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APPLICATION OF MACHINE LEARNING IN URBAN GREENERY LAND COVER EXTRACTION [PDF]

The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2018
Urban greenery is a critical part of the modern city and the greenery coverage information is essential for land resource management, environmental monitoring and urban planning.
X. Qiao, L. L. Li, D. Li, Y. L. Gan, A. Y. Hou   +4 more
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Assessment and mitigation strategies to counteract overheating in urban historical areas in Rome [PDF]

, 2018
As urban overheating is increasing, there is a strong public interest towards mitigation strategies to enhance comfortable urban spaces, for their role in supporting urban metabolism and social life.
Battisti, Alessandra, Laureti, Flavia, Martinelli, Letizia   +2 more
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Progress in urban greenery mitigation science – assessment methodologies advanced technologies and impact on cities

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management, 2018
Urban greenery is a natural solution to cool cities and provide comfort, clean air and significant social, health and economic benefits. This paper aims to present the latest progress on the field of greenery urban mitigation techniques including aspects
Mat Santamouris, George Ban-Weiss, Paul Osmond, Riccardo Paolini, Afroditi Synnefa, Constantinos Cartalis, Alberto Muscio, Michele Zinzi, Tobi Eniolu Morakinyo, Edward Ng, Zheng Tan, Hideki Takebayashi, David Sailor, P. Crank, Haider Taha, Anna Laura Pisello, Federico Rossi, Jiong Zhang, Denia Kolokotsa   +18 more
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Exploring the Relationship between Urban Park Greenery at Different Levels and Physical Activity: A Study Using the Hierarchical Linear Model

Land, 2023
Urban parks play a pivotal role in shaping physical activity (PA), yet our comprehension of the specific influence of park greenery remains limited. In this study, we focused on three Shanghai urban parks, conducting a comprehensive year-long on-site ...
Zheng Tao, Jiankang Guo, Junqi Chen, Wenrui Wu, Dan Chen   +4 more
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The neighbourhood physical environment and active travel in older adults : a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

, 2017
BACKGROUND: Perceived and objectively-assessed aspects of the neighbourhood physical environment have been postulated to be key contributors to regular engagement in active travel (AT) in older adults.
Andrea Nathan, Anthony Barnett, David W. Barnett, Ester Cerin, Jelle van Cauwenberg, null null   +5 more
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Simulations as Part of the BIM Concept in Urban Management [PDF]

, 2019
Smart city management is part of the Smart Cities concept and can be an essential element for further development in this area. The BIM concept, based on a 3D model, data and for all the beneficial cooperation, expands exponentially in the civil ...
Faltejsek, Michal
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The inhabited environment, infrastructure development and advanced urbanization in China's Yangtze River Delta Region [PDF]

, 2016
This paper analyzes the relationship among the inhabited environment, infrastructure development and environmental impacts in China's heavily urbanized Yangtze River Delta region.
Chen, W, Gao, W, Kammen, DM, Wu, Y, Zhang, Y, Zhou, N, Zhu, X   +6 more
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Safe design of skyrise greenery in Singapore [PDF]

, 2012
Singapore is transforming from a “garden city†to a “City-in-a-Garden†. Designing for safety is recognized by researchers and some governments as a best practice in facilitating eventual worker safety within the built environment. This research
Behm, Michael, Poh, Choon Hock
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Evaluating the Effects of Irrigation with Reused Water and Compost from a Pilot Wastewater Treatment Unit on the Experimental Growth of Two Common Ornamental Plant Species in the City of Athens

Clean Technologies
Since 2019, the NextGen pilot wastewater treatment unit—also known as the NextGen Sewer Mining concept—has been operating at the Athens Plant Nursery, transforming sewage from Athens’ central network into irrigation water and compost.
Konstantinos Tsimnadis, Giannis Katsenios, Stylianos Fanourakis, Grigorios L. Kyriakopoulos, Antonios Kyriakakis, Dimitrios Kyriakakis, Dimitrios Tsagkaropoulos   +6 more
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How to best map greenery from a human perspective? Comparing computational measurements with human perception

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 2023
Urban greenery has been shown to impact the quality of life in our urbanizing societies. While greenery is traditionally mapped top-down, alternative computational approaches have emerged for mapping greenery from the street level to mimic human sight ...
Jussi Torkko, Age Poom, Age Poom, Age Poom, Elias Willberg, Elias Willberg, Tuuli Toivonen, Tuuli Toivonen   +7 more
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