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Comprehensive Review of Ecosystem Services of Community Gardens in English- and Chinese-Language Literature

open access: yesBuildings
Community gardens are regarded as important green spaces that promote sustainable cities. Some studies have explored the ecosystem services of community gardens in different areas.
Xiaoying Ding   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Perspective on Aqueous Batteries: Historical Milestones and Modern Revival

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review retraces the development of aqueous batteries from classical Zn‐MnO2 chemistry to modern Zn and Ni systems, correlating voltage, capacity, and electrolyte formulation with practical performance. By mapping historical success and failure onto current and future research directions, it identifies guiding principles that steer the design of ...
Fangwang Ming   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identification and Spatial Mapping of Locality of Streetscapes in Shanghai Hengfu Historic and Cultural Preservation Area

open access: yesFengjing Yuanlin
ObjectiveAs one of the major open spaces, urban streets not only carry the transportation function, but also promote social interaction and economic growth, while displaying the aesthetic, cultural and historical characteristics of the city.
Yuhan SHAO   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Anti‐Slip Material‐Based Strategies and Approaches

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review highlights the principle mechanisms of slipping at the microscale, linking contact mechanics with a friction behavior model for surface interfaces. Main strategies to develop anti‐slip properties to the surfaces are discussed alongside standardized testing approaches.
Sogand Abbaspoor‐Zanjani   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

From Lab to Landscape: Environmental Biohybrid Robotics for Ecological Futures

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This Perspective explores environmental biohybrid robotics, integrating living tissues, microorganisms, and insects for operation in real‐world ecosystems. It traces the leap from laboratory experiments to forests, wetlands, and urban environments and discusses key challenges, development pathways, and opportunities for ecological monitoring and ...
Miriam Filippi
wiley   +1 more source

From Plows to Pliers - Urban Homesteading in America [PDF]

open access: yes, 1974
The state homestead exemption is the most widely known form of homesteading and exists in the majority if American jurisdictions. A new form of this plan has been added by many east coast cities that allows families to receive a grant of a home at a ...

core   +1 more source

Urban renewal in Nigeria: a slash and burn approach? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
This research analyses the socio-economic implications of approaches to urban renewal on displaced populations in Ogun State, south-west Nigeria. In the last 5 years,massive renewal has been undertaken in five local government areas—Abeokuta North,Ado ...
Adekola, Paul Oluwatomipe   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Exploring the Spatio-Temporal Evolutionary Characteristics of Paomo Restaurants in Xi’an’s Central Urban Area through POI Data Analysis

open access: yesApplied Sciences
This study explores the spatial and temporal evolution of Paomo restaurants in Xi’an’s central urban area from 2012 to 2023, utilizing point-of-interest (POI) data and advanced analytical techniques.
Dawei Yang, Ping Xu, Xiaojuan Yang
doaj   +1 more source

Reliability analysis of buried polyethylene pipeline subject to traffic loads

open access: yesAdvances in Mechanical Engineering, 2019
Due to the increasing number of vehicles in urban areas and the degradation of pavement performance, the failure rate of polyethylene pipeline, across roads, has increased rapidly.
Zha Si Xi, Wu Ying, Jin Peng Wei
doaj   +1 more source

Remote Modulation of Single‐Atom Catalyst Boosts High‐Valent Cobalt–Oxo Species Generation for Water Purification and Detoxification

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
This study develops a phosphorus‐doped cobalt single‐atom catalyst that enhances high‐valent cobalt–oxo species generation for water purification. This atomic‐level tuning boosts the catalyst's activity by 3.5 times, enabling efficient pollutant degradation. A continuous‐flow reactor achieves high, long‐term removal efficiency, producing water with low
Wen‐Min Wang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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