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Beyond Speed Reduction: A Systematic Literature Review of Traffic-Calming Effects on Public Health, Travel Behaviour, and Urban Liveability

Infrastructures
Traffic calming has emerged as a key urban strategy to reduce vehicle speeds and mitigate road traffic risks, with increasing recognition of its broader implications for public health, human behaviour, and urban liveability.
Fotios Magkafas, Grigorios Fountas, Panagiotis Ch. Anastasopoulos, Socrates Basbas   +3 more
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A neuro‐behavioural model of neophobia

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Fear can be defined as the internal neurological state that releases a repertoire of behaviours an animal performs to reduce the effect of an aversive factor. Neophobia, the fear of novelty, is a fundamental behavioural trait observed across a wide range of species from arthropods to humans.
Arik Dorfman, Aziz Subach, Inon Scharf
wiley   +1 more source

Effectiveness of traffic calming measures [PDF]

, 2012
Failure to comply with traffic regulations, together with low driving culture, require the use of traffic\ud calming measures that physically prevent drivers from exceeding the speed limit, by which the level of\ud traffic safety and living conditions ...
Filipič, Klemen
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Citizen Involvement in Traffic Calming: A Study of the "Education" Component of Traffic Calming Programs

, 2002
This study investigates the theory and practice of citizen involvement in traffic calming, a topic that has received only minor attention in past research. To explore this topic, 35 local governments that have adopted formal traffic calming programs that
Martin, Andrew
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Methodology of traffic calming measures [PDF]

, 2006
Due to increase of traffic, roads have been widened and straightened to accommodate more and faster vehicle traffic. These changes facilitate driving but often degrade conditions for walking and cycling.
Pušnik, Borut
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Towards Transformative Climate Governance: Capacities and Constraints for Local Government in Aotearoa New Zealand

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
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, Anna L. Berka, Karen F. Hytten, Florentine D. van Noppen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Proactive safety assessment of urban through-roads based on GPS data

Archives of Transport
Road safety is a worldwide issue, while urban roads account for a high share of serious road injuries, especially involving vulnerable road users, such as pedestrians or cyclists.
Jiri Ambros, Jan Elgner, Veronika Valentova, Radoslaw Bak, Mariusz Kiec   +4 more
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Protection against traffic noise in urban areas in relation to noise control plans

Budownictwo i Architektura, 2014
Exposure to traffic noise belongs to the most harmful impacts affecting people who live in towns. Nearly one third of residents of big towns in Poland suffers from permanent exposure to traffic noise, which may have adverse effects on health.
Janusz Bohatkiewicz
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Beyond Gut Modulation: A Critical Review of the Therapeutic Potential, Safety, and Clinical Prospects of Natural Polysaccharides for IBD

Food Safety and Health, EarlyView.
In this review, we critically summarized the application of natural polysaccharides (NPs) for the treatment of IBD. This approach combines, in a unique way (right), the basic structure–activity relationships of NPs from different origins (left) with their multipronged mode of action, which involves modulation of the gut microbiota and other ...
Felix Danso, A. M. Abd El‐Aty, Kwaku Amoah, Xianghong Ju   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors influencing the acceptance of augmented reality in education: a review of the literature

, 2017
This paper presents a review of user expectation towards Augmented Reality (AR) and the acceptance of AR for technologyenhanced teaching and learning. Augmented Reality is a technology that superimposes a computer-generated image over a user’s view of ...
Che Samihah Che Dalim, Dalim, C.S.C., Billinghurst, M, Kolivand, Hoshang, Billinghurst, Mark, Kolivand, H, Kolivand, H., Kadhim, H, Kadhim, H., Mark Billinghurst, Huda Kadhim, Mohd Shahrizal Sunar, Hoshang Kolivand, Dalim, C. S. C., Kadhim, Huda, Billinghurst, M., Che Dalim, Che Samihah, Dalim, CSC, Sunar, Mohd Shahrizal, Sunar, MS, Sunar, M.S.   +20 more
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