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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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Firm turnover under asymmetric information: Tanzania's agro‐dealer sector

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract We study firm turnover (i.e., entry and exit) and its consumer implications in a market characterized by asymmetric information. Using a three‐round census of agro‐dealers in Tanzania's Morogoro Region, we document annual firm entry and exit rates of 33% and 17%, respectively.
Alix Naugler, Hope Michelson, Sarah Janzen, Christopher Magomba   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Building dense or compact cities without jeopardizing biodiversity: Insights from bird observations in Gothenburg, Sweden. [PDF]

NPJ Urban Sustain
Eldesoky AH, Kindvall O, Berghauser Pont M, Stavroulaki I, Gil J, Charalambous N.   +5 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

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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Linking community structure and climate vulnerability in desert plant assemblages of southern California

American Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise Desert plant assemblages in southern California provide an opportunity to link patterns of community structure with climate‐driven vulnerability in a rapidly changing environment. California sustains an exceptionally diverse flora of approximately 4300 plant species, with 31% identified as endemic.
Hector Zumbado‐Ulate, Luis E. Barrios, Danelle A. Baronia, G. Darrel Jenerette, Lynn C. Sweet   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Historic residential segregation impacts biodiversity data availability disparately across the tree of life. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Ellis-Soto D, Chapman M.
europepmc   +1 more source

Analysis tools for green infrastructure in urban areas and open land

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

Exposure to heat waves and drought improves subsequent leaf heat tolerance for five oak species in southern California

American Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise Given the threats of climate change, we investigated the impact of high temperatures separately and in combination with reduced soil water on leaf heat tolerance for five oaks (Fagaceae) with overlapping ranges in southern California, USA: Quercus agrifolia and Q. chrysolepis (evergreen species), Q. douglasii and Q.
Casey D. Wisely, G. Olivia Plumb, Mira N. Ranganath, Emily Dolida, Ishan Ashford, Graham Luethe, Tim Thibault, Gretchen B. North   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source