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Into the Unknown: Navigating Spaces, Terra Incognita and the Art Archive [PDF]
, 2013 This paper is a navigation across time and space – travelling from 16th century colonial world maps which marked unknown territories as Terra Incognita, via 18th century cabinets of curiosities; to the unknown spaces of the Anthropocene Age, in which for
fitzPatrick, Edwina
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Identifying Urban Sources as Cause of Elevated Grass Pollen Concentrations using GIS and Remote Sensing [PDF]
, 2013 We examine here the hypothesis that during flowering, the grass pollen concentrations at a specific site reflect the distribution of grass pollen sources within a few kilometres of this site.We perform this analysis on data from a measurement campaign in
Becker, T. +10 more
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Journal of Architecture and Planning (Transactions of AIJ), 2023 Huan Xu, Miki Kobayashi
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Urban Gardening: Cultivating More Than Just Produce [PDF]
, 2006 Report: iv, 15 pp.; ill., digital fileThe two sustainable development goals of high-density development and urban gardening have conflicted with each other in recent decades.
Zubrycki, Karla
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Development Process and Community Life at the Eco-village ′Sanneoul′ in South Korea
Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, 2018 This research presents the process of developing the ′Sanneoul′ Eco-village, located in South Korea, and describes community life in the village. Sanneoul village was created to welcome urban dwellers who choose to return to rural life and to prevent the
Yun-Cheol Nam
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Homogenization studies for optical sensors based on sculptured thin films [PDF]
, 2012 In this thesis we investigate theoretically various types of sculptured thin film (STF) envi sioned as platforms for optical sensing. A STF consists of an array of parallel nanowires which can be grown on a substrate using vapour deposition techniques ...
Jamaian, Siti Suhana
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Elements of rooftop garden design
, 2017 This chapter focuses on the elements that must be considered when designing rooftop gardens and integrating them within buildings. Different types of rooftop gardens and how they can be integrated within existing and new buildings in order to enhance their environmental performance, better connect with their users and contribute to the amelioration of ...
Caputo, Silvio +2 more
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A review of the role of nature-based solutions in mitigating food insecurity in Africa
Green Technologies and SustainabilityThe study explores the role of nature-based solutions in addressing food insecurity in Africa, with the broader goal of advancing knowledge in this field.
Solomon Asamoah +7 more
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Multi-scale analysis of the surface layer urban heat island effect in five higher density precincts of central Sydney [PDF]
, 2015 The urban heat island (UHI) effect is invariably present in cities, mainly due to increased urbanisation. It can result in higher urban densities being significantly hotter (frequently more than 4°C, even up to 10°C) than their peri-urban surroundings ...
Lehmann, S., Philipp, C., Sharifi, E.
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Sustainable Neighborhoods in Arab world; a Path Towards Sustainability
ARCHive-SR, 2019 In the last years, the world has jumped rapidly towards more urbanisation, and for the first time in the history in 2008 urban population exceeded the rural population.
Samah M. El-khateeb
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