‘‘Retour’’ et ‘‘reconquête’’ de la péninsule historique : discours et usages distinctifs autour du patrimoine de Fener et Çarşamba by Brian Chauvel

“…The transformation and preservation of Istanbul’s historic peninsula into protected historical heritage underpins a complex process of urban change. Contributing to the redefinition of the economic functions and the sometimes brutal renovation of the living space of the almost-island, the process engenders polemics that catch-up with the current political – even ideological – debates about fundamental societal questions. …”
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QUALITY OF EMPLOYMENT FROM A GEOGRAPHICAL PERSEPCTIVE. A SHOW CASE OF THE ROMANIAN DANUBE VALLEY by IRENA MOCANU

“…The aim of this study is to analyse the territorial changes in terms of quality of employment in the urban and rural administrative units located along the Romanian Danube Valley during the period of transition, post-transition and of crisis. …”
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Distribution, Identification and Management of Two-Leaf Nightshade (Solanum diphyllum), an Invasive Plant in Florida by Stephen H. Brown, Chris Marble, Stephen F. Enloe

“…A "bird-dispersed" volunteer, it occurs in urban and conservation areas and on disturbed land. …”
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A Novel Robust Tracking Algorithm in Cluttered Environments for Distributed Sensor Network by Yunting Liu, Yuanwei Jing, Siying Zhang, Hui Guo

“…The most challenging issue is nonline of sight (NLOS) problem in cluttered environments such as indoor or urban areas since the presence of NLOS errors leads to severe degradation in the tracking performance. …”
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Community Based Tourism in the Neoliberal City? Reflections from a “slum area” in Buenos Aires by Triana Sánchez Attanasio

“…This paper analyzes a government project called “Urban Community Tourism” that aimed to bring two working-class neighborhoods in the City of Buenos Aires closer to tourism activity. …”
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Chimen an nou, une carte contributive pour se rapprocher du territoire by Bertilla Baudinière, Jeanne Lacour

“…This article presents a series of interactions between individual and collective practices, sensory experiences and digital tools, and a dialogue between urban architects, the GIS expert, residents and public authorities. …”
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Simulation and modelling for climate adaptation and mitigation. Experiences of environmental renovation in Rome by Fabrizio Tucci, Valeria Cecafosso, Paola Altamura, Marco Giampaoletti

“… This paper defines an original methodological and applicative approach in support of the experimental/planning phase in the area of the regeneration of urban districts, in order to offer responses to the challenges of adapting to and mitigating climate change. …”
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Capítulo 3 — Evaluación de los árboles dañados durante un huracán y toma de decisiones by Eliana Kampf, Mary L. Duryea, Edward F. Gilman, Astrid Delgado

“…Gilman, and Astrid Delgado, is the Spanish language version of FOR-117, Chapter 3 - Assessing Hurricane-Damaged Trees and Deciding What to Do. It is part of the Urban Forest Hurricane Recovery Program series. It discusses factors that should be considered when deciding whether to remove or restore storm-damaged trees.  …”
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Leveraging ICT for mobility future in a region in transition: the case of Piedmont by Sylvie Occelli, Alessandro Sciullo

“…Current challenges of mobility in urban and regional areas call for new approaches to the analysis of the transportation system. …”
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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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Le rôle des riverains dans le façonnement des interfaces ville-forêt by Christine Bouisset, Isabelle Degrémont

“…The results of a survey are used to understand the way these urban fringes function : the representations of local inhabitants of the forest landscape and the recreational activities they practise in the forest as well as the consequences of this proximity on the way these landscape interfaces are shaped. …”
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The exotic rust fungus Puccinia abrupta var. partheniicola on the invasive alien weed Parthenium hysterophorus in India: rediscovery and first report of an epiphytotic by Prakya Sreerama Kumar

“…Disease incidence was 80–90% in large tracts of P. hysterophorus stands along the roadsides in an area of 5 km2 near Attibele–Sarjapura road (948A) in Anekal taluk of Bengaluru Urban district in Karnataka. Pycnial, aecial or telial stages of the rust were not found. …”
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Le rapport ordinaire à l’héritage bâti de l’époque de la colonisation française en Algérie : L’exemple de l’hôtel de ville de Kherrata (Bejaia) by Idir Benaidja

“…The methodology combines architectural and urban knowledge of the city with a questionnaire designed to understand the representations that the population has of this built as a heritage object.…”
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Gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma. A case report by Marcos Félix Osorio Pagola, Jesús Iván Gonzalez Batista, Nelia Maria Quintana Garcia

“…The case of a 68 years old patient, smoking since adolescence, with urban origins, obesity history and gastroesophageal reflux symptoms is presented. …”
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The architecture of the church of St. Demetrius in New Belgrade (1998-2001): A new element of the city's identity by Aćimović Emilija

“…The Church of Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki (1998-2001) was the first religious building to be constructed within the modern urban landscape of New Belgrade. The time of its creation was marked by a renewal of Orthodox Christian identity and the need for a greater number of new parish churches, especially within settlements built devoid of them during Socialist Yugoslavia. …”
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The Threat of the Emergence of Antimicrobial-Resistant Gram-Positive Pathogens in Canada by Donald E Low, Barbara M Willey, Allison J McGeer

“…Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant enterococci are now endemic in many urban centres in the United States, although less so in Canada. …”
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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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Scenario Planning in Managing Ecosystem Services and Natural Resources by Jiangxiao Qiu, Lorna Bravo

“… Florida is experiencing environmental challenges such as climate change, sea-level rise, and urbanization that make it difficult to develop management and policy actions to conserve our ecosystems and their goods and services, which are vital for human well being. …”
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De l’école des Beaux-arts à la leçon de Louis I. Kahn : assimilations et détournements théoriques chez Bernard Huet by Juliette Pommier

“…In the career of Bernard Huet, theoretician of urban architecture in French style, this relationship is built from the moment of his training and develop throughout his career. …”
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