The persistence of ancient settlements and urban sustainability
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2021 We propose a dedicated research effort on the determinants of settlement persistence in the ancient world, with the potential to significantly advance the scientific understanding of urban sustainability today.
Michael E. Smith +7 more
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A Study on Protective Reuse of Traditional Architecture in Lhasa [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2019 Traditional Tibetan architecture in Lhasa has a unique position in the world. Under the special social background of economic development demand and tourism, it has gradually become a pillar industry, and how to rationally protect and reuse this ...
Qin Qing, Chen Yang, Zhang Haiyue
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Granularity Optimization for Efficient Energy Consumption Monitoring in Subway Stations for Enhanced Energy Management [PDF]
E3S Web of ConferencesEfficient energy data management forms a critical foundation for unlocking the carbon reduction potential of subway systems, holding significant importance in advancing urban processes towards lowcarbon and clean environments.
Guan Bowen +4 more
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Towards a morphogenesis of informal settlements
, 2020 Informal settlement is the most pervasive mode of urbanization throughout cities of the global South, yet little is known of how informal urban design works as a production of urban space.
K. Dovey +3 more
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Crowding has consequences: Prevention and management of COVID-19 in informal urban settlements
Building and Environment, 2020 COVID-19 spreads via aerosols, droplets, fomites and faeces. The built environment that facilitates crowding increases exposure and hence transmission of COVID-19 as evidenced by outbreaks in both cool-dry and hot-humid climates, such as in the US prison
L. von Seidlein +3 more
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Apocalypse now: Australian bushfires and the future of urban settlements
npj Urban Sustainability, 2021 The apocalyptic Australian bushfires have challenged the way we plan settlements. What is the future for small urban settlements within fire-vulnerable forests and bushland?
B. Norman, P. Newman, W. Steffen
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Making the case for the nexus between resilience and resource efficiency at the city scale
International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development, 2017 Global challenges such as climate change, resource scarcity and poverty must increasingly be tackled in cities. While cities can be significant contributors to climate change and resource scarcity, and face considerable risks as a consequence of these ...
David Dodman +2 more
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Vulnerability and everyday health risks of urban informal settlements in Sub-Saharan Africa
, 2020 More than half of the world population lives in the cities and around one billion in poor urban areas. These numbers are projected to increase, while Sub-Saharan Africa is the region with the highest rate of informal settlements due his rapid ...
A. Zerbo, R. Delgado, P. A. González
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Feldspathic sandstone as an emerging soil stabilizer for aeolian sand in the Mu Us Sandy Land: insights into particle size distribution [PDF]
PeerJStabilization of aeolian sand is essential for achieving desertification control, soil and water conservation, and agricultural development in sandy lands. Feldspathic sandstone is a soft clay rock widely found in the Mu Us Sandy Land.
Lu Zhang +4 more
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Study on Barriers of Water Salt Transfers in Earthen Sites by Plastic-Coated Sand
Atmosphere, 2023 Under the action of unidirectional water migration, museum soil sites generally encounter erosion through dry cracking, salt enrichment, etc. In this paper, the earthen site of the Terra Cotta Warriors Museum of the First Emperor of Qin was used as the ...
Wen Xu +5 more
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