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Tourist Maps to Capture Place Identity During Disruptive Events: The Case of Beirut

open access: yesUrban Planning, 2022
Between October 2019 and August 2020, Beirut underwent an unprecedented sequence of events in its recent history, starting with massive anti-government protests, followed by an economic and financial meltdown, coupled with the Covid-19 pandemic, and ...
Laura Simak
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Uncovering COVID-19 infection determinants in Portugal: towards an evidence-based spatial susceptibility index to support epidemiological containment policies

open access: yesInternational Journal of Health Geographics, 2023
Background COVID-19 caused the largest pandemic of the twenty-first century forcing the adoption of containment policies all over the world. Many studies on COVID-19 health determinants have been conducted, mainly using multivariate methods and ...
André Alves   +3 more
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Space in Literature and Literature in Space

open access: yesMetacritic Journal for Comparative Studies and Theory, 2020
The present introduction aims to outline the major theoretical approaches of spatial studies, together with their most relevant inquiries and pursuing their many methodological ramifications.
Daiana Gârdan, Marius Conkan
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Mapping population distribution from open address data: application to mainland Portugal

open access: yesJournal of Maps, 2022
Mapping population distribution remains a common need in various fields of studies. Several approaches and methodologies have been adopted to obtain high-resolution population distribution grids.
Nelson Mileu   +2 more
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Regional rainfall thresholds for landslide occurrence using a centenary database [PDF]

open access: yesNatural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2018
This work proposes a comprehensive method to assess rainfall thresholds for landslide initiation using a centenary landslide database associated with a single centenary daily rainfall data set.
T. Vaz   +5 more
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Physical vulnerability assessment to flash floods using an indicator‐based methodology based on building properties and flow parameters

open access: yesJournal of Flood Risk Management, 2021
This study focuses on the physical vulnerability of buildings to flash floods using an indicator‐based methodology. A physical vulnerability index (PhVI) that combines intrinsic vulnerability (IV) of buildings and flash flood intensity (FFI) is proposed.
Miguel Leal   +3 more
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Mortality from cardiovascular diseases in the municipalities of mainland Portugal: spatiotemporal evolution between 1991 and 2017

open access: yesGeography, Environment, Sustainability, 2020
During the last decades, important efforts have been taken to tackle cardiovascular diseases, which resulted in important mortality and disability decreases.
Ricardo Almendra, Paula Santana
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Evaluation of the factors explaining the use of agricultural land: A machine learning and model-agnostic approach

open access: yesEcological Indicators, 2021
To effectively plan and manage the use of agricultural land, it is crucial to identify and evaluate the multiple human and environmental factors that influence it. In this study, we propose a model framework to identify the factors potentially explaining
Cláudia M. Viana   +4 more
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Rezension von Auf den Ruinen der Imperien

open access: yesS: I. M. O. N., 2019
Dass die Imperien des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts in den mittel- bzw. osteuropäischen Literaturen und den historischen und literarischen Narrativen über diese Räume ihre Spuren hinterlassen haben, ist in den Kulturwissenschaften bereits gut erforscht ...
Marianne Windsperger
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Effective Data Management and Spatial Analytics

open access: yes, 2021
This webinar introduced the implementations of effective data management and spatial analytics by academic and industry leaders of the field, and discuss the directions for further enhancement through integration with a cloud-based platform for research ...
Spatial Data Lab
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