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Shifting Core and Slipping Foundation: An Uncertain Future of Landscape Architecture in European Universities [PDF]
, 2010 Faced with the dual and often conflicting necessity to be scientific and design practices the discipline of landscape architecture today is challenged to re-examine its core and intellectual foundation.
Koh, J.
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ENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.A scalable, color‐adaptive radiative cooling coating is developed to enable dynamic spectral regulation via a reversible thermochromic transition at ~45 °C and a high solar reflectance of 91.7%. The coating achieves 4.44 °C outdoor sub‐ambient cooling while providing robust superhydrophobicity and environmental durability through its micro/nano ...
Ziqi Li +8 more
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Queer Fragmentation and Trans Urban Aesthetics: from Cyberpunk to Cottagecore
Glocalism: Journal of Culture, Politics and Innovation, 2022 Queerness and transidentity have had a durable relationship with cyberpunk aesthetics, reflected in both cultural works and academic reflections. There is an evident attraction in worlds where technological prowess allows one to evolve beyond one’s ...
E. Barbeau +3 more
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The Street and Organization Studies [PDF]
, 2020 Work and organization increasingly happen in transit. People meet in coffee shops and write emails from their phones while waiting for buses or sitting outdoors on benches.
Cnossen, B. +2 more
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Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Open space networks provide multiple ecosystem services and other benefits which are particularly important to urban regions. Accordingly, there are many examples around the world of urban‐regional open space policies such as regional parks and green belts that connect non‐built‐up areas over several municipalities. Yet it is still unclear how
Gerd Lintz, Mariam Diagayété
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Urban Commoning: An Assessment of Its Aesthetic Dimension
Social Inclusion, 2022 The practice of urban commoning continues to tickle the imagination of activists and academics alike. Urban commoning’s aesthetic dimension, yet, has not been fully understood.
Louis Volont
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A Novel Multilevel Conceptual Framework for Flood Risk Governance
Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Globally, flood risk is increasing as climate change progresses. Contemporary flood risk management practice often utilises hydrodynamic modelling (for hazard risk assessments), social vulnerability assessments, and risk communications in silo, which fragments evidence‐based decision‐making for effective flood risk management. We hence develop
Aiperi Stambekova, Avidesh Seenath
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The Aesthetics of Transformation [PDF]
Athens Journal of Architecture, 2017 In the context of the traditional definition of aesthetics as the “science on beauty”, the title of this paper can be understood as a contradiction in the first place.
Vladimir Mako
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Visual Aesthetic Quality Assessment of Urban Forests: A Conceptual Framework
Urban Science, 2022 Visual aesthetic quality is the visual pleasure level that attracts people and makes them prefer certain areas. Visual aesthetic quality is valued and considered for urban forests but remains challenging.
Riyadh Mundher +7 more
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The Built Environment and Physical Activity: What Is the Relationship? [PDF]
, 2007 Synthesizes research on how the built environment -- recreational resources, land use mix and connectivity, presence of sidewalks and streetlights, and community environment -- affects residents' physical activity and health across ...
Claudia H. Williams
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