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AN ASSESSMENT OF URBAN AGRICULTURAL LAND USE CHANGES USING GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION SYSTEM: A CASE STUDY OF JOS-BUKURU [PDF]

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The urban agricultural land use change of Jos-Bukuru between 1961 and 2002 is assessed. The aim is to generate relevant, accurate and timely data that would enhance the quality of decisions and actions in an attempt to ensure the survival, expansion and ...
Omomoh, E., Adeofun, C.O.
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[Ein schön Cantzleysch Tittelbuch inn reden und schreybenn nach Rettorischer ardt ...]

open access: yes
[by Urban Wyss]Vom Schreibmeister und Holzschneider Urban Wyss im Blockdruck hergestelltes ...
Wyss, Urban
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Cross‐scale Material‐Structure Synergy for 2D Metamaterials: Toward Customizable Intelligent Electromagnetic Manipulation in Multiphysics Fields

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
Recent advances in metasurface‐enabled low‐observable technologies are reviewed from the perspective of cross‐scale material–structure synergy. Electromagnetic, thermal, optical, and acoustic stealth are highlighted together with dynamic tuning, programmable coding, data‐driven inverse design, artificial intelligence, multispectral compatibility, and ...
Shuhao Wang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

River system changes under urban expansion: Insights from the Suzhou-Wuxi-Changzhou metropolitan area, China

open access: yesJournal of Hydrology: Regional Studies
Study region: The Suzhou-Wuxi-Changzhou (SWC) metropolitan area, China. Study focus: Urban expansion is a natural product of growing cities at the expense of river systems.
Zhixin Lin   +5 more
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Patterns of Urban Spatial Expansion in European Cities

open access: yes, 2019
In representing urban sprawl, the decline in population and employment density from the city centre to the periphery has been identified as the main character associated with the spatial expansion of built-up areas.
Gianni Guastella   +2 more
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Vine‐Inspired Soft Robotics: Materials, Actuations, and Emerging Applications

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
Vine‐inspired robots grow from the tip, enabling navigation through confined spaces with minimal disturbance. This Review summarizes material and actuation strategies for vine‐inspired growth, key functions including steering, retraction, attachment, branching, and variable stiffness, and emerging applications spanning medical intervention, confined ...
Jiahao Wu   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Conformal Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces: A Cylindrical Geometry Perspective

open access: yesAdvanced Electronic Materials, EarlyView.
Cylindrical reconfigurable intelligent surfaces are explored for low‐complexity beam steering using one‐bit meta‐atoms. A multi‐level modeling approach, including optimization‐based synthesis, demonstrates that even minimal hardware can support directive scattering.
Filippo Pepe   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Financing the Urban Expansion in Tanzania

open access: yes, 2012
This paper seeks to develop estimates of the net cost of the urban expansion in Tanzania. The paper focuses on developing estimates of the cost of planning and servicing land for new residential urban settlement. It
Raich, Uri, Sarzin, Zara
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Terahertz Channel Modeling, Estimation and Localization in RIS‐Assisted Systems

open access: yesAdvanced Electronic Materials, EarlyView.
Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces have become a recent intensive research focus. Based on practical applications, channel strategies for RIS‐assisted terahertz wireless communication systems are categorized into three different types: channel modeling, channel estimation, and channel localization.
Hongjing Wang   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing the impact of urban expansion on carbon emission

open access: yesEnvironmental and Sustainability Indicators
Urban expansion is not only a driving force for economic growth and development but also a perilous element for anthropogenic carbon emission coinciding with population growth, urban expansion, land use pattern, urban sprawl.
M.N. Rahman, K.S. Akter, M.I. Faridatul
doaj   +1 more source

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