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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]

open access: yesSustainability, 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 ...
Yasi Tian
exaly   +2 more sources

Integrated behavioural and stable isotope data reveal altered diet linked to low breeding success in urban-dwelling blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus) [PDF]

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2017
Animals often show reduced reproductive success in urban compared to adjacent natural areas. The lower availability and quality of natural food in cities is suggested as one key limiting factor.
Christopher J. Pollock   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

A study of the LoRa signal propagation in forest, urban, and suburban environments [PDF]

open access: yesAnnals 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.
Ana Elisa Ferreira   +5 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Music in Memphis

open access: yesSouthern 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
doaj   +1 more source

Love and Death at Second-Line

open access: yesSouthern 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
doaj   +1 more source

Land Conversion for Suburban Housing: A Study of Urbanisation Around Warsaw and Olsztyn, Poland [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN 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
openaire   +4 more sources

Daffin Park

open access: yesSouthern Spaces, 2006
In this 1999 video, children meet near a fountain in Savannah's Daffin Park.
Steve Bransford
doaj   +1 more source

Constructed Views: New Meets Old in Mid-South Cities

open access: yesSouthern 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
doaj   +1 more source

Epidemiology and Etiology of Acute Pancreatitis in Urban and Suburban Areas in Shanghai: A Retrospective Study [PDF]

open access: yesGastroenterology Research and Practice, 2018
Aim. To investigate the epidemiology, etiology, and severity of acute pancreatitis (AP) in urban and suburban areas of Shanghai in 2011 and 2016. Methods. A retrospective study of patients admitted to Shanghai General Hospital (urban and suburban campuses) with AP in 2011 and 2016 was undertaken.
Junjie Fan   +5 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Krog Street Tunnel

open access: yesSouthern 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
doaj   +1 more source

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