Effects of exposure to immersive videos and photo slideshows of forest and urban environments
Scientific Reports, 2021 A large number of studies have demonstrated the benefits of natural environments on people’s health and well-being. For people who have limited access to nature (e.g., elderly in nursing homes, hospital patients, or jail inmates), virtual representations
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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]
Ziglôbitha, 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
Humanities & 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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Public health reports (1974), 2021 Childhood and adolescence are crucial periods for mental and social development. Currently, mental illness among young people is a global epidemic, and rates of disorders such as depression and anxiety are rising. Urban living, compared with rural living,
A. Buttazzoni, S. Doherty, L. Minaker
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Corvids in Urban Environments: A Systematic Global Literature Review
Animals, 2021 Simple Summary With regard to their high adaptability to human settlements and global distribution, corvid birds (crows, ravens, jays, etc.) are good models to understand the impacts of urbanization on wildlife.
Isma Benmazouz +7 more
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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]
Ziglôbitha, 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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Activating urban environments as social infrastructure through civic stewardship
Urban Geography, 2021 Stewardship consists of acts of claims-making on space and caretaking of place that activate urban environments to function as social infrastructure.
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Foundation plant species provide resilience and microclimatic heterogeneity in drylands
Scientific 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 ...
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International 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,
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Development of a LoRa-based air quality monitoring system with user interface for public utility vehicles [PDF]
E3S Web of ConferencesIn 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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