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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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Rural Labor Supply and Economic Opportunities: Commuting, Migration, Tariffs, and Immigration
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Some rural counties remain dependent on agricultural or manufacturing jobs, but an increasing proportion have diversified economics. Rural counties also differ in their abilities to commute to an urban market characterized by higher wages and labor productivity.
Peter F. Orazem, Mary C. Ahearn
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Green Map Flushing Meadow Queens NY
, 2005 A map of Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens, NY, site of two world fairs (1939 and 1964) currently home to a number of recreation facilities and green space.
Green Map System (Firm)
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Evolution of green infrastructure from an urban metabolic perspective
4DExploring the Evolution of Green Infrastructure from an Urban Metabolic Perspective: Af Comparative Study within Western Europe. With the Gasometer in Vienna and De Ceuvel in Amsterdam as case studies, this research investigates the transformative ...
Anas Tuffaha, Ágnes Sallay
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Transformation towards sustainable green infrastructure systems in Egyptian villages (a case study of Fayoum villages) [PDF]
JES: Journal of Engineering SciencesThe importance of the rural community is shaped in Egypt, where more than 57.8% of the population lives. The Egyptian village is the smallest urban environmental unit that has social, cultural and political characteristics different from the city and has
Esraa Ezzeldien +3 more
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, 2015 In China, rapid city expansion and the consequent loss and fragmentation of green spaces presents a major challenge for urban planners wanting to maintain urban sustainability. The aim of this paper is to formulate a workable framework to plan and manage
Wu, Jiansheng +3 more
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Cultural capital influences a wide range of social and economic outcomes, yet quantitative measures suitable for policy analysis remain limited. We develop county‐level cultural capital indices for the US based on Bourdieu's framework of objectified, embodied, and institutionalized cultural capital.
Pratyoosh Kashyap +2 more
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Impact of the Total Area and Spatial Distribution of Green Infrastructure on the Canopy Urban Heat Island at the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo - A Numerical Study [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de MeteorologiaA rapid verticalization to accommodate the citizens of the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo is altering the balance of radiation and atmospheric heat, highlighting the need to understand the impact that green and built infrastructure have on the canopy ...
Stefano Jericó Daminello +1 more
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, 2023 DOTTORATO“Water lies at the section of landscape and infrastructure, crossing between visible and invisible domains of urban space... It does not constitute one object of analysis but rather an intersecting set of processes, practices, and meanings that ...
Song, Wenying
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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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