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What about local climate governance? A review of promise and problems [PDF]

A large proportion of greenhouse gas emissions is produced in urban areas, particularly in high income countries. Cities are also vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, and particularly so in developing countries.
Jenssen, Till, Sippel, Maike
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Beyond Speed Reduction: A Systematic Literature Review of Traffic-Calming Effects on Public Health, Travel Behaviour, and Urban Liveability

Infrastructures
Traffic calming has emerged as a key urban strategy to reduce vehicle speeds and mitigate road traffic risks, with increasing recognition of its broader implications for public health, human behaviour, and urban liveability.
Fotios Magkafas, Grigorios Fountas, Panagiotis Ch. Anastasopoulos, Socrates Basbas   +3 more
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A physiological approach for assessing human survivability and liveability to heat in a changing climate. [PDF]

Nat Commun, 2023
Vanos J, Guzman-Echavarria G, Baldwin JW, Bongers C, Ebi KL, Jay O.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Designing the Urban Smart Futures Agenda for Lancaster, UK

Urban Science
The smart city concept has garnered a lot of interest; however, it often falls short when it comes to providing clarity on the benefits it can offer. Discussing smartness in the context of cities and their inhabitants requires the involvement of a wide ...
Marianna Cavada, Nuri Kwon, Rachel Cooper   +2 more
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Adaptive Reuse of Abandoned Monumental Buildings as a Strategy for Urban Liveability [PDF]

, 2015
This proposal is intended to be a contribution toward achieving more liveable cities through the revitalization of inner areas based on the restoration and rehabilitation of historic facilities in order to meet current needs.
Cherchi, PIER FRANCESCO
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The impact of discourse on the development of a diversified residential future : a case study from Flanders [PDF]

, 2016
De Decker, Pascal, Newton, Caroline
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Income segregation in The Netherlands - trends and analysis [PDF]

Dutch society does not accept high levels of income segregation. This tendency has repeatedly been revealed in public opinion surveys. Dutch government intervenes on different levels trying to mix low and high income groups both between cities and ...
Aldert De Vries, Ries Van der Wouden
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Community participation as a premise for hangwurian city development in North Central Nigeria. [PDF]

Heliyon, 2023
Medayese S, Magidimisha-Chipungu HH, Chipungu L.   +2 more
europepmc   +1 more source

20-minute neighbourhoods, criticisms, conspiracy theories, and health: a critical discourse analysis. [PDF]

BMC Public Health
Legge MF, Inyang E, Stokes J.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Reducing Fear of Crime for Sustaining Cities; A Case Study from Turkey. [PDF]

In urban areas, fear of crime constitutes as much a problem as crime itself. Fear of crime is often associated with fear for oneââ¬â¢s personal safety, particularly, safety from violent crimes and physical or sexual harassment in public areas.
Deniz Deniz
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