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Barcelona: a glimpse into its contemporary urban transformation [PDF]
, 2017 Postprint (author's final ...
Martí Casanovas, Miquel +1 more
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Impact of Positive Lifestyle Behaviors on Direct Health Care Cost Savings for Low Back Pain
Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective This study aimed to investigate the relationship between a previously purpose‐developed lifestyle behavior scale and health care cost savings related to low back pain (LBP). Methods This longitudinal study used data from the Australian Twin Back (AUTBACK) study. LBP and lifestyle behavior measures were collected at baseline. Physical activity
Ye Tian +8 more
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Caring Cities: Towards a Public Urban Culture of Care?
Urban PlanningBased on an international literature review and selected case studies, this article discusses the potential of the Caring City policies for an urban public culture of care.
Hannah Müller +2 more
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.The study presents biodegradable and recyclable mixed‐matrix membranes (MMMs), hydrogels, and cryogels using luminescent nanoscale metal‐organic frameworks (nMOFs) and biopolymers. These bio‐nMOF‐MMMs combine europium‐based nMOFs as probes for the status of the materials with the biopolymers agar and gelatine and present alternatives to conventional ...
Moritz Maxeiner +4 more
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European Transport Research ReviewThis paper explores the role of indicators in urban mobility governance, analysing their effects based on qualitative interviews with experts in policymaking and planning from the German Rhine-Main region.
Julius Bücher
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Water phenomenon: Urban morphology transformation [PDF]
Facta Universitatis. Series: Architecture and Civil Engineering, 2010 This research paper deals with the mutual dependence of water phenomenon and urban morphology. Water is a basic subject matter of many analyses, and it is considered a principal existential and vital generator of the formation, sustainability and ...
Čakarić Jasenka
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.A food‐grade cooling composite made from starch and recycled eggshell powder offers a scalable, ultra‐low‐cost solution for passive daytime radiative cooling. Easily prepared using basic kitchen tools, this material empowers communities, even in areas with limited infrastructure, to stay cooler during worsening summer heat waves.
Qimeng Song +3 more
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Buildings, 2018 Tropical cities currently face issues of climate change resulting from rapid urbanization and the impact of urban morphological transformations on the microclimate.
Salman Ali, Baofeng Li
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The large-scale multi-story housing extensions as a prevaling expression of the post-socialist urban transformations. The case study of the neighborhood Stara Zeleznicka Kolonija, the city of Nis [PDF]
Facta Universitatis. Series: Architecture and Civil Engineering, 2014 This study considers how unstructured extensive housing upgrading has influenced social relations within fully upgraded multi-story housing areas during post-socialist urban transformations in the city of Nis.
Vranic Petar +2 more
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How Cities Learn: From Experimentation to Transformation
Urban Planning, 2021 Cities must change rapidly to address a range of sustainability challenges. While urban experimentation has prospered as a framework for innovation, it has struggled to stimulate broader transformation.
James Evans +3 more
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