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Studying (by) disappeared buildings: the “social aspect” as methodology for writing the history of architectural preservation in contemporary Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Ponencia presentada a Session 9: Forma urbana y relaciones entre historia y proyecto: el medio ambiente como patrimonio / Urban form and relationships between design and history: environmental heritage, arquitecture and ...
Atique, Fernando
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Improving the Robustness of Visual Teach‐and‐Repeat Navigation Using Drift Error Correction and Event‐Based Vision for Low‐Light Environments

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Visual teach‐and‐repeat (VTR) navigation allows robots to learn and follow routes without building a full metric map. We show that navigation accuracy for VTR can be improved by integrating a topological map with error‐drift correction based on stereo vision.
Fuhai Ling, Ze Huang, Tony J. Prescott
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of sustainable urban forms for climate change adaptation and mitigation

open access: yesEnvironmental and Sustainability Indicators
The purpose of this study is to discuss sustainable urban forms by elucidating the relationship between urban form and various climate change risks. Firstly, it comprehensively addresses three climate change risks to unveil trade-offs related to the ...
Seung-Won Kang   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cities and Warfare: The Impact of Terrorism on Urban Form [PDF]

open access: yes
What impact will terrorism have on America’s cities? Historically, large-scale violence has impacted cities in three ways. First, concentrations of people have an advantage in defending themselves from attackers, making cities more appealing in times of ...
Edward L. Glaeser, Jesse M. Shapiro
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From Lab to Landscape: Environmental Biohybrid Robotics for Ecological Futures

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This Perspective explores environmental biohybrid robotics, integrating living tissues, microorganisms, and insects for operation in real‐world ecosystems. It traces the leap from laboratory experiments to forests, wetlands, and urban environments and discusses key challenges, development pathways, and opportunities for ecological monitoring and ...
Miriam Filippi
wiley   +1 more source

Study on the Morphological Analysis and Evolution of the Street Network in the Historic Urban Area of Changsha City from 1872–2023

open access: yesLand
This study focuses on the streets and spatial networks of the historic urban area in Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province, China, by mainly investigating the evolution of their geometric and topological characteristics.
Bohong Zheng   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Higher depression risks in medium- than in high-density urban form across Denmark. [PDF]

open access: yesSci Adv, 2023
Chen TK   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

ALFRED-DONAT AGACHE URBAN PROPOSAL FOR COSTA DO SOL. FROM THE TERRITORY TO THE CITY. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This paper reviews the development of Costa do Sol, as planned by architect urbanist Alfred-Donat Agache, for Lisbon Region in Portugal. The Plano Expansão Região Oeste de Lisboa (1934-1936) prepared by Agache and requested by Portuguese Minister of ...
André, Paula   +2 more
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