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Improving the urban green system and green network through the rehabilitation of railway rust areas

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae: Agriculture and Environment, 2014
The Industrial Revolution had a negative impact on both the city and the environment. By the second half of the 19th century, the urban erosion of industrial cities cried for direct intervention and curing.
Hutter Dóra, Szilágyi Kinga
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The green areas of San Juan, Puerto Rico

Ecology and Society, 2014
Green areas, also known as green infrastructure or urban vegetation, are vital to urbanites for their critical roles in mitigating urban heat island effects and climate change and for their provision of multiple ecosystem services and aesthetics. Here, I
Olga M. Ramos-González
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Urban Green Space Arrangement for an Optimal Landscape Planning Strategy for Runoff Reduction

Land, 2021
Increased impervious surfaces due to urbanization have reduced evaporation and infiltration into the soil compared with existing natural water cycle systems, which causes various problems, such as urban floods, landslides, and deterioration of water ...
Byungsun Yang, Dongkun Lee
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Tracking Health Related Quality of Life From Diagnosis to Follow‐Up Among Australian Children With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) is one of the most treatable forms of paediatric cancer; however, there is a substantial burden of treatment‐related toxicities (TRTs). In addition, the long‐term changes in children's health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) due to toxic treatments are not well understood.
Clare Ghows, Clarissa E. Schilstra, Karen McCleary, Nancy E. Briggs, Rishi S. Kotecha, Richard De Abreu Lourenco, Shanti Ramachandran, Ruelleyn Cockcroft, Rachel Conyers, Siobhan Cross, Luciano Dalla‐Pozza, Peter Downie, Tamas Revesz, Michael Osborn, Frank Alvaro, Claire E. Wakefield, Glenn M. Marshall, Toby Trahair, Marion K. Mateos, Joanna E. Fardell   +19 more
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Public green areas and urban environmental quality of the city of São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Biology
Assess the state of public green areas, their importance and influence on environmental quality and living in urban centers is an arduous task considering the conceptual and scientific regarding quantification and data analysis methods divergence.
M. A. Bertini, R. R. Rufino, A. T. Fushita, M. I. S. Lima   +3 more
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Health-Promoting Nature-Based Paradigms in Urban Planning

Encyclopedia, 2023
Since the 19th century, urban planning has largely been guided by ambitions to improve the population’s wellbeing and living conditions. Parks and green areas have played a significant role in this work.
Patrik Grahn, Jonathan Stoltz, Erik Skärbäck, Anna Bengtsson   +3 more
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Sociodemographic Factors Associated With Later Stage at Diagnosis of Pediatric Germ Cell Tumors: A Report From Children's Oncology Group Registries ACCRN07 and APEC14B1

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Germ cell tumors (GCTs) often arise in the ovaries and testes (extracranial) but can also develop in the brain (intracranial). We examined the relationship of individual, family, and community‐level socioeconomic status (SES) with stage of disease at diagnosis in a cohort of pediatric patients with GCT from Children's Oncology Group
Heydon K. Kaddas, Judy Y. Ou, Todd Alonzo, Logan G. Spector, Negar Fallahazad, Emily Owens, Anne C. Kirchhoff, Adam L. Green   +7 more
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Impact of Lack of Public Green Areas on the Living Conditions of Mogadishu’s Residents

Forestist
Lately, the functions of urban greening, including recreational use, aesthetics, and resting places, are at the top of the expectations of society. These green areas in cities reduce energy use, facilitate cooling effects, and improve water and air ...
Abdulwasa Abdiwali Hassan, Abdullah Emin Akay   +1 more
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Sustainable Urban Development and Green Areas

SİYASAL: Journal Political Sciences, 2017
Dogadan uzak, kalabalik, gurultulu ve beton yiginlari arasindaki kent yasami, insanlarin fiziksel ve psikolojik olarak rahatlayabilme ihtiyaclarini karsilayamamaktadir. Ozellikle isten, okuldan ya da her hangi bir faaliyetten arta kalan bos zamanlarin sikintili, yogun, gri tonda bir atmosferde gecirilmesi, bu konudaki sorunlarin daha da artmasina neden
Abdullah Karataş, Selim Kılıç
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A brief thesaurus on the evolution of the theory of landscaping of urbanized systems

Архитектон, 2023
There are three periods identified in the development of the theory of landscaping as part of the large and largest city ecosystems in Russia: 1) 1917-1965 – the paradigm of socialist garden city; 2) 1965-2000 – the emergence of urban ecology; 3) the ...
Ziyatdinov Zufar Z., Kheruvimova Irina A
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