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Ruins come what may: a trip to the capital of Spainistan [PDF]

, 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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Functional Materials for Environmental Energy Harvesting in Smart Agriculture via Triboelectric Nanogenerators

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This review explores functional and responsive materials for triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) in sustainable smart agriculture. It examines how particulate contamination and dirt affect charge transfer and efficiency. Environmental challenges and strategies to enhance durability and responsiveness are outlined, including active functional layers ...
Rafael R. A. Silva, Giulio Fatti, Emanuel Carlos, Guilherme Ferreira, Sumita Goswami, Suman Nandy, Luiz H. C. Mattoso, Elvira Fortunato, Caio G. Otoni, Rodrigo Martins   +9 more
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Urban Park Planning for Sustainability: Resident Insights from China’s Major Cities

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Urban parks are pivotal in the sustainable development of urban ecosystems, significantly enhancing the ecological environment and residents’ quality of life. To scientifically improve urban park management and ensure long-term sustainability, this study
Biao He, Siyu Wang, Qian Xiong, Zheng Zhao, Yilei Hou   +4 more
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Urban Parks and their Cooling Potential: Evaluating how Park Characteristics Affects Land Surface Temperature [PDF]

The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
Urbanization significantly alters city landscapes, exacerbating the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect, where cities experience significantly higher temperatures compared to their rural surroundings due to impervious surfaces and heat emissions.
B. Ghale, S. Mamgain, K. Gupta, A. Roy
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Ecological consequences of the playgrounds' reconstruction of specialized "park-stadium Khimmash", in Yekaterinburg [PDF]

, 2019
In connection with the World Cup in 2018 in the Russian Federation, including the qualifying matches of the World Championship in Yekaterinburg, the Government of the Sverdlovsk Regiondecided to place a training ground on the territory of the "Park ...
Atkina, L. I., Lukin, D., Mezenina, O. B., Zhukova, M.   +3 more
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Joint Control of Radiated and Surface Waves via Space‐Time Coding Metasurfaces

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A unified space‐time coding metasurface platform enables simultaneous control of radiated and surface‐confined waves across multiple harmonics. Demonstrated functionalities include multi‐frequency beam shaping; surface‐wave excitation, and hybrid multiplexing.
Zihao Dai, Yi Ning Zheng, Lei Zhang, Xiao Qing Chen, Giuseppe Castaldi, Tie Jun Cui, Vincenzo Galdi   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Cooling Effect of Urban Parks and Its Monthly Variations in a Snow Climate City

Remote Sensing, 2017
Urban parks have been shown to form park cool islands (PCIs), which can effectively alleviate the negative influences of urban heat islands (UHI). However, few studies have examined the detailed characteristics of PCIs, the effect of urban park features ...
Chaobin Yang, Xingyuan He, Lingxue Yu, Jiuchun Yang, Fengqin Yan, Kun Bu, Liping Chang, Shuwen Zhang   +7 more
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Spatially varying effects of Gyeongui Line Forest Park on Retail Types and Location [PDF]

, 2018
Department of Urban and Environmental Engineering (Urban Infrastructure Engineering)The importance and interest about green space continue to grow as people's interest in the quality of life increases with global environmental issues in recent years ...
Yoon, Seongbo
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Microneedle‐Based Biofertilizer Delivery Improves Plant Growth Through Microbiome Engineering

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This figure shows how microneedles are used to deliver biofertilizers to enhance plant growth through microbial migration, metabolic reprogramming, and changes in plant endogenous microbiome. Abstract This study presents a microneedle‐based system for the delivery of rhizospheric biofertilizers into plant tissues to enhance growth.
Zhicheng Le, Sevugan Mayalagu, Cheng‐Yen Chen, Raktim Bhattacharya, Abhishek Gupta, Jingyuan Li, Zhi Wei Norman Teo, Yufeng Shou, Arya Gopinath MP, Danni Zhong, Tedrick Thomas Salim Lew, Hao Yu, Naweed I. Naqvi, Sanjay Swarup, Andy Tay   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identifying contextual predictors of urban park utilization among inter-ethnic groups in Malaysia

Journal of Architecture and Urbanism, 2019
Social interaction among diverse ethnic groups motivates people within communities to visit urban parks towards achieving social cohesion. Malaysians of different ethnic backgrounds spend their leisure time in urban parks because it offers opportunities ...
Hesham Omran Elfartas, Haithem Ahmed Albeera, Ismail Said, Job U. Momoh   +3 more
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