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Urban form and livability: socioeconomic and built environment indicators

open access: yes, 2021
Spatial relations among urban elements (buildings, streets, etc.) constantly affect the quality of urban spaces, creating more or less livable cities. The study of urban form has been a way of objectively quantifying such relations to understand their ...
Nicholas Martino, C. Girling, Yuhao Lu
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing urban livability in Shanghai through an open source data-driven approach

open access: yesnpj Urban Sustainability
Urban livability has become a major policy and practice priority in many parts of the world. However, its attainment remains challenging in many cities of developing and emerging economies. The lack of data with appropriate quality, coverage, and spatial
Yin Long   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Climate change and extremes: implications on city livability and associated health risks across the globe

open access: yesInternational Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management, 2022
Purpose As global warming intensifies, climatic conditions are changing dramatically, potentially affecting specific businesses and cities’ livability. The temperature increase in cities significantly affects urban residents whose percentage is to reach
W. Leal Filho   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Livability assessment of 101,630 communities in China’s major cities: A remote sensing perspective

open access: yesScience China. Earth Sciences, 2022
Some of China’s major cities have entered the middle and late stages of urbanization, and the development focus of these cities has gradually shifted from outward expansion to inward renewal. The community, as the basic unit of a city, is undoubtedly the
Xin Huang, Yue Liu
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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
core   +1 more source

Neighborhood social environments and mental health among youth and adults in public housing

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Neighborhoods influence health in part through social processes. However, little is known about how multiple neighborhood social processes co‐occur, or about within (vs. between) neighborhood variation in social processes and health. This study asked how residents of a large public housing development describe their neighborhood and used ...
Jane Leer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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