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Combining Deep Learning and Multi-Source GIS Methods to Analyze Urban and Greening Changes
Sensors, 2023 Although many authors have observed a degradation in greening cover alongside an increase in the built-up areas, resulting in a deterioration of the essential environmental services for the well-being of ecosystems and society, few studies have measured ...
Mauro Francini +2 more
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Injustice in Urban Greening and Green Gentrification
, 2023 AbstractLarge cities are increasingly using urban greening, nature-centered projects, and green infrastructure to address socio-environmental and health challenges and harness widespread benefits for citizens, industries, and investors, while protecting existing urban ecosystems, resources, environmentally-sensitive areas, and built infrastructure ...
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First Record of Biocontrol Agent Torymus sinensis (Hymenoptera; Torymidae) in Bosnia and Herzegovina
South-East European Forestry, 2017 Background and Purpose: Dryocosmus kuriphilus is an invasive insect species of sweet chestnut (Castanea spp.) originating from China, and the only effective control measure against this pest is classical biological control with introduced parasitoid ...
Dinka Matošević +2 more
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Urban green infrastructure in Nigeria: A review
Scientific African, 2021 Urban green infrastructure is critical to sustainable cities and society, especially in rapidly urbanising developing countries. This paper provides a review of studies on urban greening in Nigeria.
Olumuyiwa Bayode Adegun +3 more
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Green Streets: Urban Green and Birth Outcomes [PDF]
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2017 Recent scholarship points to a protective association between green space and birth outcomes as well a positive relationship between blue space and wellbeing. We add to this body of literature by exploring the relationship between expectant mothers’ exposure to green and blue spaces and adverse birth outcomes in New York City. The Normalized Difference
Kathryn Abelt, Sara McLafferty
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An alternative urban green carpet [PDF]
Science, 2018 How can we move to sustainable lawns in a time of climate change?
Maria, Ignatieva, Marcus, Hedblom
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Cogent Food & AgricultureEffluents generated in aquaculture could contribute to increased risk of environmental contamination. Aquaponic could facilitate the resolution of this problem by transforming those potential pollutants into nutrients for plants, providing an extra ...
Gina Patricia Suárez-Cáceres +4 more
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AgronomyPhosphorus (P) stock scarcity is driving the need to develop alternatives to mineral fertilizers. The growing production of insects for high-protein feed results in significant amounts of residues (frass), which can be used as fertilizers.
Juan Nieto-Cantero +4 more
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Green Cities? Urbanization, Trade and the Environment [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2015 AbstractIs urbanization good for the environment? This paper establishes a simple core–periphery model with monocentric cities, which comprises key forces that shape the structure and interrelation of cities to study the impact of the urban evolution on the environment.
Rainald Borck, Michael Pflüger
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Urban Core Greening Balances Browning in Urban Expansion Areas in China during Recent Decades
Journal of Remote SensingChina has experienced a rapid urbanization during recent decades, strongly affecting vegetation dynamics in areas undergoing a transformation from rural to urban areas.
Xiaoxin Zhang +5 more
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