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GEOSPATIAL APPROACH FOR URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ASSESSMENT [PDF]
Growing population and change in gentrification patterns of urban areas affect the environment quality, especially in the developing nations. Most cities are thereby, facing serious environmental sustainability challenges.
S. Singh, K. Jain
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Thermal environment optimization in a large space building for energy-saving
As the functionality of large space buildings becomes more sophisticated, to ensure that the interior of the building has a reasonable thermal environment when it is put to use, designers must consider the thermal comfort of the human body and the ...
Daixin Tu +3 more
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The neighborhood renewal process is an important opportunity to update the built environment; however, major changes to the built environment might decrease spatial performance and environmental quality.
Dalit Shach-Pinsly +5 more
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Source Characteristics of Atmospheric CO2 and CH4 in a Northeastern Highland Area of South Korea
This study aims to present the atmospheric CO2 and CH4 levels and analyze their source characteristics at an observation station in a northeastern highland area of Korea for the 2012–2014 period.
Hyeon-Kook Kim +6 more
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Rapid urban sprawl in China has caused serious eco-environmental changes, and thus attracted significant attention of the international academic circles.
Danling Chen +4 more
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Defining Parameters for Urban-Environmental Quality Assessment
Measuring the quality of the urban environment has been a matter of research rooted in different fields of knowledge. Several methods and indicators have been deployed through the years, as have horizontal approaches from mixed perspectives. However, currently established indexes to measure urban performance depend on the actual definition of quality ...
Oto Novacek +3 more
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Vertical greenery system: a model for improving energy efficiency of buildings
Adaptation to climate change in cities is essential, and vertical greenery systems (VGSs) are used as a means of restoring the urban areas’ ecological integrity.
Tanja Trkulja +2 more
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Studies on urban environmental quality are evolving emphasizing the need for policy response concerning the enactment of environmental regulations to attain sustainable development goals (SDGs), mainly target 13.
Salwa Bajja +6 more
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Complexity in action: Untangling latent relationships between land quality, economic structures and socio-spatial patterns in Italy [PDF]
Land quality, a key economic capital supporting local development, is affected by biophysical and anthropogenic factors. Taken as a relevant attribute of economic systems, land quality has shaped the territorial organization of any given region ...
Bajocco, Sofia +7 more
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Hyperspectral image sensing can be used to effectively detect the distribution of harmful cyanobacteria. To accomplish this, physical- and/or model-based simulations have been conducted to perform an atmospheric correction (AC) and an estimation of ...
JongCheol Pyo +10 more
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