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The role of privately owned sports related green spaces in urban ecological frameworks [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
An ecological framework seeks to maintain ecological processes in the wider landscape and to conserve ecosystems, habitats, species, genetic diversity, and landscapes of importance.
Clark, Peter   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Characterization and Performance of Lactate-Feeding Consortia for Reductive Dechlorination of Trichloroethene

open access: yesMicroorganisms, 2021
Understanding the underlying mechanism that drives the microbial community mediated by substrates is crucial to enhance the biostimulation in trichloroethene (TCE)-contaminated sites.
Jiangwei Li   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Gradients in urban material composition: A new concept to map cities with spaceborne imaging spectroscopy data [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
To understand processes in urban environments, such as urban energy fluxes or surface temperature patterns, it is important to map urban surface materials. Airborne imaging spectroscopy data have been successfully used to identify urban surface materials
Feilhauer, Hannes   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Unequal and unjust: The political ecology of Bangkok’s increasing urban heat island

open access: yesUrban studies, 2023
The intensity of Bangkok’s urban heat island during the dry season can be as high as 6–7° and in the densest areas the urban heat island’s intensity is approximately 4°C.
D. Marks, J. Connell
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Local environment, surface characteristics and stochastic processes shape the dynamics of urban dustbin surface microbiome

open access: yesEnvironment International, 2023
Dustbins function as critical infrastructures for urban sanitation, creating a distinct breeding ground for microbial assemblages. However, there is no information regarding the dynamics of microbial communities and the underlying mechanism for community
Xin-Li An   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Intersecting disciplinary frameworks: the architecture and ecology of the city

open access: yesEcosystem Health and Sustainability, 2018
Introduction: While many studies have explored the link between ecology and urban design, this paper examines two major conceptions that can promote deeper connections between architecture and ecological science.
Brian McGrath
doaj   +1 more source

Special Issue: landscape urbanism and green infrastructure [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
With the notion of landscape urbanism long neglected, interlinkages between ecology and architecture in the built environment are becoming visible. Yet, the diversity in understandings of the interconnections between cities and nature is the starting ...
Panagopoulos, Thomas
core   +1 more source

Beta Diversity Patterns of Post-fire Forests in Central Yunnan Plateau, Southwest China: Disturbances Intensify the Priority Effect in the Community Assembly

open access: yesFrontiers in Plant Science, 2018
Post-fire succession is an ideal case for studying effects of disturbance on community assembly, and the key is to disentangle the contributions of assembly processes to the variation of community composition, namely beta diversity, and the contingent ...
Jie Han   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cool Kitchen: Processing Starch and Eggshell Powder into Sustainable Coatings for Passive Daytime Cooling

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A food‐grade cooling composite made from starch and recycled eggshell powder offers a scalable, ultra‐low‐cost solution for passive daytime radiative cooling. Easily prepared using basic kitchen tools, this material empowers communities, even in areas with limited infrastructure, to stay cooler during worsening summer heat waves.
Qimeng Song   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Epidermal Patch Technologies for Integrated Healthcare and Infection Management

open access: yesAdvanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Epidermal patches have evolved from simple wound coverings into multifunctional, skin‐conformable platforms integrating drug delivery, biosensing, and therapeutic functionalities. This review highlights their material innovations, fabrication strategies, and intelligent designs, including hydrogels, microneedles, and flexible electronics, while ...
Yuqi Wang   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

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