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The role of green spaces on urban environmental quality [PDF]

, 2006
Urban green areas have the potential to attenuate some of the negative effects of urbanisation, making cities a more pleasant place to live in. In addition to aesthetic value, green spaces improve air quality, reduce noise levels and generate more ...
Cardoso, Ana, Castro, José, Castro, João Paulo, Cerqueira, Mário, Cortez, José Paulo, Feliciano, Manuel, Gonçalves, Artur, Martins, Luís, Monteiro, Maria do Loreto, Nunes, Luís, Nunes, Teresa, Ribeiro, A.C., Rodrigues, Orlando, Teixeira, Amílcar   +13 more
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‘Sometimes, I would look at my books and cry because I felt like I was left behind’: Understanding the learning of Indigenous girls during the COVID‐19 pandemic in the districts of Chongwe and Solwezi in Zambia

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Grounded in principles of epistemic justice, this article examines the educational impacts of Zambia's COVID‐19 school closures on Indigenous girls in two districts and highlights community‐led pathways for resilience. National responses prioritised broadcast and digital delivery but presupposed access to electricity, digital devices and ...
Marcellus Forh Mbah, Leigh Jarvis, Ane Turner Johnson, Chidi Ezegwu, Priscillah Nsama, Austine Nakanga   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Machine Learning-Enhanced 3D GIS Urban Noise Mapping with Multi-Modal Factors

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
Geographic Information System (GIS)-based noise management is crucial in urban environments as it provides precise spatial analysis, helping to identify noise hotspots and optimize noise control measures.
Jianping Pan, Yuzhe He, Wei Ma, Shengwang An, Lu Li, Dan Huang, Dunxin Jia   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Beyond standardisation, subjects and syllabi: How primary schools organise for arts richness in an era of curriculum reform

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract As England embarks on its first comprehensive curriculum review in fifteen years, this paper offers critical insights from schools that sustained arts‐rich provision despite a policy landscape hostile to creative subjects. Drawing on data from the Researching Arts‐rich Primary Schools (RAPS) project—a mixed‐methods study of 76 arts‐rich ...
Pat Thomson, Christine Hall
wiley   +1 more source

Monitoring the reaction and response of people to urban noise

Archives of Acoustics, 2013
An important aspect in assessing noise in urban agglomerations is the subjective one, which takes into account the sensitivity and specific reactions of residents to the noise in their living environment.
Diana Ioana POPESCU, Iuliana Fabiola MOHOLEA   +1 more
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Comparative Diagnosis of the Urban Noise Problem from Infrastructural and Social Sensing Approaches: A Case Study in Ningbo, China. [PDF]

Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2022
Si Y, Xu L, Peng X, Liu A.
europepmc   +1 more source

Optimal pricing for urban road transport externalities. [PDF]

A partial equilibrium model for the urban transport market is described. The urban transport market is represented as a set of interrelated transport submarkets, one per type of mode or vehicle and period. This allows to represent in detail the different
Ochelen, Sara, Proost, Stef, Van Dender, Kurt   +2 more
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Housing Warmth/Coolness and Quietness Correlate With Whole‐Brain Fractional Anisotropy in Healthy Adults

Brain Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Residential environments have been linked to brain structure, particularly in children, older adults, and clinical populations. However, little is known about how different dimensions of the housing environment relate to brain white matter microstructure in healthy adults, or whether specific environmental factors show stronger ...
Keisuke Kokubun, Kiyotaka Nemoto, Toshiharu Ikaga, Yoshinori Yamakawa   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Application of GIS in Urban Traffic Noise Pollution [PDF]

International Journal of Occupational Hygiene, 2010
Large urban areas are facing growing problems of noise pollutions. Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) can conveniently be adapted to gather, analyze and present noise information.
Manouchehr Omidvari, Ali Asghar Alesheikh   +1 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Long-Term Exposures to Urban Noise and Blood Pressure Levels and Control Among Older Adults. [PDF]

Hypertension, 2021
D'Souza J, Weuve J, Brook RD, Evans DA, Kaufman JD, Adar SD.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source