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Saplings of significance: Nurturing cultural value of new tree plantings through participatory opportunities

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Tree‐planting initiatives are a crucial part of international sustainability and climate action efforts. Yet, many of these initiatives fail to achieve their long‐term sustainability and climate goals. The role of community value is an often‐overlooked factor in promoting the success of new tree plantings.
Claire L. Narraway   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Visual navigation: current research directions

open access: yesАрхитектон
The purpose of the article is to identify the key aspects that form the problems of wayfinding systems based on the systematization of approaches to the study and design of visual navigation.
Khomenko Olga V.
doaj   +1 more source

Food and Beverage Marketing on California High School Campuses Survey: Findings and Recommendations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Assesses marketing of food and beverages at 20 California public high schools. Provides recommendations for eliminating commercial influences that promote unhealthy foods and beverages, consumer education, and establishing business partnership ...
Lisa Craypo   +3 more
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Enabling effective urban green space stewardship through planning: A qualitative comparative analysis in Southwest England

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Amid increasing urbanisation and biodiversity decline, ‘effective stewardship’ of urban green space (UGS) is a complex but critical nature‐based solution for long‐term environmental, social and economic gain. Combining stewardship and sense‐of‐place frameworks with European nature‐based solutions guidance, we investigate which social and ...
Fay Kahane   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Simulation-Based Evaluation of Ease of Wayfinding Using Digital Human and As-Is Environment Models

open access: yesISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2017
As recommended by the international standards, ISO 21542, ease of wayfinding must be ensured by installing signage at all key decision points on walkways such as forks because signage greatly influences the way in which people unfamiliar with an ...
Tsubasa Maruyama   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Does haste make waste? The human factors of overtaking land design [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
The aim of this research was to improve overtaking safety and efficiency through improvements in road signage, markings, geometry and speed control associated with the placement and layout of passing lanes. The approach of the research was to explore the
Alley, Brett D.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Recovering nutrients from urine – A golden opportunity for sustainable fertiliser production

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Agricultural industrialisation has led to levels of nutrients in the environment that are well above safe operating limits, yet fertiliser use is necessary to feed a growing population. The recovery of nutrients from human urine in large, developed cities may offset some of the ecological and economic impacts associated with fertiliser production, as ...
Hanxia Yu   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Compliance assessment of cigarette and other tobacco products act in public places of Alwar district of Rajasthan

open access: yesIndian Journal of Public Health, 2016
Background: The Government of India has taken various initiatives for tobacco control by enacting comprehensive tobacco control legislation (Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products Act [COTPA], 2003).
M L Jain, Mamta Chauhan, Rajani Singh
doaj   +1 more source

洞爺湖における言語景観の探索調査 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The objective of this study is to examine the state of foreign language signage in a local Hokkaido community through conducting a linguistic landscape survey of the area.
ジョンソン マイケル ポール
core   +1 more source

Why Autonomous Vehicles Are Not Ready Yet: A Multi‐Disciplinary Review of Problems, Attempted Solutions, and Future Directions

open access: yesJournal of Field Robotics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Personal autonomous vehicles can sense their surrounding environment, plan their route, and drive with little or no involvement of human drivers. Despite the latest technological advancements and the hopeful announcements made by leading entrepreneurs, to date no personal vehicle is approved for road circulation in a “fully” or “semi ...
Xingshuai Dong   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

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