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Urbanity mapping reveals the complexity, diffuseness, diversity, and connectivity of urbanized areas

open access: yesGeography and Sustainability
There are urgent calls for new approaches to map the global urban conditions of complexity, diffuseness, diversity, and connectivity. However, existing methods mostly focus on mapping urbanized areas as bio physical entities. Here, based on the continuum
Weiqi Zhou, Steward Pickett
exaly   +3 more sources

Spatial Factor—Using a Random Forest Classification Model to Measure an Internationally Comparable Urbanity Index

open access: yesUrban Science, 2020
Travel behavior can be determined by its spatial context. If there are many shops and restaurants in close proximity, various activities can be done by walking or cycling, and a car is not needed.
Ulrich Niklas   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Urbanity and Urbanization: An Interdisciplinary Review Combining Cultural and Physical Approaches

open access: yesLand, 2014
This review paper focuses on research schemes regarding urbanity and urbanization, and brings together both cultural and physical approaches. First, we review the cultural and social construction of urbanity (as related to urbanization) in Germany.
Christoph Schneider, Hendrik Merbitz
exaly   +3 more sources

Soil Physico-Chemical Properties Change Across an Urbanity Gradient in Berlin

open access: yesFrontiers in Environmental Science, 2021
In this study the impacts of urbanity on physical soil properties were explored by measuring water stable aggregates, combined particle size, infiltration rate and hydrophobicity across an urban gradient.
James Whitehead   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

SPACE SYNTAX AS AN EVALUATIVE AND PREDICTIVE TOOL TO EXPLORE URBANITY LEVELS IN NEW DAMIETTA CITY [PDF]

open access: yesJES: Journal of Engineering Sciences, 2020
In New Damietta city, many residential neighborhoods have the appearance of empty, dull, and monotonous places. These neighborhoods have low levels of urbanity in terms of vital and flourishing street life.
Asmaa Eldiasty   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A method for assessing the vitality potential of urban areas. The case study of the Metropolitan City of Cagliari, Italy

open access: yesCity, Territory and Architecture, 2022
Vitality and Urbanity emerge as key goals of strategies for urban sustainable development as necessary prerequisites for varied and prosperous cities.
Chiara Garau, Alfonso Annunziata
doaj   +1 more source

Analysis and review of the Quiddity and function of Rusāfas in Islamic urbanity [PDF]

open access: yesتحقیقات تاریخ اقتصادی ایران, 2023
cognition the quiddity of the Islamic city, its constituent elements and components requires a deeper study and exploration of concepts and terms used in historical and geographical sources and texts.
mahdi ezati
doaj   +1 more source

Soil microbial communities shift along an urban gradient in Berlin, Germany

open access: yesFrontiers in Microbiology, 2022
The microbial communities inhabiting urban soils determine the functioning of these soils, in regards to their ability to cycle nutrients and support plant communities. In an increasingly urbanized world these properties are of the utmost importance, and
James Whitehead   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Interacting With Urbanity

open access: yesInteraction Design and Architecture(s), 2008
This project has explored means of interaction between creators and recipients of mediated culture within the realm of architectural space through the use of video.
Anders Mellbratt, Nils Wiberg
doaj   +1 more source

Storie di periurbanità dall’Italia del Sud

open access: yesProjets de Paysage, 2012
The text offers some cases of Mediterranean «peri-urbanity» – or outskirts urbanity – in South-East Italia. These cases appeared during the latest decade through landscapes planning projects on the provincial scale of Lecce (2001) and on the regional ...
Mariavaleria Mininni
doaj   +1 more source

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