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Is Time Travel Possible? Accidental Signs as Sociolinguistic “Wormholes”

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sociolinguistics primarily focuses on deliberately staged public signs, while relatively less attention has been given to ephemeral and non‐deliberate signs in urban environments. This study investigates “ accidental signs,” which are hidden historical texts suddenly exposed by unpredictable events.
Ge SONG (宋歌)
wiley   +1 more source

“Playing Tetris”: Domestic Infrastructures of Labor Participation in Spain's Transport Sector

open access: yesAnthropology of Work Review, Volume 47, Issue 2, December 2026.
ABSTRACT This article examines how women drivers in Malaga's private passenger transport sector sustain paid work while holding primary responsibility for domestic labor and care. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork conducted between 2020 and 2021 with women taxi and platform‐based drivers (Uber and Cabify), it explores the everyday arrangements that ...
Belén Martínez Caparrós
wiley   +1 more source

Sustainable Streetscape Design Guideline based on Universal Design Principles

open access: yesMATEC Web of Conferences, 2018
People access the streets to fulfill their daily demands regardless of their gender, age, and abilities. The streetscape is an urban public space which built to facilitate the basic needs of people as social beings. Universal design accommodates the wide
Harsritanto Bangun IR
doaj   +1 more source

Ectomycorrhizal Fungal Communities Associated With Hopea odorata (Dipterocarpaceae) Planted in Tropical Urban Parks in Singapore

open access: yesBiotropica, Volume 58, Issue 6, November 2026.
ABSTRACT Members of the family Dipterocarpaceae are ecologically and economically important timber trees, many of which are threatened with extinction. Ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi form critical symbiotic associations with this family; however, their diversity and composition in tropical urban environments remain inadequately documented.
Jun Qiang Karl Png   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

IMPACT OF STREETSCAPING ON HUMAN PSYCHOLOGY

open access: yesInternational Journal of Research -GRANTHAALAYAH, 2018
This research is subjected to the study of the impact of street scape on human psychology. The study mainly focuses on the importance of the design of sidewalks on the street so that it can’t become the space for the criminal activities as described by the journalist jane Jacobs.
Kavya Trivedi   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

A Method for Evaluation of Streetscapes: Relationship between Visual Entropy and Interesting Streetscape

open access: yesInternational Journal of Architectural Engineering Technology, 2023
The present research studies the complexity of urban facades, which is related to the visual diversity and correlation of the components of urban facades. It studies how the complexity of urban facades affects their desirability amongst citizens and what their preferences are when it comes to facade complexity.
Mehrdad Karimimoshaver   +1 more
openaire   +1 more source

Towards an integrated approach to evaluating biodiversity‐ and water‐sensitive urban design: A review of popular software tools

open access: yesEcological Solutions and Evidence, Volume 7, Issue 4, October–December 2026.
Globally, cities are recognising a need to design for biodiversity and water together—though current approaches typically design for them independently. Our review of 39 Water and Biodiversity Sensitive Urban Design (BSUD & WSUD) software‐based tools identified obstacles to collaboration associated with integration and interoperability.
Fiona Hoegh‐Guldberg   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unveiling the Non-Linear Influence of Eye-Level Streetscape Factors on Walking Preference: Evidence from Tokyo

open access: yesISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
Promoting walking is crucial for sustainable development and fosters individual health and well-being. Therefore, comprehensive investigations of factors that make walking attractive are vital.
Lu Huang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Towards Transformative Climate Governance: Capacities and Constraints for Local Government in Aotearoa New Zealand

open access: yesEnvironmental Policy and Governance, Volume 36, Issue 5, Page 1166-1192, October 2026.
ABSTRACT An emerging consensus calls for transformative climate governance. However, what instigates and sustains transformative pathways remains unclear. This study characterises the existence, quality and structural underpinnings of transformative governance capacities in local government climate change response in Aotearoa New Zealand, applying a ...
Gangadari K. Ranawaka   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Genomic Vulnerability of a Threatened Possum in a Biodiversity and Climate Change Hotspot

open access: yesMolecular Ecology, Volume 35, Issue 19, October 2026.
ABSTRACT Spatial variation in the magnitude and pace of climate change impacts means some species will be more affected than others. This includes those occurring within global biodiversity hotspots, regions with exceptional concentrations of endemic species that have often been shaped by long‐term climatic stability.
Grace I. Marsh   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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