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Examining the Effects of Urbanization on Soil Characteristics in Portland, Oregon\u27s Forest Park [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Studies by Dr. Nancy Broshot in Forest Park, an urban forest in Portland, Oregon, have shown high tree mortality and low concomitant recruitment. Lichen surveys conducted in 2013 revealed a shift in the lichen community to one typified by nitrogen ...
Hanson, Wes L.
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Mediapolis: an introduction [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
The organisation of this workshop has been prompted by concerns with the way media so often seem to get left out of writing on cities and urban politics (rather than vice-versa).
Barnett, C.   +2 more
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Urban National Parks or National Park Cities? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Some of the key urban planning themes to emerge from a projectexamining uncertainties and possibilities relating to the notionof an ‘Urban National Park’ are outlined by Maggie Roe,Tim Townshend, Clive Davies, Catharine Ward Thompson,Natalie Marie Gulsrud and Qianqian ...
Roe, Maggie   +4 more
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Invasive plant species in the forest parks of Yekaterinburg [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Invasive species-introduced species, spontaneously settled outside their natural range, and successfully adapted to the new growing conditions. The problem of invasive species penetration, both herbaceous and woody, has long been a concern of scientists,
Luganskaya, S. N.   +2 more
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Ruins come what may: a trip to the capital of Spainistan [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Seseña is the main residential project in Spain that was interrupted due to the 2008 financial crisis, though some parts of it were actually accomplished and people are now starting to move there. By using the symbolic figure of an ‘archaeological park’,
Arboleda, Pablo
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Evaluation of the thermal indices and thermal comfort improvement by different vegetation species and materials in a medium-sized urban park

open access: yes, 2020
Regarding the significant impact of thermal comfort on users’ attendance in urban parks, there is an intense interest in studies on the outdoor thermal comfort in parks especially in regions with hot summers.
A. Karimi   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Survivorship and Growth of Seedlings and Saplings in Urban Forests [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Research in 1993, 2003, and 2013 showed high rates of tree mortality and low rates of recruitment (new trees) in Portland, Oregon’s Forest Park. To determine if the lack of young trees was an urban phenomenon, we added three control sites in the Mount ...
Bassler, Austen F.   +2 more
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Graph Enhanced Co-Occurrence: Deep dive into urban park soundscape

open access: yesEcological Indicators
Based on the detailed exploration of urban park soundscapes through graph theory, this study presents a nuanced examination of the acoustic environments of two urban parks located in Wrocław, Poland, and Ankara, Turkey.
Grzegorz Chrobak   +6 more
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Biodiversity and quality of urban green landscape affect mental restorativeness of residents in Multan, Pakistan

open access: yesFrontiers in Sustainable Cities
IntroductionThe influence of urban green spaces on public health is receiving unprecedented attention. Managing urban greenspaces sustainably requires an understanding of the mechanisms behind the positive effects of urban biodiversity on the wellbeing ...
Zainab Rehman   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Oak Park Redevelopment Plan: Housing Policy Implications for a Community Undergoing Early Stage Gentrification [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
: With the reemerging discussion of gentrification in the urban landscape, an exploratory case study of the Oak Park Redevelopment Plan in Sacramento, CA, was conducted in order to better understand the community’s gentrifying characteristics and the ...
Castañeda, Joaquin
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