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Negotiating contested spaces and places: Narratives of social suffering and resistance in racialized Cape Town communities

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study employs a schizocartographic approach to explore community narratives of space, memory, and violence in Kraaifontein, Cape Town. Through participants' accounts, ordinary places—gardens, shops, blocks, sports grounds, and streets—emerge as ambivalent geographies where trauma, resilience, and belonging intersect.
Guido Veronese, Chiara Fiscone, Ashraf Kagee   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Model structure uncertainty in green urban drainage models

Mathematical storm water models are often used as tools for planning and analysis of urban drainage systems, but the models’ inherent uncertainties need to be understood to make optimal use of them.
Viklander, Maria,, Broekhuizen, Ico,, Leonhardt, Günther,, Muthanna, Tone Merete,   +3 more
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Human Behavior and Urban Open Spaces in Hyper-Dense Areas: The Case of Dhiesheh Refugee Camp-Palestine

, 2010
Most of the world cities have hyperdense areas within its borders. Hyperdensity can appear in an informal settlement, in a slum area, in an old core, in a city center, or in a camp as in the case of Palestinian refugee camps.
Alatawneh, Bader Mohammad Khalil, Abdulhadi, M.   +1 more
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Associations between natural area availability and morbidity: a cross-sectional study using health insurance billing data from Germany. [PDF]

BMJ Open
Müller D, Durmus Z, Akmatov MK, Kohring C, Holstiege J, Hagelskamp J, O'Sullivan JL.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Identification of surface and ambient temperature to review the potential green open space in urban area [PDF]

AIP Conference Proceedings, 2018
null Santi, Siti Belinda, Hapsa Rianty
openaire   +1 more source

Firearm carrying practices and motivations: A mixed methods study among adults and youth

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract The purpose of this participatory action, mixed methods research study was to identify motivations related to firearm carrying from a qualitative perspective, and then to use quantitative research to characterize the patterns of motivations around carrying.
Krista R. Mehari, Colleen S. Walsh, L. Taylor Stevens, Jasmine N. Coleman, Alice Ellyson, Phillip N. Smith   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Green roofs in Switzerland : urban habitats for ground-nesting birds, insects and plants

, 2010
Green roof activities and research in Switzerland have focused for many years on the potential of habitat creation on roof surfaces to compensate for the loss of habitats that are destroyed or damaged on the ground as a result of development - ecological
Baumann, Nathalie
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Open Spaces, Green Areas: The Szeged Circular Embankment as a Green Ring in the Plans of Endre Pálfy-Budinszky

In 1879, the Hungarian city of Szeged was destroyed by the flooding Tisza River, necessitating its rebuilding from Lajos Lechner’s plans. With it, Szeged developed a central urban structure, with a circular embankment aligned with the boulevards ...
Anna Váraljai
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Integrating morphometric and climatic variables into the mapping of land use and vegetation cover in the Caatinga biome. [PDF]

Environ Monit Assess
Guedes da Silva AD, Flor de Souza SF, Lucena RL, Reis JS.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Analysis tools for green infrastructure in urban areas and open land

, 2014
Attila Tóth, Ľubica Feriancová
openaire   +1 more source