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Study on Microclimate Effect by Revegetation on Concrete Slop in Guandi Hydropower Station

, 2011
Taking the method of shotcrete and rock bolt support can effectively keep slope stability and prevent soil erosion, but this method also makes the local microclimate change.
Jun Ling Chen, Zhen Yao Xia, Fang Xi Dai
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Performance-Based Damage Quantification and Hazard Intensity Measures for Vertical Forest Systems on RC Buildings

Buildings
The European building stock is aging and needs renovation. Holistic renovation approaches, including Vertical Forest (VF) systems, are emerging as sustainable alternatives to demolition and reconstruction.
Vachan Vanian, Theodoros Rousakis, Theodora Fanaradelli, Maristella Voutetaki, Makrini Macha, Adamantis Zapris, Ifigeneia Theodoridou, Maria Stefanidou, Katerina Vatitsi, Giorgos Mallinis, Violetta Kytinou, Constantin Chalioris   +11 more
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Analysis of surface temperature measurements over complex urban sites [PDF]

Geographica Pannonica, 2019
The aim of this study is to analyse the thermal properties of natural and artificial urban surfaces and the impact of surface colours and shading. Measuring campaigns were conducted in spring and summer (2018-2019) in the district XI of Budapest to ...
Dezső Zsuzsanna, Pongrácz Rita, Bartholy Judit   +2 more
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How Program‐ and Community‐Led Design Settings Affect Resilience Approaches to Sustainable Development Projects

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainable Development interventions must deal with rapid and novel changes affecting complex social‐ecological systems, calling for design based on a resilience approach. However, limited analytical attention has been paid to the design settings in which such approaches are deployed.
Yiheyis Maru, Deborah O'Connell, Nicola Grigg, Annette Cowie, Million Belay, Alice Ruhweza, Mark Stafford Smith   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bamboo as fiber reinforcement in concrete mix [PDF]

, 2014
Today they are many incorporated concrete with addition materials to improve the quality of the concrete. This study is focus on usage of the natural admixtures to be incorporated in the concrete mixtures specifically bamboo fiber.
Muhammad Maarof, Mustapha
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Traditional vegetation knowledge of the Hortobágy salt steppe (Hungary): a neglected source of information for vegetation science and conservation

, 2013
Traditional vegetation knowledge of herders was studied in the Hortobágy steppe. In this paper (1) the habitat types/vegetation types herders distinguish, (2) the names they use for these folk habitats, (3) the botanical equivalents of folk habitats, and
Molnár, Zsolt
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The Path to Neutrality: Evaluating Carbon Offsetting Strategies Among Spanish Corporations

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how offset project characteristics and financial conditions shape the intensity of corporate carbon offsetting in voluntary carbon markets (VCMs). Focusing on a Southern European context, the analysis draws on a longitudinal panel of 357 Spanish firms observed between 2019 and 2022.
Pedro Gil‐García, Arturo Haro‐de‐Rosario, María del Carmen Valls‐Martínez, Carmen Caba‐Perez   +3 more
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Application of spatiotemporal velocity method in concrete canals with vegetation patch

Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics
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Naderi Masoud, Vakili Shabnam, Afzalimehr Hossein, Penna Nadia, Gaudio Roberto   +4 more
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Fragmentation Across Scales, Geography, and Climate Challenges in European Urban Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Research: A Bibliometric and Systematic Review

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT European urban climate change research lacks integration across scales, geography, and climate challenges, despite Europe's coordinated policy frameworks. Through a hybrid bibliometric and systematic review of 1528 studies (2010–2025) using Cortext Manager and PRISMA 2020 guidelines, this study maps the conceptual patterns, knowledge gaps, and
Isabela Pichardo‐Velázquez, Richard Dean Morales, Antonino Marvuglia   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Concrete Cloth (TM) GCCM

, 2016
The deployment of materials for controlling stormwater has gained greater emphasis as municipalities and civil works groups look to cope with increasing climate variables.
ECT Team, Purdue
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