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The study of urban form in the Netherlands
Urban Morphology, 2016The study of urban form in the Netherlands has been heavily influenced by the Modern Movement and characterized by strong disciplinary specialization. On the one hand there is the distinction between art and engineering and on the other the search for instrumental universal rationality.
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A study of urban bicycling accidents
The American Journal of Sports Medicine, 1988This study was undertaken because of the large num ber of bicycle accident victims treated in our emergency room. Its aim was to assess the type, frequency, and mechanism of occurrence of bicycle accidents as well as characterization of the type of injuries sustained and the expense incurred by such accidents.
J J, Tucci, J E, Barone
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Tracer Study In an Urban Valley
Journal of the Air Pollution Control Association, 1968Results of a series of nighttime tracer experiments conducted during the Autumn of 1966 in the industrialized valley of Johnstown, Pa., are discussed. Quite atypical meteorology and dispersion occur within a classical drainage flow framework. An urban heat island effect is observed creating uniform temperature and wind structures within a layer of air ...
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Rethinking Urban Studies Today
Sociological Bulletin, 2018The article engages with the literature that has emerged since the 1990s in urban studies in India and in this context, discusses the nature of India’s urban modernity. It suggests that scholars in India participate and engage with the global discussion on urban studies by removing themselves from the epistemic confusions of colonial episteme and of ...
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Biometeorological studies on urban climate
International Journal of Biometeorology, 1997Urban-biometeorology, i.e., biometeorological study on the urban climate is regarded as both old and/or new science. Studies on two topics are reviewed: the thermal or chemical impact of urban climate on human health, and the relation between urban climate and vegetation.
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 2014
AbstractHow can urban studies research engage fruitfully with hip‐hop? This contribution responds to the essays byDavidBeer andMartinLamotte on ‘street music’, urban ethnography and ghettoized communities. It discusses how a social science engagement with hip‐hop texts might differ from cultural studies approaches, and how the study of hip‐hop culture ...
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AbstractHow can urban studies research engage fruitfully with hip‐hop? This contribution responds to the essays byDavidBeer andMartinLamotte on ‘street music’, urban ethnography and ghettoized communities. It discusses how a social science engagement with hip‐hop texts might differ from cultural studies approaches, and how the study of hip‐hop culture ...
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Study of urban reservoirs in the conditions of modern urbanization
INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL JOURNALThe article is devoted to the study of the ecological state of urban reservoirs (Yuzhny Pond and the Flooded School quarry) in the conditions of modern urbanization using the example of the city of Tyumen. The paper examines the key problems associated with water pollution and suggests measures to address them.
Olga Shulepova, Natalia Sannikova
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Urban Theory: Feminist Urban Studies and the Urban Gender Revolution
2017Besides offering the theoretical frame for the rest of the book, this chapter is to investigate the use of urban theory in contemporary genderfication efforts. It is especially concerned with the current popularity of Jane Jacobs’s views on the urban and planning in Amsterdam as a case.
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