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On the concept of Urban Mutations: Urban research bibliography with an objective approach [PDF]
International Journal of Human Capital in Urban ManagementBACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Urban studies, as a field of research, often encounter a certain strictness in determining precise concept definitions.
Z. Bendebbache, A. Khiari, I. Maanser
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Risk Assessment Model for UAV Cost-Effective Path Planning in Urban Environments
IEEE Access, 2020 Increasing use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) in urban environments poses to an increased risk of fallen UAVs impacting people and vehicles on the ground, as well as colliding with manned aircraft in the vicinity of airports.
Xinting Hu +3 more
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Impact of human activities on the Marchica lagoon ecosystem in northeast Morocco [PDF]
E3S Web of ConferencesThis study aims to analyze and assess the human-induced pressures on the Marchica lagoon ecosystem in north-eastern Morocco, a designated Site of Biological and Ecological Interest (SBEI) known for its rich biodiversity. Employing a multifaceted approach,
Hlal Mohammed +8 more
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The Mitigative Potential of Urban Environments and Their Microclimates
Buildings, 2015 Cities play a crucial role in climate change: More than 50% of the growing population lives in cities producing most of the global GDP but also 78% of greenhouse gases (GHG) responsible for climate change. Moreover, due to their highly modified land-use
Rosa Schiano-Phan +2 more
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Tema, 2016 The volumetric configuration of the urban textures and the materials that constitute the external surfaces, are the main factors that influence the microclimate of a city.
Anastasia Fotopoulou +3 more
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Urban pollution and ecosystem services [PDF]
, 2019 Urban pollutants can degrade and inhibit ecological functions and processes. Those natural processes provide vital benefits and services to humans.
Baldocchi +20 more
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Urban sprawl : neighbourhood dissatisfaction and urban preferences : some evidence from Flanders [PDF]
, 2016 Early studies suggest that people living in rural neighbourhoods are more satisfied with their residential location than people living in cities. Consequently, most individuals seem to prefer low-density environments to reside in.
De Vos, Jonas +2 more
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Influence of Weather Factors on Thermal Comfort in Subtropical Urban Environments
Sustainability, 2020 Urbanization has influenced the distribution of heat in urban environments. The mutual influence between weather factors and urban forms created by dense buildings intensify human perception of the deteriorating thermal environment in subtropics.
Chih-Hong Huang, H. Tsai, Hung-chen Chen
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Safe Reinforcement Learning with Scene Decomposition for Navigating Complex Urban Environments [PDF]
2019 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV), 2019 Navigating urban environments represents a complex task for automated vehicles. They must reach their goal safely and efficiently while considering a multitude of traffic participants.
Maxime Bouton +3 more
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Objective Measures of Emotion During Virtual Walks through Urban Environments
Applied Sciences, 2011 Previous studies were able to demonstrate different verbally stated affective responses to environments. In the present study we used objective measures of emotion.
Moritz Geiser, Peter Walla
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