The Use of Drones in Emergency Medicine: Practical and Legal Aspects by Anna Konert, Jacek Smereka, Lukasz Szarpak

“…Unmanned aerial vehicles can be applied to transport goods on demand, provide blood in urban areas, save sinking people, analyse the scale of damages, monitor large human gatherings, perform exploration activities, deliver blood samples and other analysis material, provide automated external defibrillators, support rescue operations and air transport, and perform agricultural activities. …”
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Sorcellerie capitaliste et touristes pishtaco : les tensions occultes autour du tourisme d’ayahuasca chez les Shipibo de San Francisco (Amazonie péruvienne) by Doriane Slaghenauffi

“…The emergence of “shamanic tourism” in some Shipibo-Konibo villages and urban areas has led to a recrudescence of vernacular witchcraft practices, now integrated into the new sociological context of the commercialization of local vegetalist shamanism. …”
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Wildlife-Friendly Landscaping: Connecting Professionals and the Public by Dharmendra Kalauni, Laura A. Warner, Emily Marois, John M. Diaz, Adam Dale, Jaret Daniels

“…The studies summarized in this publication were designed to evaluate the perceptions of green industry professionals and consumers regarding wildlife-friendly landscape maintenance practices to develop insights for future landscape conservation efforts that protect wildlife in Florida’s and the US’s rapidly expanding urban areas. This publication is intended for program planners, educators, Extension agents, green industry professionals, policymakers, and researchers working to promote pollinators and biodiversity in urban and residential landscapes.   …”
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Potential Breeding Habitat for Forest Birds Suburbs by Natalie Pegg, Mark Hostetler

“… Studies report that urban areas may not provide breeding habitat for interior-forest birds, but some residential neighborhoods do have sufficient vegetation to serve as breeding habitat for forest birds and even interior-forest specialists. …”
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One aspect of the role of ICTs in a mountain community : a case study of Kamiyama, Japan by Kenji Hashimoto

“…Kamiyama has leveraged broadband to attract ICT industry from urban areas, create employment and encourage young workers to move to the town. …”
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Recovering urban nightlife: COVID-19 insights from Google Places activity trends in Madrid by Enrique Santiago-Iglesias, Gustavo Romanillos, Jose Carpio-Pinedo, Wenzhe Sun, Juan Carlos García-Palomares

“…Nightlife in urban areas is gaining interest due to its role as a stimulus of the local economy, tourism, safety, and public services. …”
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Types and Effectiveness of Public Policy Measures Combatting Graffiti Vandalism at Heritage Sites by Marko Raič, Daniela Angelina Jelinčić

“…This review paper aims to identify and describe policy measures for combatting graffiti vandalism on heritage assets, which is a significant and complex problem in urban areas worldwide with considerable cultural and economic impacts. …”
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Entre rencontres et rendez-vous : stratégies marocaines de sexualité hors mariage by Matthew Carey

“…However these problems are shaped differently and affect social actors in different ways depending on whether they live in big cities, in the plains just outside urban areas or in the remote desert and mountain areas. …”
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De la problématique de l’eau en Bretagne (France) aux techniques alternatives d’entretien des espaces verts by Patricia Le Crenn-Brulon

“…The gardeners of local authorities, whose job is to maintain the green urban areas deliver their perception of current developments. …”
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Fiscal vertical imbalance and income inequality: A threshold effect analysis based on government expenditure. by Lan Mao

“…Employing Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) and threshold analysis, the research reveals key findings: (1) an exacerbation of vertical fiscal imbalance significantly widens the urban-rural income gap; (2) public expenditure structure exhibits threshold effects, resulting in non-linear impacts on income disparity; (3) a unique contribution of our study is the identification of varying threshold effects of urban public expenditure on income disparities within rural areas, urban areas, and the gap between them, underscoring the need for targeted fiscal interventions. …”
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Metabolic cities of the future. Between Agriculture and Architecture by Leonardo Zaffi, Michele D'Ostuni

