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Land, 2023 Identifying threats to historical sites is important for formulating preventive measures to reduce their impacts. The oases in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates (UAE), are one of the historical sites and were inscribed as cultural sites in 2011 by UNESCO ...
M. M. Yagoub +5 more
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Sustainable Urban Development and Social Sustainability in the Urban Context [PDF]
EMARA: Indonesian Journal of Architecture, 2016 Social sustainability and sustainable urban developments are major challenges across the world both developed and developing countries. In general there is a conflict between the approach of sustainable development and social sustainability in the urban context.
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Entropy and its Application to Urban Systems
Entropy, 2019 Since its conception over 150 years ago, entropy has enlightened and confused scholars and students alike, from its origins in physics and beyond. More recently, it has been considered within the urban context in a rather eclectic range of applications ...
Ben Purvis, Yong Mao, Darren Robinson
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Environmental Research Letters, 2019 Urban mobility is the main source of air pollution in Europe and accounts for 25% of greenhouse gas emissions. In order to address this, a range of interventions and policies are being implemented across major European cities and studies in sustainable ...
Laura Weiand +5 more
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Intentionality and visibility in state- and society-led climate approaches: towards a more comprehensive understanding of local adaptation initiatives [PDF]
Geographica Helvetica, 2023 Research into local climate adaptation has often focused on highly visible, intentional public policies that seek to improve resilience to climate threats or how societal actors have reacted to changing climatic conditions. We argue that these approaches
P. Eckersley +5 more
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Beach as Potential Youth’s Third Place to Improve Youth Social Sustainability in Kelantan [PDF]
BIO Web of ConferencesThere are lack of green spaces and parks in Kelantan for youth to interact with their peers in a relaxed and informal setting. Transforming a beach into a vibrant youth third place involves creating a space where young people feel welcomed, engaged, and ...
Ramlee Noorliyana +7 more
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Analysing stingless bee garden design for urban farming in Kelantan, Malaysia [PDF]
BIO Web of ConferencesThe benefits of stingless bee honey for health found in various studies increase the demand for these apiculture activities to grow. However, the production of stingless bee honey requires specific garden design considerations according to the species ...
Wan Mohamad Wan Saiful Nizam +8 more
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TRANSFORMATION OF A VILLAGE: CASE OF WAD AL ABBAS, SENNAR STATE, SUDAN [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2020 Understanding socioeconomic changes associated with the conversion of rural areas to urban and the factors behind them are essential for future prospects. Theoretical debates on the topic have flourished.
M. Elkamali, M. M. Yagoub
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Discover Sustainability, 2023 The study applied a climate change (CC) perception survey in Colombia between 2021 and 2022 to gather information about the national academic community from UNAD University (Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia).
Mónica Espinosa +5 more
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The Birth of Black Modernism: Building Community Capacity Through Intentional Design
BuildingsThroughout history, communities have struggled to build homes in places actively hostile to their presence, a challenge long faced by African descendants in the American diaspora.
Eric Harris, Anna Franz, Kathy Dixon
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