Results 41 to 50 of about 725,403 (245)

Tourist colonization and urbanization on the polish coast on the example of functional urban area of Kolobrzeg [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The author presented factors, directions and scale of the colonization and urbanization of the Kolobrzeg Seaside Functional Area (SFA) including the building of flats, houses, apartments, hotels and the expansion of the communications system (as FUA ...
Miedziński, Mariusz
core   +2 more sources

Synergistic Effects of Dysmorphococcus globosus on Selenium Enrichment and Astaxanthin Accumulation

open access: yesFoods
Hidden starvation poses a critical threat to people’s nutritional status and overall health. Developing functional agriculture can alleviate hidden starvation.
Moyu Zhong   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring the functional area approach in EU urban strategies

open access: yesTransactions of the Association of European Schools of Planning, 2020
A vast literature has investigated processes of spatial reconfiguration, contributing to the emergence of a ‘new urban question’ that not only reframes traditional urban issues but also challenges our understanding of what cities are today. Be that as it
Carlotta Fioretti, Martina Pertoldi
doaj   +1 more source

The effects of rapid urbanization on forest landscape connectivity in Zhuhai city, China [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Urban forests can provide the necessary ecosystem services for their residents and play an important part in improving the urban environment. Forest landscape connectivity is a vital indicator reflecting the quality of the ecological environment and ...
Cui, Nan   +4 more
core   +3 more sources

Measuring Functional Urban Shrinkage with Multi-Source Geospatial Big Data: A Case Study of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Megaregion

open access: yesRemote Sensing, 2020
Most of the shrinking cities experience an unbalanced deurbanization across different urban areas in cities. However, traditional ways of measuring urban shrinkage are focused on tracking population loss at the city level and are unable to capture the ...
Qiwei Ma   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Smart SUDS:recognising the multiple-benefit potential of sustainable surface water management systems [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
How can we make sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS) smart? SUDS help us to manage surface water runoff from urban environments but they are capable of delivering much more.
Jefferies, Chris   +2 more
core   +3 more sources

PROBLEMS OF URBAN GREEN AREAS AND THEIR SOCIAL FUNCTION

open access: yesJOURNAL OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM, 2006
The town is a complicated system the main components of which are the community and its environment. Therefore, town planning and formation of green area should be performed taking into consideration the community’s activities and needs. Favorable conditions must be created for people to live, work, study and rest.
openaire   +3 more sources

Functional Urban Areas as the Focus of Development Policy in Poland

open access: yesRozwój Regionalny i Polityka Regionalna, 2015
This article presents the premises, current status and the prospects of using functional urban areas as the focus of Poland's development policy. For the past 10 years, cities, especially large ones, have been increasingly impacting on their surrounding ...
Tomasz Kaczmarek
doaj   +1 more source

Rebuilding an urban empty space. The area where the Eretenio Theatre once stood near the River Retrone in Vicenza, Italy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Vicenza is an ancient city located in the Veneto region, not far from Venice, in the north-east corner of Italy. This work specifically refers to the area of the Eretenio theatre on the bank of the River Retrone.
DALLA CANEVA, Alessandro   +1 more
core  

An Integrated Approach to Identify Functional Areas for Bicycle Use with Spatial–Temporal Information: A Case Study of Seoul, Republic of Korea

open access: yesLand
Identifying urban functional areas increasingly relies on data-driven approaches that utilize multimodal spatial information. There is a growing focus on purpose-oriented functional area identification with greater policy relevance. This paper proposes a
Jiwon Lee, Jiyoung Kim
doaj   +1 more source

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy