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In Defence of Walkability as a Crime Prevention Strategy

open access: yesThe Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT New Urbanist ideas promoting walkability have many benefits. But they are criticised by proponents of crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED), who blame street connectivity for facilitating target recognition, providing access and escape routes and weakening informal surveillance.
Jose Pina‐Sánchez, Ian Loader
wiley   +1 more source

Continued population recovery and high annual survival rates of White‐rumped Vultures in Nepal

open access: yesIbis, EarlyView.
Populations of Gyps vultures in South Asia underwent catastrophic declines caused by unintentional poisoning by the veterinary drug diclofenac. Since the drug was banned in 2006–2010, declines have halted across the region, including in Nepal. The present study updates population trends of G.
John W. Mallord   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Hidden History of Unhappiness

open access: yes
Critical Quarterly, EarlyView.
Joe Moran
wiley   +1 more source

Persecution by humans affects nest‐site selection of Hooded Crows: a comparison of an urban and two rural areas

open access: yesIbis, EarlyView.
The Hooded Crow, a bird species that once occurred only in agricultural areas, has colonized urban environments in the last 50–100 years in Europe. Apart from higher food availability, safer nesting sites, better thermoregulation and lower predation in cities, persecution through hunting, trapping or poisoning by humans in rural areas is an important ...
Petra Paládi   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Strengthening the Substrates of Wood Single Lap Joints Using a Novel Hot-Melt Film Adhesive to Mitigate Delamination. [PDF]

open access: yesMaterials (Basel)
Ribeiro FCC   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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