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Urban Evolution: The Role of Water [PDF]

, 2015
The structure, function, and services of urban ecosystems evolve over time scales from seconds to centuries as Earth’s population grows, infrastructure ages, and sociopolitical values alter them.
Belt, Kenneth T., Kaushal, Sujay S., Mayer, Paul M., McDowell, William H., Newcomer Johnson, Tamara A., Pennino, Michael J., Wollheim, Wilfred M.   +6 more
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Agricultural Diversification at the Margin. Strategies and Determinants in Italian Mountain and Remote Areas

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores the convergence in on‐farm diversification strategies of agricultural holdings, between remote areas and more central ones. Using Italian farm‐level data, we explore the determinants of diversification strategies across farms.
Gianluca Grilli, Francesco Pagliacci, Paola Gatto   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Performance evaluation of integrated Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket reactor with trickling filter used for municipal wastewater treatment and effluent reuse potential for agriculture

Environmental Systems Research
Effluent reuse is a rapidly growing field of research where assessing the quality of effluent is one of the focus areas. This research examines the viability of using wastewater in agriculture by testing an integrated Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket ...
Rahel Sintayehu Tessema, Mekonnen Maschal Tarekegn, Mitiku Adisu Worku, Agizew Nigussie Engida, Ann Van Griensven   +4 more
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Projected heat-related mortality under climate change in the metropolitan area of Skopje

BMC Public Health, 2016
Background Excessive summer heat is a serious environmental health problem in Skopje, the capital and largest city of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
Gerardo Sanchez Martinez, Michela Baccini, Koen De Ridder, Hans Hooyberghs, Wouter Lefebvre, Vladimir Kendrovski, Kristen Scott, Margarita Spasenovska   +7 more
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Ten Cities, Four Countries, Five Years: Lessons on the Process of Building Urban Climate Change Resilience [PDF]

, 2015
The Rockefeller Foundation initiated a nine-year Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN) in ten initial cities and four countries1 in 2008. ACCCRN seeks to strengthen the capabilities of cities to plan, finance and implement urban climate
Stefan Nachuk
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The relationship between built-up areas and the spatial development of the mean maximum urban heat island in Debrecen, Hungary [PDF]

, 2005
The climate of built-up regions differs significantly from rural regions and the most important modifying effect of urbanization on local climate is the urban temperature excess, otherwise called the urban heat island (UHI).
Bottyán, Comrie, Eliasson, Gallo, Goh, Grimmond, Grimmond, Grimmond, Johnson, Johnson, Kircsi, Klysik, Kuttler, Kuttler, Landsberg, Matzarakis, Miller, Montavez, Moreno-Garcia, Mucsi, Myrup, Oke, Oke, Oke, Oke, Outcalt, Park, Ruffieux, Sakakibara, Szegedi, Szegedi, Tapper, Unger, Unger, Unger, Unger, Voogt, Voogt, Voogt, Yamashita   +39 more
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Vendor Types, Attendance, Experience and Sales 2019–2021: Evidence From Five Rural Oregon Farmers Markets

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Farmers markets provide a direct‐to‐consumer marketing path for farmers and small businesses, facilitating customer discovery and product refinement. This paper explores farmers markets as a business incubator, with a focus on beginning vendors and resilience to a shock, namely, COVID‐19 market restrictions.
Mallory L. Rahe, Juo‐Han Tsay, Sarah A. Low   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Are autonomous cities our urban future?

Nature Communications, 2018
Cities are rapidly expanding in size, wealth and power, with some now larger than nation states. Smart city solutions and strong global urban networks are developing to manage massive urban growth.
Barbara Norman
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URBAN INDIA AND CLIMATE CHANGE: MITIGATION STRATEGIES TOWARDS INCLUSIVE GROWTH [PDF]

Climate change has been emerged as a major challenge for the sustainable human settlement. The recent studies have established scientific evidences for climate change.
Mack Joong CHOI, Sohail AHMAD
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Using social science in National Park Service climate communications: A case study in the National Capital Region [PDF]

, 2020
Since 2012, the National Park Service’s (NPS’s) Urban Ecology Research Learning Alliance (UERLA) and George Mason University’s Center for Climate Change Communication have partnered on a collaborative “research-to-practice” internship program that ...
Beall, Lindsey, Campbell, Eryn, Gallagher, Ann, Maibach, Ed, Patzer, Shaelyn   +4 more
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