Diet contributes to urban-induced alterations in gut microbiota : experimental evidence from a wild passerine [PDF]
, 2020 Urban sprawl increasingly affects the ecology of natural populations, including host-microbiota interactions, with observed differences in the gut microbiota between urban and rural hosts.
De Neve, Liesbeth +5 more
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Journal of Political Ecology, 2023 This article analyzes urban socio-ecological conflicts in the Mexican metropolitan areas of the Valley of Mexico, Guadalajara and Monterrey from an Urban Political Ecology (UPE) approach.
Ana Karen Jiménez Caballero +3 more
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إطار مقترح لتصميم المدن الذکية في ضوء الثقافة، والحوکمة, والتفاعل الحيوي (الأيض) للمناطق الحضرية A Proposed Framework for the Designing Smart Cities in Light of Culture, Governance and Urban Metabolism [PDF]
Journal of Engineering Research - Egypt, 2019 لا يزال مفھوم المدينة الذکية في طور التطور ويمکنإعتباره دلالة ترويجية تجارية من قبل بعض الشرکات الکبر ى، توعدالتکنولوجيا المستخدمة في "المدن الذکية" بالخيارات و الکفاءات التييمکن أن تسمح للمدن بأن تکون "شاملة وآمنة ومرنة ومستدامة" کما ھومتضح في جدول ...
Asmaa Elshamy
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Urban political ecology in prospect and retrospect
Sub\urban, 2021 The contemporary theorization of the urban biosphere has reached something of an impasse between the perceived limitations of urban political ecology, the neo-Lefebvrian emphasis on global patterns of urbanization, and the rise of “new materialisms ...
Matthew Gandy
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Can urban metabolism models advance green infrastructure planning? Insights from ecosystem services research [PDF]
, 2018 Urban metabolism studies have gained momentum in recent years as a means to assess the environmental performance of cities and to point to more resource-efficient strategies for urban development.
Perrotti, Daniela, Stemke, Sven
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Material dependence of cities and implications for regional sustainability
Regional Sustainability, 2020 Cities rely on massive amounts of physical, chemical, and biological resources to support their growth and metabolism. These ‘metabolic inputs’ are accumulated in cities to form material stocks in buildings, infrastructures, transportation facilities ...
Yupeng Liu +4 more
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Making it Concrete: Analysing the Role of Concrete Plants’ Locations for Circular City Policy Goals
Frontiers in Built Environment, 2021 Increasingly, space for remanufacturing is seen as the most valuable resource to achieve circular economy (CE) policy goals, in particular for cities. However, in many cities, industrial urban areas are increasingly subject of – mostly circular designed -
Karel B.J. Van den Berghe +1 more
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Energies, 2020 The increased frequency of heat-related mortality and morbidity in urban environments indicates the importance of urban climate studies. As most of the world’s population lives in cities, the education of designers, planners and policy makers is crucial ...
Mohammad Taleghani +2 more
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Enabling Future Sustainability Transitions: An Urban Metabolism Approach to Los Angeles Pincetl et al. Enabling Future Sustainability Transitions [PDF]
, 2014 Summary: This synthesis article presents an overview of an urban metabolism (UM) approach using mixed methods and multiple sources of data for Los Angeles, California.
Chester, M +7 more
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Frontiers in Earth Science, 2022 Understanding building metabolism is critical for guiding urban resource management and addressing challenges in urban sustainable development.
Ting Mao +13 more
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