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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.
Nilsson, Jerry, Persson, Andreas,, Jönsson, Karin,, Sternudd, Catharina, Catharina Sternudd, Nordström, Jonas,, Berndtsson, Ronny, Sörensen, Johanna,, Becker, Per, Larsson, Rolf, MOTTAGHI, MISAGH, Nordström, Jonas, Karin Jönsson, Aspegren, Henrik,, Nordström, Leif Jonas, Becker, Per,, Mobini, Shifteh, Pilesjö, Petter,, Jonas Nordström, Larsson, Rolf,, Rolf Larsson, Misagh Mottaghi, Per Becker, Sternudd, Catharina,, Mottaghi, Misagh,, Shifteh Mobini, Ronny Berndtsson, Jönsson, Karin, Pilesjö, Petter, Berndtsson, Ronny,, Aspegren, Henrik, Johanna Sörensen, Sörensen, Johanna, Jerry Nilsson, Petter Pilesjö, Persson, Andreas, Nilsson, Jerry,, Henrik Aspegren, Mobini, Shifteh,, Andreas Persson   +39 more
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Rainwater Management in Urban Areas

, 2021
Rising levels of impervious surfaces in densely populated cities and climate change-related weather extremes such as heavy rain events or long dry weather periods provide us with new challenges for sustainable stormwater management in urban areas.
Brigitte Helmreich
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Prevalence and Molecular Characterization of Toxoplasma gondii and Toxocara cati Among Stray and Household Cats and Cat Owners in Tehran, Iran

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2022
Toxoplasma gondii and Toxocara spp. are the most critical parasites common between humans and cats. The close association of cats with humans in urban areas persuaded us to investigate the prevalence of these parasites in stray and household cats and ...
Poorya Karimi, Soheila Shafaghi-Sisi, Ahmad Reza Meamar, Gelareh Nasiri, Elham Razmjou   +4 more
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Stormwater Management in Urban and Rural Areas

, 2022
In past decades, traditional stormwater management in urban and rural areas was associated with a rapid transfer of water to sewage systems or ditches, which resulted in pollutants and large volumes of water being carried to rivers and streams [...
Jan K. Kazak, Jolanta Dąbrowska, Agnieszka Bednarek   +2 more
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Urban Flood Management through Urban Land Use Optimization Using LID Techniques, City of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

, 2021
In recent years, many urban areas in Ethiopia have experienced frequent flood events as a result of climate change and urban sprawl. Unplanned and unsustainable poor urban storm water management strategies will aggravate the impact and frequency of flood
Assefa M. Melesse, Mengistu A. Jemberie
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Cat Colony Caretakers' Perceptions of Support and Opposition to TNR

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2019
Trap, neuter and return (TNR) is a non-lethal approach to urban cat management used effectively internationally to decrease urban cat numbers, but deemed illegal in Australia.
Jacquie Rand, Jacquie Rand, Andrea Hayward, Kuan Tan   +3 more
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Do Pet Cats Deserve the Disproportionate Blame for Wildlife Predation Compared to Pet Dogs?

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021
Concerns about the impact of pet dogs and cats on native wildlife populations have shaped pet control legislation, despite there being scant research of their impact in urban areas.
Michael Franklin, Jacquie Rand, Jacquie Rand, Linda Marston, John Morton, John Morton   +5 more
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Coexistence between Humans and ‘Misunderstood’ Domestic Cats in the Anthropocene: Exploring Behavioural Plasticity as a Gatekeeper of Evolution

Animals, 2022
Welfare and management decisions for unowned free-ranging cats in urban environments should no longer be based on knowledge about behavioural ecology of solitary cats living and breeding in more natural ‘wild’ environments. We provide evidence that urban
Eugenia Natoli, Carla Litchfield, Dominique Pontier   +2 more
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Setting a Baseline Residential Water Demand Management Solution in Urban Towns of Ethiopia

, 2023
Due to the country’s expanding population, inadequate urban water management practices, limited community knowledge of water management, and urbanization, urban water management in Ethiopia is of great importance to the administration of the ...
Beshah M. Behailu, Mosisa Teferi Timotewos, Matthias Barjenbruch   +2 more
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Cape Town's cats: reassessing predation through kitty-cams [PDF]

, 2014
Includes bibliographical references.Domestic cats (Felis catus) are abundant generalist predators that exploit a wide range of prey within and adjacent to the urban matrix.
Morling, Frances
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