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Real-Time Thermal Mapping for Heat & Cool Archipelagos of Bengaluru, India

Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2017
Blessed with a salubrious climate, the city of Bengaluru over the past few decades has constantly witnessed thermal discomfort owing to several Urban Heat islands that have mushroomed within the city.
Gopinath Rajesh, Banerjee Aditya, Sachin S., Tiwari Prakhar, Wilson Sunny   +4 more
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Urban History, Urban Health

American Journal of Public Health, 2001
Over the course of the 20th century, the United States became an urban nation: 80% of Americans now live in metropolitan areas. Supplying basic sanitary services—drinking water, sewers, and garbage removal—to these cities is a gargantuan task, yet most people have little understanding of urban infrastructure systems and their enormous regional ...
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On the Necessity of an Integrated, Participative and Adaptive Approach to Sustainable Urban Environmental Quality Planning [PDF]

, 2017
Based on a review of recent literature, this paper addresses the question of how urban planners can steer urban environmental quality, given the fact that it is multidimensional in character, is assessed largely in subjective terms and varies across time.
Tejo Spit, Section Economic Urban Transitions, Peter Driessen, Stigt,van, Rien, Rien van Stigt, Economic Urban Transitions, Driessen, Peter, van Stigt, Rien, Spit, Tejo   +8 more
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[Assessment of urban location factors from remote sensing]

, 2006
Highly-dynamic, explosively and unmanageably growing megacities arise throughout the world. This rapid alteration within the urban environment often results in a lack of reasonable information for city planning, risk management or site selection.
Taubenböck, Hannes, Roth, Achim
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Lessons from Harvey: Crisis Informatics for Urban Resilience

, 2018
Residents, first responders and officials all turned to social media during Hurricane Harvey to impart information and make calls for assistance. This report demonstrates some of the work that could be done with this type of information. It suggests that
Martinez, Matthew, Villegas, Carlos, Krause, Matthew   +2 more
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Re-thinking urban flood management – time for a regime shift [PDF]

, 2016
Urban flooding is of growing concern due to increasing densification of urban areas, changes in land use, and climate change. The traditional engineering approach to flooding is designing single-purpose drainage systems, dams, and levees.
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Air Pollution-Driven Parental Restrictions: Associations with Children’s Active School Transport in Urban and Rural India

Youth
Active school transportation (AST), including walking or cycling to school, is common among children and youth in India. However, rising air pollution and public health advisories may encourage parents to restrict outdoor activities. The role of parental
Sheriff Tolulope Ibrahim, Heya Desai, Jamin Patel, Anuradha Khadilkar, Jasmin Bhawra, Tarun Reddy Katapally   +5 more
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Future heat-waves, droughts and floods in 571 European cities

Environmental Research Letters, 2018
Cities are particularly vulnerable to climate risks due to their agglomeration of people, buildings and infrastructure. Differences in methodology, hazards considered, and climate models used limit the utility and comparability of climate studies on ...
Selma B Guerreiro, Richard J Dawson, Chris Kilsby, Elizabeth Lewis, Alistair Ford   +4 more
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Simulating urban encroachment upon Natura2000 sites using the MOLAND model : supporting appropriate assessment

, 2009
The urban fabric of the Greater Dublin Area (GDA) has expanded rapidly over the past 20 years. This has lead to a decrease in environmental quality throughout the region and disturbance of protected areas.
Brennan, Michael, Shahumyan, Harutyun, Convery, Sheila   +2 more
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Two decades of aerosol trends over India: seasonal characteristics and urban-rural dynamics

Environmental Research Letters
India faces significant air quality challenges, with one of the highest air pollution levels of any country in the world. Here, we examine two decades (2001–2019) of both particulate matter (PM _2.5 ) concentration and aerosol optical depth (AOD) over ...
Prathmesh Namdeo, TC Chakraborty, Abhishek Chakraborty   +2 more
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