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Closing the Gap: Territorial Cohesion through Polycentric Development

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Spatial Development, 2007
This article discusses and analyses national polycentric development policies aiming at cohesion. Due to its insertion in the 1999 European Spatial Development Perspective ‘polycentricity’ has become an important concept in discussions on Europe’s ...
Evert Meijers   +2 more
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The Evaluation and Improvement of Fire Safety for Existing Buildings: A Development of Codes System [PDF]

open access: yesصفه, 2023
Fires in buildings are always a treat to people's lives and properties. Fire safety codes and regulations have been developed nationally, therefore, to attain a reasonable level of fire safety in buildings.
Saeed Bakhtiary   +2 more
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Challenges for The Implementation of The Regulatory Framework of Urban Land Regularization in Brazil’s Federal District

open access: yesProceedings of the International Conference of Contemporary Affairs in Architecture and Urbanism-ICCAUA, 2021
This article seeks to reflect on the current legal framework for urban land regularization, Federal Law No. 13,465/2017, and to explore the challenges of Brazil’s Federal District, the country's capital, to implement this recent Law. Questions about the
Denise de Campos Gouvêa   +1 more
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Legal land tenure programmes: security and precarity of the poor in Urban India

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban Sustainable Development, 2022
This essay discusses the veracity of legal tenure granted to informal settlers on public land in the context of top-down neo-liberal policies superimposed on an already existing regime of urban regulations and welfare measures.
Banashree Banerjee
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Policy Impact Analysis of Housing Policies Using Housing Cycles

open access: yesSAGE Open, 2022
In Korea, there is a big difference in the rise and fall of apartment prices by region, so it is expected that there will be differences in regional economic indexes.
Doo Won Bang, HyuckShin Kwon
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Investigation of Thermal and Energy Performance of the Thermal Bridge Breaker for Reinforced Concrete Residential Buildings

open access: yesEnergies, 2022
Thermal bridges in building envelopes can cause significant heat loss and heat gain. In this study, the developed thermal bridge breaker was applied to an interior insulation finishing system in residential buildings to minimize the thermal bridges in ...
Mi-Yeon Kim   +3 more
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Daily Mobility Patterns: Reducing or Reproducing Inequalities and Segregation?

open access: yesSocial Inclusion, 2021
Theory states that residential segregation may have a strong impact on people’s life opportunities. It is unclear, however, to what extent the residential environment is a good representation of overall exposure to different people and environments ...
Lina Hedman   +3 more
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Assessment and Analysis of Citizens’ Perceptions of Visual Corridors in Tehran City

open access: yesUrban Science, 2022
Today, in many cities, urban facades are typically forming according to the high-level codes, while citizens’ expectations and preferences are different from them.
Elham Zabetian Targhi, Vida Razi
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Nonlinear modeling of the infill wall based on the brittle cracking model [PDF]

open access: yesNumerical Methods in Civil Engineering, 2017
:This paper introduces a new numerical method for the analysis of infilled steel frames with hollow clay blocks. This approach is based on the brittle cracking model of ABAQUS.
A. Keyvani Borujeni, T. Mahdi
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Carbon stock status of urban green space in Suqian City and carbon sink potential of major tree species [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences
【Purpose】Urban green spaces mitigate carbon emissions, boost carbon sinks, and address environmental risks. Analyzing their types, carbon stocks, and key tree species' sequestration capacity aids in improving green space management.
Ge Zhiwei   +6 more
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