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Urban Environments

open access: yes, 2023
AbstractUrbanization has dramatically changed Earth’s surface. This chapter starts with a qualitative look at the impact urban expansion has on the landscape, covering three existing urban classification schemes that have been created by other remote sensing scientists. We look at how these classifications can be used to quantify urban areas, and close
Michelle Stuhlmacher, Ran Goldblatt
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The negotiated public realm in the contemporary city: hybrid walkable urban networks of Hong Kong

open access: yesCity, Territory and Architecture, 2023
This paper focuses on the character of multi-level pedestrian accessibility and walkability within the public and quasi-public realm in Hong Kong, using the particular case of the redevelopment of Taikoo Place in Quarry Bay.
Hee Sun Choi   +3 more
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Ventilation and disease monitoring of indoor spaces and public transportation using an NDIR sensor network

open access: yesFrontiers in Built Environment, 2023
With the COVID-19 pandemic still ongoing, there is a need to ensure that people are not subjected to the risk of getting infected with the disease. Since COVID-19 is airborne, engineering controls must be provided to monitor and mitigate the spread of ...
Joshua C. Agar   +9 more
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La réhabilitation comme mécanisme pour traiter les aspects de la dégradation dans les quartiers résidentiels collectifs (étude de cas de la ville de M'sila) [PDF]

open access: yesZiglôbitha, 2023
Résumé : L’habitat requiert souvent une restauration et est nécessaire de l'entretenir car il est considéré comme un trésor national. Cependant, on remarque dans les villes algériennes que les rues souffrent d'un nombre de problèmes urbains et ...
Mourad Bouhlal & Khalfallah Boudjemaa
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Public risk perception of covid-19 transmission and support for compact development

open access: yesHumanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2023
In the last few decades, there has been a definitive shift in public support for compact development – characterized by high densities, more multifamily residential use, and effective public transit.
Himanshu Grover
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Urban Governance for Local Communities as a Mechanism for Local Development: A Case Study of the Municipality of M'Sila [PDF]

open access: yesZiglôbitha, 2023
: This research paper aims to shed light on the importance and role of actual decentralization and real financial independence as mechanisms to enhance governance and their implications on local development, particularly seeking concrete methods and ...
Mourad BOUHLAL et Khalfallah Boudjemaa
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Foundation plant species provide resilience and microclimatic heterogeneity in drylands

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2022
Climate change profoundly influences plants and animals in all ecosystems including drylands such as semi-arid and arid scrublands and grasslands. At the peak of an extended megadrought in the Southwestern USA, the microclimatic refuges provided by ...
C. J. Lortie   +3 more
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A multimethod approach for county-scale geospatial analysis of emerging infectious diseases: a cross-sectional case study of COVID-19 incidence in Germany

open access: yesInternational Journal of Health Geographics, 2020
Background As of 13 July 2020, 12.9 million COVID-19 cases have been reported worldwide. Prior studies have demonstrated that local socioeconomic and built environment characteristics may significantly contribute to viral transmission and incidence rates,
Christopher Scarpone   +5 more
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Development of a LoRa-based air quality monitoring system with user interface for public utility vehicles [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences
In the Philippines, where 80% of air pollution comes from vehicle emissions, air quality stations have limited coverage, making efficient monitoring crucial for tracking pollutant exposure.
Tolentino Aaron   +5 more
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“Reconciliation” in undergraduate education in Canada: the application of Indigenous knowledge in conservation

open access: yesFACETS, 2021
Both the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) explicitly emphasized the role of educators in “reconciliation.” Alongside this, conservation practitioners are ...
Danika Billie Littlechild   +2 more
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