Effects of drainage ditches and stone bunds on topographical thresholds for gully head development in North Ethiopia [PDF]
, 2015 Gully erosion is an extreme process of land degradation operating in different regions of the world. A common way to quantify the susceptibility of land to gully incision is the use of topographical thresholds for different land use types.
Adgo, Enyew +6 more
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Land use mix and leukocyte telomere length in Mexican Americans [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2020 AbstractIt has been well-known that built environment features influence the risk of chronic diseases. However, the existing data of its relationship with telomere length, a biomarker of biological aging, is still limited, with no study available for Mexican Americans.
Hua Zhao +6 more
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Land use and soil characteristics affect soil organisms differently from above-ground assemblages
BMC Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Background Land-use is a major driver of changes in biodiversity worldwide, but studies have overwhelmingly focused on above-ground taxa: the effects on soil biodiversity are less well known, despite the importance of soil organisms in ecosystem ...
Victoria J. Burton +30 more
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A Review of Land Use Land Cover Change in The Catchment Area of Musi Hydropower Plant in Bengkulu Province [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2021 This research was conducted to review land use land cover change in the catchment area of Musi Hydropower Plant in Bengkulu Province. The data used in this research is land use land cover map year 2000 to 2018 from Ministry of Environment and Forestry of
Sukisno +4 more
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Support Vector Regression Models of Stormwater Quality for a Mixed Urban Land Use
Hydrology, 2023 The present study is an attempt to model the stormwater quality of a stream located in Pune, India. The city is split up into twenty-three basins (named A to W) by the Pune Municipal Corporation.
Mugdha P. Kshirsagar, Kanchan C. Khare
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Land, 2021 Assessing transport CO2 emissions is important in the development of low-carbon strategies, but studies based on mixed land use are rare. This study assessed CO2 emissions from passenger transport in traffic analysis zones (TAZs) at the community level ...
Xianchun Tan +5 more
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Public Benefits of Undeveloped Lands on Urban Outskirts: Non-Market Valuation Studies and their Role in Land Use Plans [PDF]
, 2007 Over the past three decades, the economics profession has developed methods for estimating the public benefits of green spaces, providing an opportunity to incorporate such information into land-use planning.
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Influence of mixed land-use on realizing the social capital
HBRC Journal, 2015 Mixed land-use is one of the raised issues that still constitutes a controversial matter for many researchers, whether those advocating the use of it or opposing the idea of its existence.
Noha Ahmed Nabil +1 more
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From Measuring Land Use Mix to Measuring Land Use Pattern -- New Methods for Assessing Land Use
, 2020 Land use mix is one of the central concepts in the urban planning field, though its measure has been found to have many fallacies. In this study, we propose multiple alternative methods to the Conventional Shannon Entropy land use mix index, which is generally employed to measure land use diversity.
Chen, Yan, Song, Yan
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Spatial distribution of Urban land-use in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Urban, Planning and Transport ResearchThis study underlines the critical function of efficient urban land use planning, recommending mixed land use for improved city sustainability. The research, which is rooted in the historical context of urban renewal, attempts to harmonize theoretical ...
Girmachew Tariku Jinollo +2 more
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