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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Wind energy plays an important role in achieving energy transition and sustainable development goals, yet disparities between socio‐political and community acceptance continue to hinder project implementation. Understanding this gap is essential for designing more socially responsive wind energy policies.
Kaiqi Liu +5 more
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Improving Livability Using Green and Active Modes: A Traffic Stress Level Analysis of Transit, Bicycle, and Pedestrian Access and Mobility [PDF]
, 2017 Understanding the relative attractiveness of alternatives to driving is vitally important toward lowering driving rates and, by extension, vehicle miles traveled (VMT), traffic congestion, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, etc.
Appleyard, Bruce +2 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Smart cities and urban digital twins have fostered the emergence of immersive environments, such as the metaverse. While contemporary scholarlship has increasingly examined the integration of the metaverse within smart city infrastructures, the critical nexus between urban sustainability and the metaverse remains largely under‐researched. This
Jose Manuel Diaz‐Sarachaga +1 more
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Explaining The Role Of Different Types Of Public Spaces In Enhancing Urban Livability (Case Study: Central District Of Tehran) [PDF]
اکولوژی انسانیPublic spaces, in their various typologies, constitute critical infrastructures for fostering social interaction, urban leisure, and civic participation, thereby serving as foundational components in advancing urban livability.
Amir Hamed Saeidi +3 more
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QUALITY OF URBAN LIFE: IDENTIFICATION OF LIVABLE URBAN SPACES WITHIN MUMBAI METROPOLITAN REGION [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2018 The quality of urban life has become one of the most pertinent issues in contemporary times in India. There have been several reports published by government and nongovernmental agencies listing out various dimensions of quality of urban life but in a ...
N. Gawai, A. Phadke
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Climate change is one of the most profound ethical and existential challenges of the 21st century. Beyond its physical, economic, and environmental consequences, it raises fundamental moral questions about justice, equity, responsibility, and the right to a livable planet.
Jacob Kwakye
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Public Green Infrastructure Contributes to City Livability: A Systematic Quantitative Review
Land, 2018 Consistent with the Land Urbanism and Green Infrastructure theme of this special issue of Land, the primary goal of this review is to provide a plain language overview of recent literature that reports on the psychological, physiological, general well ...
Jackie Parker, Greg D. Simpson
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Integrating urban land use policies with food systems is becoming a widespread global strategy to build resilient socio‐ecological systems and address the challenges of climate change and rapid urbanization. Yet varying degrees of integration have raised questions about its efficacy and hindered broader adoption.
Lijun Summerhayes, Douglas Baker
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Evaluation and measurement of urban viability and factors affecting it (case study of Bojnourd city) [PDF]
تحقیقات کاربردی علوم جغرافیایی, 2022 Today, urban livability is the key concept in urban planning. At present, the concept of sustainable development and livability is one of the new concepts in developed countries.
Mohammad Saghebi +2 more
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Morphology of the Urban Phenomenon and Its Relation with Urban Livability
International Journal of Architectural Engineering Technology, 2023 The livability of a city is a crucial aspect that greatly influences the well-being of its residents, and its relationship with the city's morphology is significant. This study aims to examine the correlation between block livability and block form.
Samaneh Shahbazi +2 more
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