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Assessment and mitigation strategies to counteract overheating in urban historical areas in Rome [PDF]

, 2018
As urban overheating is increasing, there is a strong public interest towards mitigation strategies to enhance comfortable urban spaces, for their role in supporting urban metabolism and social life.
Battisti, Alessandra, Laureti, Flavia, Martinelli, Letizia   +2 more
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Urban Evolution: The Role of Water [PDF]

, 2015
The structure, function, and services of urban ecosystems evolve over time scales from seconds to centuries as Earth’s population grows, infrastructure ages, and sociopolitical values alter them.
Belt, Kenneth T., Kaushal, Sujay S., Mayer, Paul M., McDowell, William H., Newcomer Johnson, Tamara A., Pennino, Michael J., Wollheim, Wilfred M.   +6 more
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Tracking urban carbon footprints from production and consumption perspectives

Environmental Research Letters, 2015
Cities are hotspots of socio-economic activities and greenhouse gas emissions. The aim of this study was to extend the research range of the urban carbon footprint (CF) to cover emissions embodied in products traded among regions and intra-city sectors ...
Jianyi Lin, Yuanchao Hu, Shenghui Cui, Jiefeng Kang, Anu Ramaswami   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Resilience of coastal communities to climate change in Bangladesh: Research gaps and future directions

Watershed Ecology and the Environment, 2019
The assessment of resilience for people, places, and systems to climate-change hazards is essential for understanding how to reduce disaster risks. Globally, a number of resilience assessment methodologies have been developed and implemented by a variety
Muhammad Ziaul Hoque, Shenghui Cui, Xu Lilai, Imranul Islam, Ghaffar Ali, Jianxiong Tang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Urban Metabolism and Spontaneous Architectural Growth: A Sustainable Strategy Featuring Participatory Co-Construction by Multiple Stakeholders

Buildings, 2022
Several studies have linked urban metabolism with sustainable development goals, but few studies have addressed how architectural design could contribute to the linkage.
Fei Chen, Yifan Chen
doaj   +1 more source

Knowledge, attitude and practice of urban and ruarl households towards principles of nutrition in Iran: results of NUTRIKAP Survey. [PDF]

, 2014
Background: The aim of this study was to assess knowledge, attitude and practice of urban and rural households toward principles of nutrition in Iran.
Abdollahi, Zahra, Ahadi, Zeinab, Azemati, Bahar, Ghaderpanahi, Maryam, Heshmat, Ramin, Larijani, Bagher, Rezaei Homami, Mohsen, Salehi, Forouzan, Sanaei, Maryam, Shafiee, Gita   +9 more
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Urban Metabolism

, 2020
International ...
openaire   +3 more sources

CLIM-SEG: A generalizable segmentation model for heat and flood risk mapping

Climate Risk Management
With the escalating impact of climate change coupled with increased urbanization, many cities will experience extreme heat events and intense flooding. Current modeling approaches often fail to incorporate high-resolution, frequently updated data sources,
Anushka Ray, Katherine Xu, Norhan Bayomi, John E. Fernandez   +3 more
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Making cities circular: Experiences from the living lab Hamburg-Altona

European Spatial Research and Policy, 2020
The article argues that to reach circular economy goals urban regions need to identify and understand the challenges and opportunities originating from the differences in spatial settings, and to develop place-based solutions by adequately involving ...
Andreas Obersteg, Alessandro Arlati, Jörg Knieling   +2 more
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Single nucleotide polymorphisms of one-carbon metabolism and cancers of the esophagus, stomach, and liver in a Chinese population. [PDF]

, 2014
One-carbon metabolism (folate metabolism) is considered important in carcinogenesis because of its involvement in DNA synthesis and biological methylation reactions.
Baecker, Aileen, Butler, Brendan, Cai, Lin, Chang, Po-Yin, Chang, Shen-Chih, Goldstein, Binh Y, Greenland, Sander, Heber, David, Li, Liming, Lu, Qing-Yi, Mu, Lina, You, Nai-Chieh Y, Yu, Shun-Zhang, Zhang, Zuo-Feng   +13 more
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