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Spatiotemporal Pattern of Carbon Compensation Potential and Network Association in Urban Agglomerations in the Yellow River Basin

open access: yesISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2023
The Yellow River Basin is an important energy base and economic belt in China, but its water resources are scarce, its ecology is fragile, and the task of achieving the goal of carbon peak and carbon neutrality is arduous.
Haihong Song   +4 more
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Is flood resilience planning improving? A longitudinal analysis of networks of plans in Boston and Fort Lauderdale

open access: yesClimate Risk Management, 2021
As climate change increases flood risk, there is growing recognition that the multiple plans cities adopt often work at cross purposes and encourage development in areas at risk of current and future flooding. There have been calls for a more coordinated
Sierra Woodruff   +8 more
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Identifying, Exploring and Verifying Resilient Grading System for Parks under the Disaster Context of Floods and Winds [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2021
In our living environment, we frequently encounter natural disasters such as typhoons, floods, earthquakes, drought, petrochemical plant safety accident, stripping accident and so on.
Pan Hao-Zhang, Ou Sheng-Jung
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Global urban homogenization and the loss of emotions

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2022
Urban expansion is generating unprecedented homogenization of landscapes across the world. This uniformization of urban forms brings along dramatic environmental, social, and health problems. Reverting such processes requires activating people’s sense of
Adrienne Grêt-Regamey   +1 more
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Effects of urbanisation and landscape heterogeneity mediated by feeding guild and body size in a community of coprophilous beetles [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Although the impacts of urbanisation on biodiversity are well studied, the precise response of some invertebrate groups remains poorly known. Dung-associated beetles are little studied in an urban context, especially in temperate regions.
Foster, Christopher W.   +3 more
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Settlement relationships and their morphological homogeneity across time and scale

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2023
Homogeneous settlement morphologies negatively impact urban vibrancy, the environment, and emotions. Mainly resulting from the separation of functions such as work and living, homogeneous settlements have often been found around large cities. However, it
Yves M. Räth   +4 more
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URBAN LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT

open access: yesProceedings 24th ISUF 2017 - City and Territory in the Globalization Age, 2017
URBAN LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT Vicente Collado Capilla1 and Sonia Gómez-Pardo Gabaldón21Servicio de Infraestructura Verde y Paisaje. Generalitat Valenciana. Ciutat Administrativa 9 D'Octubre-Torre 1, C/ Castán Tobeñas 77, 46018 Valencia; 2Servicio Territorial de Urbanismo. Provincia de Valencia. Generalitat Valenciana. Prop I, C/ Gregorio Gea, nº 27, 46009
Collado Capilla, Vicente   +1 more
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Affordances of Historic Urban Landscapes: an Ecological Understanding of Human Interaction with the Past [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Heritage has been defined differently in European contexts. Despite differences, a common challenge for historic urban landscape management is the integration of tangible and intangible heritage. Integration demands an active view of perception and human-
Alves, Susana
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Planting Design and Wayfinding for University Campus: Space Syntax as a Landscape Design Assessment Tool [PDF]

open access: yesتوسعه پایدار شهری, 2023
The spatial characteristics of outdoor places are significantly influenced by trees. Using space syntax theory, this study examines how the spatial arrangement created by the suggested trees planting design and wayfinding affects the visual fields of a ...
Masoomeh Charousaei   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Archetypes of social-ecological-technological systems for managing ecological infrastructure

open access: yesEnvironmental Research Letters, 2023
The concept of ecological infrastructure (EI) as a lens for landscape management has the potential to address environmental challenges, such as biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation, by instrumentalizing Nature’s Contributions to People (NCP). NCPs
Sergio Wicki   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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