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Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Land degradation poses significant challenges to maintaining food–water–energy (FWE) security, particularly in rapidly urbanizing regions. The ecosystem services (ES) related to FWE are critical for sustainable regional development. Yet, rapid urbanization in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region has altered land use and ecological patterns ...
Ke Yang, Qi Han, Dujuan Yang
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Computing New Optimized Routes for GPS Navigators Using Evolutionary Algorithms [PDF]
, 2017 GPS navigators are now present in most vehicles and smartphones. The usual goal of these navigators is to take the user in less time or distance to a destination.
Alba-Torres, Enrique, Stolfi, Daniel H.
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Networks, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The analysis of certain properties of the underlying graph of a public transport network generates insights about the network's structure. Hereby, the choice of the graph representation depends on a trade‐off between complexity reduction and information preservation to adequately model a public transport network.
Michael Palk +2 more
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Neighbourhood, Route and Workplace-Related Environmental Characteristics Predict Adults' Mode of Travel to Work [PDF]
, 2013 Commuting provides opportunities for regular physical activity which can reduce the risk of chronic disease. Commuters' mode of travel may be shaped by their environment, but understanding of which specific environmental characteristics are most ...
A Carse +38 more
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Playground tree diversity: A driver of well‐being in preschool children
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Urban greenspaces benefit mental health in adults, with increasing evidence that biodiversity might also play a role. However, we know very little about the impact of urban biodiversity on preschool children's well‐being, despite the critical importance of the formative years.
Solène Guenat, Leonie K. Fischer
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OpenStreetMap mapathons support critical data and visual literacy instruction
Journal of the Medical Library Association, 2020 OpenStreetMap (OSM) mapathons can offer a learner-centered means for critical data literacy and visual literacy instruction. Mapathons have been used as coordinated humanitarian mapping events in which participants use geographic information system (GIS)
Bethany Sheriese McGowan
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A Force-Directed Approach for Offline GPS Trajectory Map Matching
, 2019 We present a novel algorithm to match GPS trajectories onto maps offline (in batch mode) using techniques borrowed from the field of force-directed graph drawing.
Cudré-Mauroux, Philippe +2 more
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Protected and productive: How greenhouses should deliver UK food security
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.The United Kingdom produces less than 20% of its fruit and ~50% of its vegetables, leaving it highly import dependent and vulnerable to supply chain disruptions. Our study maps 2085 ha of existing greenhouses, over 70% more than 40 years old, and identifies where modern infrastructure could expand production.
Sven Batke +3 more
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L'importante ruolo degli open data nelle emergenze
GEOmedia, 2016 The important role of open data in emergencies During emergencies, the geographic information plays a very important and delicate role becoming the main tool to understand what happened and to take decisions.
Maurizio Napolitano
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Maximizing the value of a volunteer: A novel method for prioritizing humanitarian VGI activities
Journal of Spatial Information Science, 2023 As a consequence of their reliance on a scarce volunteer resource, humanitarian mapping organizations must prioritize their mapping activities. For mapping in anticipation of a crisis or mapping in support of long-term crises, the only method available ...
Kirsty Watkinson +2 more
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