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The culture and economics of urban public space design: public and professional perceptions
, 2009 Urban public space is once again a ‘hot’ topic and figures strongly in place quality discourse. City spaces are being recycled, reinterpreted and reinvented in a drive for a competitive quality of place.
Lee Pugalis, Pugalis, L, Pugalis, Lee
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Space Syntax Applied in Urban Practice
, 2021 In this chapter, we discuss the application of space syntax in consultancy for urban planning design and practice. First, we present the scientific challenges to tying general understandings and theories to urban planning and design practice.
Yamu, Claudia (author) +1 more
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Defining urban open space governance and management
, 2020 This chapter introduces and defines central terms needed to understand and discuss contemporary urban open space (UOS) governance and management. It discusses how governance and management already are, and can increasingly become, related to each other ...
Fors, Hanna, +4 more
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Applied SciencesBased on the thixotropic fluid theory, this paper presents a method for identifying soil liquefaction under earthquake with consideration of pore pressure thixotropy.
Jinjing Sun +4 more
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Alexandria Engineering Journal, 2021 The pile-soil stress ratio (PSSR) is the key to the design and construction of geosynthetic-reinforced pile-supported (GRPS) embankments. However, the computation models for the PSSR which takes account of the effect of consolidation settlement of soil ...
Binli Li +5 more
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Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective Rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) are leading causes of physical disability, necessitating support with activities of daily living. This study describes social care received by patients with RMDs in two disparate regions of England: Salford (urban) and Norfolk (rural).
Mehreen Somro +6 more
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Frontiers in Sociology, 2023 School segregation is a key topic in urban, educational and inequality research. While previous studies have mainly focused on the effects of both parental school choice and residential segregation patterns on the composition of schools, we draw ...
Isabel Ramos Lobato +2 more
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Iconic Religion in Urban Space [PDF]
Material Religion, 2016 In order to understand current dynamics of religious diversity, a focus on the tangible presence of religion and the co-existence of new and longstanding religious buildings, sites and artifacts in urban spaces is a fruitful starting point. Launching the notion of iconic religion, this introduction seeks to contribute to developing a scholarly ...
Knott, Kim +2 more
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Urban Gardening and Green Space Governance: Towards New Collaborative Planning Practices
, 2016 In the context of urban densification and central urban areas’ lack of open spaces, new forms of small-scale urban gardening practices have emerged.
Tappert, Simone +7 more
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Advanced Materials, EarlyView.In this work, low bandgap (≈1.55 eV) semitransparent perovskite solar cells (ST‐PSCs) having thin (thickness < ≈100 nm) perovskite layers and transparent conductive oxide‐based rear electrodes are fabricated using vacuum‐deposition methods. Two different ST‐PSCs demonstrated a high light utilization efficiency value of 4.2 (PCE: 9.26% and AVT: 45.3 ...
Abhyuday Paliwal +9 more
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