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Caterpillar phenology predicts differences in timing of mountain chickadee breeding in urban and rural habitats

, 2019
To ensure the survival of their offspring, birds need to precisely time their reproduction: when offspring have the highest demand for food, food resources should be most abundant.

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Workshop proceedings : urban limit line (April 18, 1990)

, 1991
v, 55 p. : ill., maps. "...organized...to discuss Plan Winnipeg's urban limit line" -- p. 1 Sponsored by Man. Dept.
Urban Limit Line Workshop
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The Rural and the Urban: A Spatial Reading of Selected Poems by Stephen Spender and Badr Shakir al-Sayyab

Nalans
The countryside and the city are considered among the most frequently tackled themes in British and Arabic poetry. They are viewed as two inseparable aspects of man’s life in the modern age.
Haitham K. Al-Zubbaidi, Khalid Qais Abd
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Hybrid model to optimize object-based land cover classification by meta-heuristic algorithm: an example for supporting urban management in Ha Noi, Viet Nam

International Journal of Digital Earth, 2019
This study proposed a novel object-based hybrid classification model named GMNN that combines Grasshopper Optimization Algorithm (GOA) and the multiple-class Neural network (MNN) for urban pattern detection in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Quang-Thanh Bui, Manh Pham Van, Nguyen Thi Thuy Hang, Quoc-Huy Nguyen, Nguyen Xuan Linh, Pham Minh Hai, Tran Anh Tuan, Pham Van Cu   +7 more
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Urban Atmospheres [PDF]

cultural geographies, 2017
What is an urban atmosphere? How can we differentiate an ‘atmosphere’ from other facets of urban consciousness and experience? This essay explores some of the wider cultural, political, and philosophical connotations of atmospheres as a focal point for critical reflections on space and subjectivity.
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Exploring the substantive nature of urban morphology: managing the changing character of cities in China

, 2021
. The value of identifying and improving the distinctiveness of cultural landscapes as a means of reinforcing place identity and supporting economic development has been widely recognised by both academics and professionals.
Wang, Shaoxu, Zhang, Jiantao, Chen, Sisi, Gu, Kai   +3 more
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Biology of the Euonymus scale Unaspis euonymi Hemiptera: Diaspididae in Urban Areas of Ankara, Turkey

Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2007
Unaspis euonymi is an important pest of Euonymus plants in parks and gardens of Ankara. In this study, the biology of U. euonymi was investigated in 2002 and 2003.
Özlem Özyurt, Selma Ülgentürk
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Are convection‐permitting climate projections reliable for urban planning over Africa? A case study of Johannesburg

Atmospheric Science Letters
Cities are particularly vulnerable to surface water flooding. It is also well‐known that they influence local rainfall themselves, which has important implications for climate change adaptation planning for cities.
William J. Keat, Chris J. Short, Elizabeth J. Kendon   +2 more
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Mapping the spatial interdependence of adverse health outcomes and neighborhood socioeconomic conditions in Baltimore

Journal of Maps
Studies on health disparities in Baltimore, Maryland, have enriched scholarship on the social determinants of health. Yet, questions remain about whether a composite measure of disease prevalence provides greater analytical leverage over multiple ...
Tyson D. King-Meadows, Vishakha Agarwal
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Annual Report 2019

, 2020
In 2019, the Kinder Institute helped shape critical conversations on important urban issues including the use of federal housing vouchers, barriers for small manufacturers and the benefits of arts education.
Kinder Institute for Urban Research, Rougeau, Rose   +1 more
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