Biodiversity Impact of Green Roofs and Constructed Wetlands as Progressive Eco-Technologies in Urban Areas [PDF]
, 2019 The total amount of sealed surfaces is increasing in many urban areas, which presents a challenge for sewerage systems and wastewater treatment plants when extreme rainfall events occur. One promising solution approach is the application of decentralized
Knapp, Sonja +2 more
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ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2020 Human activities generate diverse and sophisticated functional areas and may impact the existing planning of functional areas. Understanding the relationship between human activities and functional areas is key to identifying the real-time urban ...
Xiaoqian Cheng +4 more
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Functional urban areas as an essence of the contemporary city [PDF]
, 2016 The paper outlines challenges in the governance of functional urban areas, treated as a contemporary form/nature of the city. The institutional infrastructure of that governance consists in the co-existence of the formal/legal public authorities and ...
Noworól, Aleksander
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ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2023 Urban planning and function layout have important implications for the journeys of a large percentage of commuters, which often make up the majority of daily traffic in many cities.
Zhuhua Liao +4 more
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Urban imperviousness effects on summer surface temperatures nearby residential buildings in different urban zones of Parma [PDF]
, 2017 Rapid and unplanned urban growth is responsible for the continuous conversion of green or generally natural spaces into artificial surfaces. The high degree of imperviousness modifies the urban microclimate and no studies have quantified its influence on
Congedo, Luca +7 more
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Theories and Models of Functional Zoning in Urban Space [PDF]
Revista de Management Comparat International, 2020 The city is an "organism" that converts raw materials, energy and information, reacts and changes through self-organization and especially through anthropicconscious organization.
Sorin BURLACU +4 more
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Combining the conservation of biodiversity with the provision of ecosystem services in urban green infrastructure planning. Critical features arising from a case study in the metropolitan area of Rome [PDF]
, 2016 A large number of green infrastructure (GI) projects have recently been proposed, planned and implemented in European cities following the adoption of the GI strategy by the EU Commission in 2013.
Anzellotti, I. +3 more
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SPATIAL DIMENSION OF SUPPORT FOR RURAL AREAS IN POLAND FROM COHESION POLICY FUNDS [PDF]
Annals of the Polish Association of Agricultural and Agribusiness Economists, 2023 The article examines the scale of absorption and spatial distribution of European Union (EU) funds for the implementation of the Cohesion Policy (CP) in rural areas in Poland.
Agata Mróz +2 more
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An Overview of Urbanization in Ecuador under Functional Urban Area Definition
REGION, 2018 This paper explores the urbanization process under Functional Urban Areas (FUAs) definition considering Ecuador as case of study. Analyzing data from 1950 to 2010, we have identified 28 FUAs that confirm that urbanization has rapidly increased in Ecuador since 1962. Then, a slum index, which is constructed using a United Nations methodology, is applied
Moisés Obaco, Juan Pablo Díaz-Sánchez
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Estimating Education Production Functions in Rural and Urban Areas [PDF]
Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 1976 Public elementary and secondary education represent the largest single expenditure by units of state and local governments. Nearly 30 percent of all tax dollars raised at the state and local level is spent for funding public elementary and secondary schools.
Debertin, David L., Debertin, David L.
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