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History of Urbanization and the Missing Ecology [PDF]
, 2013 In this chapter, we explore the historical dimension of urbanization and why the ecology of urbanization has, until recently, been missing. We discuss the consequences of this for our perceptions of urbanization throughout history and also discuss the ...
Barthel, Stephan +12 more
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American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Informal waste pickers play a crucial role in urban recycling systems but often face precarious employment and systematic marginalization. This study examines the evolving demographic, occupational, and health trends of informal waste pickers in Hong Kong between 2018 and 2023.
Siu‐Ming Chan +6 more
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Innovative Road Maintenance: Leveraging Smart Technologies for Local Infrastructure
DesignsRoads are essential for economic development, facilitating the circulation of services and resources. This research seeks to provide local governments with a comprehensive framework to enhance road maintenance, focusing on the surface and functional ...
Laura Fabiana Jáuregui Gallegos +2 more
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World Urbanization Prospects [PDF]
This paper proposes to critically examine the United Nations projections on urbanisation. Both the estimates of current trends based on national data and the method of projection are evaluated.
Philippe Bocquier
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Urban Settlement: Data, Measures, and Trends [PDF]
This paper examines data on urbanization. We review the most commonly used data sources, and highlight the difficulties inherent in defining and measuring the size of urban versus rural populations.
Bloom, David E +4 more
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Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In this study, the performance of the Van Muradiye Domestic Wastewater Treatment Plant was evaluated with Response Surface Methodology (RSM). The effects of pH, conductivity, dissolved oxygen (DO), and suspended solids (SS) on the chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal efficiency were evaluated using samples collected from the plant's inlet and ...
Emine Cangül +2 more
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International Journal of Disaster Risk ScienceWind disasters often cause widespread power outages, posing a serious threat to the safe operation of cities. This article systematically reviews key advances in early warning research on wind-induced power outages based on the framework of risk source ...
Jingwei Fu +3 more
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Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Air pollution from sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions poses significant threats to environmental sustainability, public health, and climate change efforts. Despite advances in monitoring and regulatory frameworks, traditional methods often fall short in accuracy, scalability, and efficiency.
Turkan Kopac
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Human detection with smoke occlusion based on AI-generated images
Journal of Safety Science and ResilienceDetecting occupants trapped in buildings is challenging during fire accidents because of the dense, rapidly spreading smoke. To this end, this paper proposes a human detection method that accounts for smoke occlusion, based on artificial intelligence (AI)
Zhen Xu +5 more
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Female Labor Force Participation in Urbanization Process: The Case of Turkey [PDF]
Urbanization -as a worldwide pheonemenon- has increased its pace especially in the twentieth century in all over the World. Turkey is no exception of this process.
Mustafa Kemal, Bicerli, Naci, Gundogan
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