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Unravelling urban governance challenges: Objective assessment and expert insights on livability in Longgang District, Shenzhen

open access: yesEcological Indicators, 2023
With the advancement of urbanization, the assessment of urban livability has garnered widespread attention due to its importance for sustainable urban development.
Wan-Hao Zhang, Qiong Yuan, Helen Cai
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A Walking-Centric Urban Livability Assessment of Baguio City using Open-Source GIS Data [PDF]

open access: yesISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
Urban livability measures how well a city can support the well-being of its residents. In population dense, rapidly urbanized cities, assessing livability while considering walkability is important in policy making and urban planning.
G. M. M. Abacahan   +4 more
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Computer Vision Corrections Enhance UAV-Based Retrievals in Shallow Waters

open access: yesIEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
Traditional shallow water (<5 m) survey methods are costly and limited in coverage due to logistical challenges in deploying imaging sensors in remote locations.
Dario Scilla   +8 more
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Livability Assessment of Urban Communities considering the Preferences of Different Age Groups

open access: yesComplexity, 2020
Livability is one of the major guiding principles for urban planning and policymaking, of which the definition and evaluation have become the crucial research topic.
Xiaojin Liang, Yaolin Liu, Tianqi Qiu
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Spatial heterogeneity in and distributional characteristics of rural ecological livability in China--The case of Fujian Province.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2020
With the outbreak of COVID-19, the importance of rural areas has been gradually highlighted, and the importance of rural ecological livability has been gradually recognized.
Xiaoli Jiang   +6 more
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Quantifying mangrove carbon assimilation rates using UAV imagery

open access: yesScientific Reports
Mangrove forests are recognized as one of the most effective ecosystems for storing carbon. In drylands, mangroves operate at the extremes of environmental gradients and, in many instances, offer one of the few opportunities for vegetation-based ...
Javier Blanco-Sacristán   +5 more
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Comparative analysis and evaluation of the views of residents and local managers on the issue of viability In the Villages around the city of Varamin [PDF]

open access: yesجغرافیا و توسعه, 2018
Peri urban villages are among settlements that are scenes of the formation, growth and continuity of the opportunities and threats that affect Environmental quality and way of supply the needs of residents.
Mohamadamin Khorasani
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Pathology of meta-study livability research of Iranian metropolises [PDF]

open access: yesجغرافیا و آمایش شهری منطقه‌ای, 2020
--Today, the livability of metropolises has become one of the major global challenges of the 21st century. Therefore, the need to pay attention to the livability of metropolises in recent decades has found its place in the country's scientific literature,
Esmaeil Aliakbari   +2 more
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The assessment of traffic livability, including local effects at home, during trips and at the destination, based on the individual activity pattern and trip behaviour [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The environmental quality of the living environment is mainly linked to the direct and indirect impact of traffic in the neighborhood of the dwellings.
Botteldooren, Dick   +3 more
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The Typological Analysis of Livability Approach in Urban Worn-out Textures (Case Study: The Central Worn-out Texture in Zanjan) [PDF]

open access: yesجغرافیای اجتماعی شهری, 2018
The analysis of livability in city context should be considered as a hypertext which links between organs of city and the spiritual nature of citizens. The interpretation and explanation of urban livability through its leveling and deep typology analysis
MOHAMAD TAGHI heydari
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