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Preserving Indian Heritage with Digital Innovation

open access: yesInternational Journal of Arts Architecture & Design
India's cultural heritage, comprising architectural marvels, artistic traditions, and deeply rooted intangible practices, is increasingly threatened by a combination of environmental degradation, human-induced pressures, and the long-term effects of ...
Ankit Kumar   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Importance of reference group selection in the evaluation of cancer incidence

open access: yesScientific Reports
Elevated cancer incidence has been reported among World Trade Center (WTC)-exposed responders, with some incidence rate ratios (IRRs) varying over time.
Alexandra K. Mueller   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

The prospects of rainwater harvesting in the Ho CHi Minh City [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Wisely using natural water resources to serve human needs plays a decisive role in ensuring water and food security. In the natural water cycle, rainwater is considered as a valuable renewable resource.
Dao, Phan   +2 more
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Cities in the Developing World. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Rapid urbanisation is a major feature of developing countries. Some 2 billion more people arelikely to become city residents in the next 30 years, yet urbanisation has received littleattention in the modern development economics literature. This paper reviews theoretical andempirical work on the determinants and effects of urbanisation.
Henry G. Overman, Anthony J. Venables
openaire   +2 more sources

Their Sleep Is To Be Desecrated : California\u27s Central Valley Project and the Wintu People of Northern California, 1938- 1943 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
The morning of July 14, 1944, was intended to be a moment of celebration for the City of Redding, California. Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes had been scheduled to arrive in the booming city to dedicate Shasta Dam, a national reclamation ...
Farnham, April
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MONICA in Hamburg: Towards Large-Scale IoT Deployments in a Smart City

open access: yes, 2018
Modern cities and metropolitan areas all over the world face new management challenges in the 21st century primarily due to increasing demands on living standards by the urban population.
Fischer, Michael   +4 more
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Conversion of XYZ Tile Data into Grid Square Data and Their Application to Tsunami Risk Assessment

open access: yesData Science Journal
This paper proposes a novel algorithm for converting XYZ Tiles (Slippy Maps) to World Grid Square tile for a given Z value by merging several XYZ Tiles and cutting them into several pieces of World Grid Square tiles. We propose a framework to analyze XYZ
Kosuke Nakata, Aki-Hiro Sato
doaj   +1 more source

‘Unreal city, unreal world’

open access: yesFrancosphères, 2021
Amaleena Damlé
doaj   +1 more source

Shocks and more shocks [PDF]

open access: yes
Presentation at the Thirteenth Annual Hyman P. Minsky Conference on the State of the U.S. and World Economies Session on Monetary Policy and the U.S.
William Poole
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Indigenous society and immigrants : tourism and retailing in Lijiang, China, a World Heritage city. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
This paper examines the present state of commercial use of historical buildings, details of business categories, and descriptions of items on sale in the shops in the old town of Lijiang, China in order to investigate the problems of cultural-tourism ...
Yamamura, Takayoshi
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