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Comparative and contrast study of Karbandie’s Masonry ribs brick arrangements

open access: yesCurved and Layered Structures, 2020
Karbandies’ masonry ribs construction technology is influenced by form and size, on one hand, and traditional architects’ creativity, on the other hand.
Ainechi Shahrzad, Valibeig Nima
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DECODING THE UNKNOWN HISTORIC URBAN GRAMMAR OF ANTAKYA THROUGH PROPERTY RIGHTS

open access: yesIconarp International Journal of Architecture and Planning, 2020
Purpose This research proposes that the property rights in the title deeds records in an urban setting merit investigation to decode the unknown urban grammar of the order of historic Islamic-Ottoman urban forms which have consisted invisible links ...
Mert Nezih Rifaioğlu   +1 more
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The analysis of elements geometry position in the Iranian garden structure

open access: yesJournal of Architecture and Urbanism, 2018
Iranian garden has been known as a specific architecture in the whole world. Among all its special features, the geometrical structure of Iranian garden has always attracted the attention of architects and researchers.
Hanieh Mohammadi, Nima Valibeig
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Setting priorities for greening cities with monetary accounting values for amenity services of urban green [PDF]

open access: yesOne Ecosystem, 2022
Life Satisfaction Analyses in Germany reveal a significant positive correlation between the amount of green space within 1 km of residence and well-being.
Beyhan Ekinci   +5 more
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Towards Psychosocial Well-Being in Historic Urban Landscapes: The Contribution of Cultural Memory

open access: yesUrban Science, 2020
A crucial element in the human search for well-being is achieving a sense of identity within, and belonging to, the landscape in which we live. Landscape should be understood as not only the visible environment but the affective values we attach to it ...
Fatmaelzahraa Hussein   +2 more
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Supporting site planning through monetary values for biomass and nature conservation services from ecosystem accounts [PDF]

open access: yesOne Ecosystem, 2022
Ecosystem services can be measured physically, but also valued in monetary terms. In public planning and decision-making in Germany, multi-criteria analysis is usually used to inform decision-makers about different impacts of projects, for example, for ...
Beyhan Ekinci   +5 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Prioritizing conservation actions in urbanizing landscapes [PDF]

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2021
AbstractUrbanization-driven landscape changes are harmful to many species. Negative effects can be mitigated through habitat preservation and restoration, but it is often difficult to prioritize these conservation actions. This is due, in part, to the scarcity of species response data, which limit the predictive accuracy of modeling to estimate ...
A. K. Ettinger   +6 more
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Energy Conservation in Urban Areas

open access: yesIEEJ Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 2007
AbstractThis article outlines the energy conservation measures in the civilian sector from a few different viewpoint regarding energy conservation in cities. First, the energy consumption trends in the business and residential sectors are discussed, focusing the importance of energy conservation measures in applications such as home heating, water ...
SUGIHARA, Hideharu, TSUJI, Kiichiro
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They live under our streets: ant nests (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in urban pavements [PDF]

open access: yesBiodiversity Data Journal, 2023
In the context of global insect decline, the urbanisation process plays a key role. However, urban pavements, which are considered to be impervious to biodiversity, can harbour ground-nesting insects under certain conditions.
Louise Dijon   +4 more
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Conservation: re-building an urban consiousness

open access: yesStudies in the History of Gardens & Designed Landscapes, 2004
This research has been devised as a critical analysis of the aspects of conservation in the urban environment for any study of conservation. It is necessary to thoroughly investigate the changing socio-cultural dynamics of the society, which seeks to reveal the changing social and cultural meanings and ideologies in the production of the physical ...
Uludag, Zeynep, Ultav, Zt, Caglar, N
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