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Urban scale energy modelling in the built environment
, 2016 We have gained insight in how individual building using energy and detailed models have been developed to predict energy consumption to inform design decision making.
Shan Shan, Hou +2 more
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Urbanicity, Urbanization, and the Urban Environment [PDF]
, 2007 Peer Reviewed ; http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/55740/1/ompad_urbanization_2007 ...
Ompad, Danielle C. +2 more
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China economy-wide material flow account database from 1990 to 2020
Scientific Data, 2022 Measurement(s) domestic extraction • emission • international trade • imports • exports Technology Type(s) economy-wide material flow analysis Factor Type(s) economy • environment • material flow Sample Characteristic - Location ...
Chuke Chen +10 more
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On Improving Urban Environment Representations [PDF]
Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2014 Computer graphics has evolved into a mature and powerful field that offers many opportunities to enhance different disciplines, adapting to the specific needs of each. One of these important fields is the design and analysis of Urban Environments. In this article, we try to offer a perspective of one of the sectors identified in Urban Environment ...
Xavier Pueyo +2 more
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Water Quality of the Beach in an Urban and Not Urban Environment [PDF]
International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning, 2016 Numerous studies and theories have emerged for evaluating the quality of beaches using different parameters. In recent years in the European region, one of the most important aspects when evaluating a beach is the quality of water and sand. The quality of water is represented by the amount of Intestinal Enterococcus and Escherichia coli. This parameter
Villacampa, Yolanda +5 more
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Quantitative detection of fecal contamination with domestic poultry feces in environments in China
AMB Express, 2017 Poultry are an important source of fecal contamination in environments. However, tools for detecting and tracking this fecal contamination are in the early stages of development.
Fang-Fang Zhuang +4 more
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Airborne Particles in the Urban Environment [PDF]
Elements, 2010 Particulate matter is an important constituent of our atmosphere and has a critical impact on natural processes and human health. Although they are a minor component of the average global mass flux, anthropogenic particles are abundant in the urban environment, where they contribute substantially to air pollution.
Grobéty, Bernard +3 more
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Urban forest invertebrates : how they shape and respond to the urban environment [PDF]
, 2022 Invertebrates comprise the most diversified animal group on Earth. Due to their long evolutionary history and small size, invertebrates occupy a remarkable range of ecological niches, and play an important role as "ecosystem engineers" by structuring ...
Jones, Theresa M. +12 more
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Response of soil viral communities to land use changes
Nature Communications, 2022 Soil viral communities remain understudied. Here, Liao et al. retrieve a catalogue of around sixty thousand vOTUs through a systematic viromic pipeline, and uncover the response of soil viral communities to anthropogenic land use changes.
Hu Liao +7 more
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Greenspace’s value orientations of ecosystem service and socioeconomic service in China
Ecosystem Health and Sustainability, 2022 Background: Natural ecosystems provide necessary services for human beings, including ecosystem service values (ESVs) and socioeconomic service values (SSVs). The value orientations of ESVs and SSVs are mainly related to people’s interaction with nature.
Xia Yao +11 more
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