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Identifying levers of urban neighbourhood transformation using serious games

npj Urban Sustainability
Growing urban population and contemporary urban systems lock-in unsustainable urban development pathways, deteriorating the living quality of urban dwellers.
Johann S. Schuur, Michal Switalski, Nicolas Salliou, Adrienne Grêt-Regamey   +3 more
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An urban take on sustainable development policies and corresponding positioning strategies

npj Urban Sustainability, 2023
Cities have emerged as policy actors of global relevance in sustainable development, and their strengthened position challenges the primacy of national states in this area. To account for this shift and for potential emerging contestations between cities
Stefan Wittwer, Katrin Hofer, David Kaufmann   +2 more
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The Cooling Effects of Landscape Configurations of Green–Blue Spaces in Urban Waterfront Community

Atmosphere, 2023
Optimizing the configuration of green–blue spaces is crucial in mitigating the urban heat island effect. However, many existing studies neglect to consider the synergistic cooling effect of green–blue space and its spatial comparison, focusing instead on
Min Wang, Haoyang Song, Wen Zhu, Yuncai Wang   +3 more
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Cigarette Smoke‐Induced Alveolar Macrophage Senescence via GEM/SIRT3‐Mediated Mitochondrial Dysfunction

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Cigarette smoke accelerates the aging of immune cells in the lung. By combining human single‐cell sequencing, cell culture, and mouse models, the authors show that the protein GEM drives mitochondrial damage and senescence in alveolar macrophages by suppressing SIRT3.
Jin Wang, Meidan Wei, Xiangrong Song, Jiaxin Zhang, Lisha Zhang, Sixian Chen, Yaoyu Hu, Hui Gao, Jianxiang Li   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Empirical Research on Regional Revitalization: A Case of Old Urban Railways

Engineering Proceedings
Historically, railway facilities have been intertwined with daily life, communities, geography, and history, contributing to a rich cultural heritage and collective memory.
Wen-Bor Lu, Hsien-Wen Kuo, Chuan-Cheng Wang   +2 more
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Extra Climate Benefits From Afforestation Due to Reduced Forest Fragmentation in China

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Afforestation in China reduced forest fragmentation in 2015, transforming 51.8 M ha of edge forests into interior forests. This enhanced carbon sequestration (1.4±0.2 Pg CO2e, a cooling biogeochemical effect), while reduced albedo (−0.9 Pg CO2e, a warming biophysical effect) partially offset the gain, yielding a net extra climate benefit of ...
Nan Meng, Wei Li, Philippe Ciais, Martin Brandt, Xiaowei Tong, Yanzheng Yang, Guofeng Shen, Wei Du, Lei Zhu, Yi Leng, Minxuan Sun, Mengjie Han, Xuemei Zhang, Jie Zhang, Nan Wang, Dan Tong, Chao Wu, Wenhao Dong, Shu Tao, Bo Pan   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Terahertz Channel Modeling, Estimation and Localization in RIS‐Assisted Systems

Advanced Electronic Materials, EarlyView.
Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces have become a recent intensive research focus. Based on practical applications, channel strategies for RIS‐assisted terahertz wireless communication systems are categorized into three different types: channel modeling, channel estimation, and channel localization.
Hongjing Wang, Weipeng Wang, Xuan Cong, Shiyu Wang, Gao Li, Sen Gong, Lin Huang, Hongxin Zeng, Yaxin Zhang, Ziqiang Yang   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hemp Cultivation and Crop Diversification: Implications for Ecosystem Services in Kentucky

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the ecosystem benefits of expanding hemp cultivation by assessing its impact on crop diversity. Using scenario‐based simulations and fixed‐effect panel regressions with county‐level data in Kentucky, we find that increased hemp acreage tends to enhance crop diversity, improving water quality and bird diversity.
Yunsun Park, Seong D. Yun, Brandy E. Phipps, Tyler Mark, Craig Schluttenhofer   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Agricultural Diversification at the Margin. Strategies and Determinants in Italian Mountain and Remote Areas

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores the convergence in on‐farm diversification strategies of agricultural holdings, between remote areas and more central ones. Using Italian farm‐level data, we explore the determinants of diversification strategies across farms.
Gianluca Grilli, Francesco Pagliacci, Paola Gatto   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gauging the Relationship between Contextual Growth and Structural Neglect

Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs, 2018
Population and land use out-migrations from urban to peripheral areas can result in non-functional, unmaintained historic structures which deteriorate to the point where removal is cheaper than removal – or demolition by neglect.
Galen Newman, Michelle Meyer, Boah Kim, Ryun Jung Lee   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source