Index for the Town Centre of Petaling Jaya
Malaysia Journal of Invention and InnovationWalkability has been introduced as one of the newest elements in supporting green neighbourhood. Various studies have been conducted to identify the built environment factors that influences people’s decision to walk.
Ishak Che Abdullah +4 more
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Earth's Future, 2023 Sea‐level rise (SLR) will cause coastal groundwater to rise in many coastal urban environments. Inundation of contaminated soils by groundwater rise (GWR) will alter the physical, biological, and geochemical conditions that influence the fate and ...
K. Hill +4 more
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