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Urban resilience through green infrastructure
, 2023 As cities keep growing and expanding, they become more vulnerable to climate change and directly and indirectly related disturbances. Thus increasing urban resilience is now a primary goal in planning and management of cities. Urban resilience depends on protecting biodiversity and providing habitats (ecological resilience), managing water sustainably (
Pamukcu-Albers, Pinar +4 more
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Study of Free‐Space Optical Quantum Network: Review and Prospectives
Advanced Science, EarlyView.Free from the constraints of fiber connections, free‐space quantum network enables longer and more flexible quantum network connections. This review summarizes and comparatively analyzes free‐space quantum network experiments based on ground stations, satellites, and mobile platforms.
Hua‐Ying Liu, Zhenda Xie, Shining Zhu
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LandSmall-scale, dispersed agroforestry spaces in the urban fringe constitute ecological land that serves dual public benefit functions: natural ecological conservation and rural-urban services.
Dongmeng Wang +5 more
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, 2020 Cities have a wide variety of green infrastructure types, such as parks and gardens. These structures can provide important ecosystem services (ES) with a major impact on human well-being.
Aiga Spāģe, Patrycia Brzoska
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Mapping the “Supply–Demand–Flow” of Ecosystem Services for Ecosystem Management in China
Advanced Science, EarlyView.This study develops a “supply–demand–flow” framework clarifies how ecosystem services move between regions by distinguishing potential and actual supply and demand. Using integrated biophysical–socioeconomic modeling, nine services in China were mapped.
Yikun Zhang +3 more
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) can be transformed into hydrogen (H2) through several chemical and catalytic processes, offering a promising route for both waste treatment and clean H2 production. This colorless, flammable, and toxic gas is found abundantly in swamps, volcanoes, hot springs, sewages, other natural gas fields, and even in refineries and
Divyesh Cirikonda +4 more
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The urban forest: cultivating green infrastructure for people and the environment
, 2017 This book focuses on urban "green infrastructure" – the interconnected web of vegetated spaces like street trees, parks and peri-urban forests that provide essential ecosystem services in cities.
Andreucci Maria Beatrice +8 more
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, 2023 Urban green infrastructure has become crucial to sustainable cities’ development because it offers many advantages, including better environmental quality, increased social well-being, and increased economic prosperity.
Sory Kourouma, Kandas Keita
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Assessing Household Welfare in Response to Rising Food Prices in The Gambia
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines how rising food prices affected household welfare in The Gambia using nationally representative data from the 2015/16 Integrated Household Survey (IHS‐3). The analysis reflects household consumption behavior and market conditions prevailing during that period and provides a structural benchmark for understanding ...
Roger Vorsah +3 more
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Requirements for Achieving the Social Benefits of Urban Green Infrastructure (UGI) [PDF]
JES: Journal of Engineering SciencesThe rapid transformation of urban neighborhoods, alongside changing lifestyles, has prompted cities to prioritize not only mitigating climate stress but also improving the well-being of their residents.
Rehab Mahmoud
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