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Urban agriculture and sustainable urban landscape. An applied research on two case studies (Madagascar and Senegal) [PDF]

, 2010
In developing countries, like in Madagascar and Senegal facing high rates of urbanisation, urban agriculture is progressively taken into account in urban planning.
Aubry, Christine, Ba, Awa, Dabat, Marie-Hélène, Ramamonjisoa, Josélyne   +3 more
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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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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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Globalizing Households and Multi-ethnic Community Building in Japan [PDF]

The East Asian countries are currently experiencing declining fertility rates and aging of their populations. The demographic transition is beginning to affect various societal functions, and increasing international migrants are becoming one of the ...
Ishii, Chihiro
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Material Flow Analysis: Outcome Focus (MFA:OF) for Elucidating the Role of Infrastructure in the Development of a Liveable City [PDF]

, 2015
Engineered infrastructures (i.e., utilities, transport & digital) underpin modern society. Delivering services via these is especially challenging in cities where differing infrastructures form a web of interdependencies. There must be a step change in
Hunt, D., Leach, J., Lee, S., Rogers, C.
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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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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

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

BMC Public Health
Legge MF, Inyang E, Stokes J.
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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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