“…Resuming the fascination of mega-structures proposed in the second half of the twentieth century, in the gap between utopia and dystopia, this essay investigates models and solutions for the integration of agricultural production systems within above-ground architectures, designed to meet the demand for new living spaces in future ultra-populated cities, as a possible response to the soil impoverishment that made it difficult to implement traditional farming systems in and around urban areas.…”
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Introdução ao debate sobre a metropolização by Guy Di Méo

“…Metropolization is a universal phenomenon characterized by the concentration of a growing number of inhabitants in fluid and open urban areas. Those inhabitants live to the rhythm of unceasing mobilities and use ICTs. …”
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The Artificial Mountain: a New Form of “Artialization” of Nature? by Claire Portal

“…Following the social, cultural and technical evolutions, artificial mountains have attained new landscape values associated with the emergence of innovative concepts of the environment, particularly in urban areas. Having first been an ornamental element of urban parks, the artificial mountain has now become a full living space, at the heart of the reorganization of the post-industrial, vertical, green and recycled city. …”
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La montagne artificielle : une nouvelle forme artialisée de la nature ? by Claire Portal

“…Following the social, cultural and technical evolutions, artificial mountains have attained new landscape values associated with the emergence of innovative concepts of the environment, particularly in urban areas. Having first been an ornamental element of urban parks, the artificial mountain has now become a full living space, at the heart of the reorganization of the post-industrial, vertical, green and recycled city. …”
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Multidimensional analysis and enhancement strategies for ecological environment quality at the county level under dual carbon goals: a case study of Shaanxi Province, China by Jianfeng Li, Jianfeng Li, Jianfeng Li, Yongxin Hu, Yongxin Hu, Jian Li, Liangyan Yang, Liangyan Yang, Jie Yan

“…However, most studies on ecological environment quality (EEQ) focus on urban areas, with limited attention to county-level analyses, particularly regarding the complex interactions between climate, topography, and human activities. …”
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Análise da temperatura de superfície em ambientes urbanos: um estudo por meio de sensoriamento remoto no município de Goiânia, Goiás (2002 – 2011) by Silvio Braz de Sousa, Laerte Guimarães Ferreira

“…A preliminary comparative analysis, based on the thermal anomaly images, indicated that August 2011, in spite of milder temperatures on day 15, was potentially hotter, particularly along the urbanized areas, in relation to 2002.…”
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Developing Statistical Optimization Models for Urban Competitiveness Index: Under the Boundaries of Econophysics Approach by Cem Çağrı Dönmez, Abdulkadir Atalan

“…With this technique, economic data regarding urban areas and the factors affecting UCI have been determined. …”
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Creating Wildflower Habitats in Golf Course Out-Of-Play Areas by Rebecca Nestle, Grace Cope, Nicole Benda, Adam G. Dale

“… Habitat loss from urbanization and agricultural intensification is reducing native bee and monarch butterfly populations, but golf courses in urban areas present an opportunity to mitigate the negative effects of urbanization on pollinators and the environment. …”
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Les Township tours au KwaZulu-Natal (Afrique du Sud) : d’une réappropriation historique et identitaire à l’avènement d’un socio-tourisme by Fabrice Folio

“…Paradoxically, the reputation of dangerousness, poverty and informality of those former black urban areas seems to act as a loss leader. Through the example of the province of KwaZulu-Natal, it will be seen that this new socio-tourist activity is now playing a multiculturalism card carried by popular icons, with the local development target in the background.…”
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Creating Wildflower Habitats in Golf Course Out-Of-Play Areas by Rebecca Nestle, Grace Cope, Nicole Benda, Adam G. Dale

“… Habitat loss from urbanization and agricultural intensification is reducing native bee and monarch butterfly populations, but golf courses in urban areas present an opportunity to mitigate the negative effects of urbanization on pollinators and the environment. …”
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