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Climate and urban design of maritime public spaces in Mediterranean Arab cities [PDF]
, 2013 The traditional urban fabrics in Arab cities along the Mediterranean coast offer an exceptional 'urban lab' to study climatic design, urban patterns and forms applied in public realms.
Suau, Cristian
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Temperature and Farm Labor in Nigeria
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We estimate the impact of temperature shocks on the composition of farm labor in rural Nigeria using a nationally representative household panel survey. Leveraging plausibly exogenous year‐to‐year variation in growing season temperatures, we find that warmer temperatures significantly alter farm labor composition, prompting a substantial shift
Andu Berha
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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 +2 more
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A Study on the cooling effects of the park dispersions applied in PUD
E3S Web of Conferences, 2018 Urban heat-island effect causes the vicious cycle of city high temperature. The collocation of green park space can effectively cool down the heat of city.
Chiang Yi-Cheng, Lin Hong-Yun
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Chipkin makes sense of Jo'burg's complex Vision [PDF]
, 2013 This article gives critical praise to the published work of architect & architectural historian Clive Chipkin on Johannesburg, arguing that his embedded position allows for an intimate portrait of the city and the complexities involved in the making and ...
Lagae, Johan
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Sustainable Landscape Development with Regional Parks - Overcoming Problems of Landscape Multifunctionality in Urban Agglomerations [PDF]
Urban agglomerations all over Europe are growing at the expense of the surrounding landscapes. Given the enormous growth of built-up land for settlement and transport use within recent decades in Western and Southern Europe and, more recently, comparable
Ludger Gailing
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Assessment of the conservation status of natural and semi-natural patches associated with urban areas through habitat suitability indices [PDF]
, 2015 Urban environments rely on the surrounding natural ecosystems remnants as providers of ecosystem functions, therefore these areas not only support a unique biodiversity but also have a social value for maintaining public health and wellbeing.
Junquera, J. E. +3 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study advances the literature on sustainable urban agriculture and alternative sustainable food production systems, which have gained momentum due to the need to strengthen regional food supply chains and meet the growing urban demand for fresh food. Indoor agriculture (IA) holds promise for year‐round cultivation of fresh produce even in
Joseph Seong +2 more
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BuildingsThe establishment of a new green space system based on the green belt has become a new trend in the world. Shanghai’s Outer Ring Ecological Park Belt (formerly the Outer Green Belt) faces challenges of spatial imbalance in recreational service ...
Lin Zhang, Jiayi Liu, Jiawei Li, You Zuo
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Landscape metrics and indices : an overview of their use in landscape research [PDF]
, 2009 The aim of this overview paper is to analyze the use of various landscape metrics and landscape indices for the characterization of landscape structure and various processes at both landscape and ecosystem level.
Antrop, Marc +4 more
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