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Monitoring the Urban Tree Cover for Urban Ecosystem Services - The Case of Leipzig, Germany [PDF]

open access: yesThe International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2015
Urban dynamics such as (extreme) growth and shrinkage bring about fundamental challenges for urban land use and related changes. In order to achieve a sustainable urban development, it is crucial to monitor urban green infrastructure at microscale level ...
E. Banzhaf, H. Kollai
doaj   +1 more source

Perceived Community Cohesion and the Stress Process in Youth [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Using survey data from two youth samples, one rural and one urban, we examine the role and significance of perceived community cohesion in the stress process. In particular, we assess the extent to which community attachment and detachment are related to
Cohn, Ellen S   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

Sharing and Space-Commoning Knowledge Through Urban Living Labs Across Different European Cities

open access: yesUrban Planning, 2022
While the growing commodification of housing and public spaces in European cities is producing urban inequalities affecting mostly migrant and vulnerable populations, there are also manifold small-scale neighbourhood-based collaborative processes that ...
Doina Petrescu   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rural environmental concern: Effects of position, partisanship and place [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The social bases of environmental concern in rural America resemble those for the nation as a whole, but also reflect the influence of place. Some general place characteristics, such as rates of population growth or resource-industry employment, predict ...
Hamilton, Lawrence C.   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

The Network Analysis of Urban Streets: A Primal Approach

open access: yes, 2005
The network metaphor in the analysis of urban and territorial cases has a long tradition especially in transportation/land-use planning and economic geography.
Alexander C   +31 more
core   +2 more sources

The Role of Social Food Infrastructure in Addressing SNAP Participation Gaps: Evidence From Linked Administrative and Ground‐Sourced Data

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We link American Community Survey and SNAP records for 185,000 units with ground‐sourced social food infrastructure data from FindFoodIL (Illinois Extension SNAP‐Ed) to examine SNAP participation determinants among eligible units. Bivariate probit models reveal, beyond SNAP offices, quantity of social infrastructure is associated with ...
Michael Lotspeich‐Yadao   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Automatized spatio-temporal detection of drought impacts from newspaper articles using natural language processing and machine learning

open access: yesWeather and Climate Extremes, 2023
Droughts are expected to increase both in terms of frequency and magnitude across Europe. Despite the multitude of adverse effects these disasters impose on social-ecological systems, most impact assessments are constrained to single event and/or single ...
Jan Sodoge   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Developing Research Base Learning in Urban Sociology Class [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This article aims to describe an introduction research base learning in the urban sociology class. The idea came after evaluating answer sheet from previous year students.
Arofah, L. (Lumban)
core   +1 more source

How Does Cultural and Colonial Heritage Affect Optimal Branding Strategies? Evidence From the Rice Sector in Senegal

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Africa's cultural and colonial heritage has profoundly segmented rice markets. Whereas in ancient centers of rice domestication, consumers maintained preferences for local rice consistent with their cultural heritage, preferences have shifted toward imported Asian rice in coastal areas around seaports, due to prior exposure to colonial import ...
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
wiley   +1 more source

Wearable sensors for multifactorial personal exposure measurements – A ranking study

open access: yesEnvironment International, 2018
Individuals are simultaneously exposed to multiple environmental stressors during their daily life. Studies of adverse health effects and their etiology as well as recommendations for a healthier life style demand for an assessment of multifactorial ...
Maximilian Ueberham, Uwe Schlink
doaj   +1 more source

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