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The Effect of Urban-Suburban Interaction on Urbanization and Suburban Ecological Security: A Case Study of Suburban Wuhan, Central China [PDF]
Sustainability, 2020 In developing countries like China, urbanization is still occurring at a rapid pace. During urbanization, the urban land expands drastically, which makes suburbs the most affected area facing urban expansion. The land transition has proven to threaten the function and security of ecosystems, and therefore the topics of suburban land transition and ...
Tian, Yasi, Wang, Lei
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A study of the LoRa signal propagation in forest, urban, and suburban environments [PDF]
Annals of Telecommunications, 2020 Sensing is an activity of paramount importance for smart cities. The coverage of large areas based on reduced infrastructure and low energy consumption is desirable. In this context, Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) plays an important role. In this paper, we investigate LoRa, a low-power technology offering large coverage, but low transmission rates.
Ferreira, Ana Elisa +5 more
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Land Conversion for Suburban Housing: A Study of Urbanisation Around Warsaw and Olsztyn, Poland [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2003 In Poland of the 1990s, urban demand for housing land around city agglomerations increased rapidly. The decreasing profitability of agricultural production also caused farmers to become interested in the sale of agricultural land for nonagricultural purposes, and new land legislation granted them the right to sell their land.
Wasilewski, Adam, Krukowski, Krzysztof
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Urban and suburban lifestyles and residential preferences in a highly urbanized society [PDF]
Belgeo, 2011 It is widely recognized that cities nowadays are confronted with (new) challenges like segregation and suburbanisation. This paper explores the idea that these processes are related with residential choices (or preferences) made by residents with divergent lifestyles and value patterns.
Pisman, Ann +2 more
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Southern Spaces, 2004 The Mid-South city built on a Mississippi River bluff, Memphis sits at the confluence of extraordinary musical streams: Anglo-Celtic upcountry song styles, fiddle bands, and gospel harmonies mingled with Delta blues, African American congregational and ...
Allen Tullos
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Southern Spaces, 2004 A killing over street turf during a jazz funeral raises the conundrum of New Orleans: how to keep valuable traditions alive while losing the legacies of violence.
Nick Spitzer
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Southern Spaces, 2006 In this 1999 video, children meet near a fountain in Savannah's Daffin Park.
Steve Bransford
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Constructed Views: New Meets Old in Mid-South Cities
Southern Spaces, 2007 Photographer David Wharton's forays into mid-South cities reveal intersections of old and new. As his images look through things (fences, barriers) that are close to the camera and toward things that are farther away, he offers a rough analogue, though ...
David Wharton
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Lyle Saxon and the WPA Guide to New Orleans
Southern Spaces, 2009 Lawrence Powell rediscovers Lyle Saxon, editor of the WPA Guide to New Orleans, and finds his urban scene startlingly recognizable.
Lawrence N. Powell
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Southern Spaces, 2008 A sketch of Atlanta's Krog Street Tunnel in late February 2008. On March 15, a tornado destroyed many homes in the adjacent Cabbagetown neighborhood.
Mary Battle
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