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HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF URBANITY ON THE WATERFRONT

Arsitekno, 2019
Since the dawn of the civilization, water plays an important role in human life. Water covers 75% of the earth surface and sustains virtually every life form on it.
Bambang Karsono
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Multi-Source Data-Driven Quality Assessment of Waterfront Public Spaces in Urban Contexts

Land
Quality assessment of public spaces is critical in sustainably enhancing urban spatial quality. Existing studies focus on fundamental indicators (e.g., geographic accessibility, planning rationality, and social benefits) and often rely on geographic big ...
Xiaowen Wu, Xinru Li
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Uneven Impacts of Seawall Heightening on Tsunami Risk Reduction under Rising Sea Levels: Probabilistic Scenarios from the Japan Trench

Earthquake Engineering &Structural Dynamics, Volume 55, Issue 11, Page 2948-2965, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Disasters exacerbated by climate change have prompted adaptation measures, including seawall heightening, which is an effective approach to protecting coastal areas. However, the combined effect of rising sea levels and tsunamis can create a compound coastal hazard, in which long‐term sea level rise amplifies the impact of tsunamis.
Yushi Miki, Anawat Suppasri, Constance Ting Chua, An‐Chi Cheng, Tomoya Iwasaki, Yugo Shinozuka, Takafumi Ogawa, Fumihiko Imamura   +7 more
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SWOT Analysis Of Waterfront City; The Development Concept In Palangka Raya

JEJAK: Jurnal Ekonomi dan Kebijakan, 2019
Waterfront City is a concept of structuring and utilizing the area of the riverbank which is used as an area of public space while observing environmental sustainability as well.
Syamsuri Syamsuri, Yunita Asmawati, Satria Adiguna Ikat   +2 more
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Framing Displacement, Forcing Perspective: Black Visual Geographies and the Crisis of Homelessness in Oakland

Antipode, Volume 58, Issue 5, September 2026.
ABSTRACT While Black and visual geographies have examined the image's racial and spatial power, more work is needed to analyze how racial frames of view become spatially embedded. This paper advances such a practice by analyzing news images of homelessness in Oakland.
Clara Pérez Medina
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Optimization of Thermal Comfort Evaluation for Elderly Individuals in Winter Urban Parks Based on Plant Elements Within Landscape Spaces—Taking Beijing Zizhuyuan and Taoranting Parks as Examples

Land
Against the backdrop of accelerating population aging, urban green spaces have become primary venues for elderly daily activities, with their winter thermal comfort emerging as a critical determinant of senior wellbeing.
Yan Lu, Zirui Wang, Yiyang Li, Shuyi Yan
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Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Reproduction and Early Life Development in Marine Teleost Fish—A Synthesis

Fish and Fisheries, Volume 27, Issue 5, Page 1176-1192, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Ocean acidification (OA) remains a major and underexplored threat to marine fishes, particularly regarding reproductive physiology and early life stages (ELS). Although research over the past 15 years has documented diverse OA effects, substantial knowledge gaps persist.
Rebecca J. Bridge, Benjamin T. McClelland, Silvana N. R. Birchenough, Martina H. Stiasny   +3 more
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Measurement and influencing factors of urban waterfront street vitality from the perspectives of behavior and perception

Environmental Research Communications
Serving as the direct interface for interaction between the waterfront and urban dwellers, the street space environment significantly influences people’s living experiences and social interactions.
Xiang Ji, Yao Fu, Jiaxuan Shi, Haixiao Liu   +3 more
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How Do Waterfront Concert Halls in China Enhance Residents’ Well-Being? The Chain Mediating Effects of Perceived Restorativeness and Place Attachment

Buildings
The psychological benefits of waterfront public spaces have become an important topic in environmental design and architectural research. However, existing studies have primarily focused on the direct relationship between physical environmental ...
Zitong Zhan, Xiaolong Chen, Tingzheng Wang   +2 more
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Dipole in North African Dust Deposition at the Last Glacial Maximum Explained by Shifted Wind Direction Under Steepened Meridional Temperature Gradients

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 53, Issue 16, 28 August 2026.
Abstract Geological records strongly suggest that, globally, Earth's atmosphere was much dustier than present during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) but the explanation is debated, with greater aridity, stronger/gustier winds and less effective washout from a drier atmosphere all invoked. Yet dust deposition can be spatially complex.
Fangjingcheng Zhu, Peter O. Hopcroft, Samuel Albani, Minmin Fu, Anya J. Crocker, Chuang Xuan, Paul A. Wilson   +6 more
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