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Evaluating the effects of turf-replacement programs in Los Angeles [PDF]

, 2019
Water utilities incentivize turf replacement to promote water conservation, but the effects of such programs have received limited evaluations. In 2014, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) undertook an unprecedented investment to
Choi, DA, Gillespie, TW, Jia, S, Kidera, E, Nobles, N, Pataki, DE, Pincetl, S, Porse, E, Rodriguez, J   +8 more
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Street view imagery-based built environment auditing tools: a systematic review

International Journal of Geographical Information Science
The use of street view imagery (SVI) and advanced urban visual intelligence technologies has revolutionized built environment auditing (BEA) practice, by enabling high-resolution BEA at large scales. This study reviewed 96 studies of BEA published before October 2023. The Google SVI was employed in 92.7% of the included studies.
Shaoqing Dai, Yuchen Li, Alfred Stein, Shujuan Yang, Peng Jia 0001   +4 more
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Activism as education in and through the youth climate justice movement

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Young people worldwide are increasingly participating in a global movement for climate justice, yet to date, little research has examined how youth climate justice activists conceive of and experience activism as education. The present study used in‐depth, semi‐structured interviews with 16 US climate justice activists (aged 15–17) to address ...
Carlie D. Trott
wiley   +1 more source

Predicting housing price, housing density, and green area coverage from combined satellite and street view imagery using deep learning

Discover Cities
Rapid urban expansion and rising housing prices have created significant social and economic challenges in many cities, exposing the limitations of traditional, resource-intensive data collection methods for urban planning.
Ana Beatriz de Figueiredo Oliveira, Mauro Castelli, Esra Suel   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Development of comprehensive evaluation indicators of street greenery and the identification of priority greening Areas: Providing more accurate greening planning

Ecological Indicators
Appropriate greening planning is crucial for improving urban quality of life and well-being. However, current greening assessment methods often focus on a single perspective, limiting the ability to integrate overhead top-down and street-level views for ...
Hao Wang, Tiange Zhang, Xiaogang Ning, Yongqiang Wei, Guangzhe Li, Xiuce Yang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Processing of Synthetic Aperture Radar Images by the Boundary Contour System and Feature Contour System [PDF]

, 1992
An improved Boundary Contour System (BCS) and Feature Contour System (FCS) neural network model of preattentive vision is applied to two large images containing range data gathered by a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) sensor.
Cruthirds, Dan, Gove, Alan, Grossberg, Stephen, Mingolla, Ennio, Nowak, Nicholas, Williamson, James   +5 more
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‘Where are the adults?’: Troubling child‐activism and children's political participation

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Children's political participation is a well‐established theme in childhood studies. In this article we offer an original account of child activism that takes into account the entangled and emergent aspect of children as activists. We begin with a historical and a conceptual review, noting the importance of mid‐20th century developments such ...
Sharon Hunter, Claire Cassidy
wiley   +1 more source

Dynamic Assessment of Street Environmental Quality Using Time-Series Street View Imagery Within Daily Intervals

Land
Rapid urbanization has intensified global settlement density, significantly increasing the importance of urban street environmental quality, which profoundly affects residents’ physical and psychological well-being.
Puxuan Zhang, Yichen Liu, Yihua Huang
doaj   +1 more source

Activism in the arts: Co‐researching cultural inequalities with young people during the COVID‐19 pandemic

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the growing influence of young people's activism in UK museums and its educational implications. It draws on a five‐year collaborative programme (2019–2023) with young people of colour (16–28) in a university museum setting, focusing on a Young Collective established to address cultural inequalities.
Sadia Habib
wiley   +1 more source

A Tropic Understanding of Street Art as Political and Social Advocacy [PDF]

, 2018
Graffiti and street art has been prevalent in the past few decades taking stances toward social and political adversity, but there lacks discussion about how dialogue is provoked within street artwork.
Kosel, Lindsay K.
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