Cities of the Anthropocene: urban sustainability in an eco-evolutionary perspective. [PDF]
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 2023 Cities across the globe are driving systemic change in social and ecological systems by accelerating the rates of interactions and intensifying the links between human activities and Earth's ecosystems, thereby expanding the scale and influence of human ...
Alberti M.
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The persistence of ancient settlements and urban sustainability. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2021 We propose a dedicated research effort on the determinants of settlement persistence in the ancient world, with the potential to significantly advance the scientific understanding of urban sustainability today.
Smith ME +7 more
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Urban Sustainability Evaluation under the Modified TOPSIS Based on Grey Relational Analysis. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2019 The evaluation of urban sustainability plays a crucial role in the process of the sustainable development of cities. To decrease subjectivity and attain a comprehensive evaluation, this paper develops an evaluation method using the technique for order ...
Tang J, Zhu HL, Liu Z, Jia F, Zheng XX.
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Urban sustainability science: prospects for innovations through a system's perspective, relational and transformations' approaches : This article belongs to Ambio's 50th Anniversary Collection. Theme: Urbanization. [PDF]
Ambio, 2021 Frantzeskaki N, McPhearson T, Kabisch N.
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REMOTE SENSING AND GIS FOR FOOD BANKS [PDF]
ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2022 Food banks play an important role in sustainability (saving food-reducing waste), economy, and social cohesion. Investment in food banks supports compassion, generosity, solidarity, and hospitality.
M. M. Yagoub +4 more
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Exploring the impact of environmental factors on soundscape perception for sustainable and resilient urban environments [PDF]
BIO Web of Conferences, 2023 The impacts of global climate change are becoming increasingly alarming, highlighting the need for sustainable urbanism practices. The soundscape has been identified as crucial for achieving sustainable development goals.
Abdul Hamid Nor Hamizah +7 more
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Urban Resilience for Urban Sustainability: Concepts, Dimensions, and Perspectives
Sustainability, 2022 Urbanization is a continuous process for a city’s economic development. Though rapid urbanization provides a huge employment opportunity for people, urban threats also increase proportionately due to natural and man-made hazards.
Xunhaoyue Zeng +4 more
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Sustainable Urban Development: A Review of Urban Sustainability Indicator Frameworks
Sustainability, 2021 The issue of urban sustainability is currently exceptionally up to date, and the sustainable development of cities has become an important topic on the political level.
Denis Michalina +3 more
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Sustainable Urbanization [PDF]
, 2016 It is at the city level that sustainability policies needto be defined and solutions implemented. Overthe past decade, many Gulf Cooperation Councilgovernments have actively promoted urbanenvironmental projects.
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Promoting Social Equity and Building Resilience through Value-Inclusive Design
Buildings, 2023 Urban design and architecture have inadvertently contributed to the bifurcation of societies divided into haves and have-nots, thus undermining social equity, restricting opportunity, and resulting in poverty next to overabundance and waste.
Eric Harris, Anna Franz, Sabine O’Hara
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