Jouer et modéliser un territoire sans voiture : retour d’expérience sur le projet post-car Île-de-France by Arnaud Banos, Fanny Cottet, Jean Debrie

“…This paper deals with an urban foresight exercise combining a board game and modeling. …”
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Severe Varicella Pneumonia. A Pediatric Case Presentation by Ariel Efrén Uriarte Méndez, Jesús Vila Díaz, Andrés Prieto Apesteguía

“…The case of a 12 years child old child, white skin, obese, from urban procedence and with a history of Crohn's disease who was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit at the "Paquito González Cueto” Pediatric University Hospital because of bloody diarrhea and severe dehydration is presented. …”
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‘Groaning wicked like a maddening dog’: Bestiality, Modernity and Irishness in J. M. Synge’s The Playboy of the Western World by Hélène Lecossois

“…This article proposes to read these imageries as indexes of (pre-) modernity, and as markers of the divide between rural and urban areas that modernity accentuated. It argues that the animal-like behaviour that Synge’s play calls for may be considered as a form of resistance to a hegemonic and early twentieth century conception of modernity. …”
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Pretraining Convolutional Neural Networks for Image-Based Vehicle Classification by Yunfei Han, Tonghai Jiang, Yupeng Ma, Chunxiang Xu

“…Vehicle detection and classification are very important for analysis of vehicle behavior in intelligent transportation system, urban computing, etc. In this paper, an approach based on convolutional neural networks (CNNs) has been applied for vehicle classification. …”
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Economic Impacts of the Turfgrass and Lawncare Industry in the United States by John J. Haydu, Alan W. Hodges, Charles R. Hall

“… The turfgrass and lawncare industry in the United States continues to grow rapidly due to strong demand for residential and commercial property development, rising affluence, and the environmental and aesthetic benefits of turfgrass in the urban landscape. Economic sectors of the industry include sod farms, lawncare services, lawn and garden retail stores, and lawn equipment manufacturing. …”
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Une Transition périurbaine by Hervé Davodeau, Pierre Donadieu, André Fleury

“…The Anet canton constitutes an illustration of the emergence of new « urban countrysides», of their territorial dynamics, and the challenges faced by the local actors.…”
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Spatial analysis of earthquake crisis management (Case study: Khuzestan province) by HOOMAYOON Molaei, Emamgholi Babadi

“…The research area of ​​Khuzestan province and the statistical population included elites in the field of urban planning in Khuzestan province who were selected by targeted sampling method. …”
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Planning Concept for the Circular Economy Industrial Park in Heyuan City by Liu Hengran

“…Finally, it is recommended that the park and enterprises minimize the impact of facilities on the surrounding environment to better integrate into the surrounding urban space.…”
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Neither “Platformization” Nor “Infrastructuralization”: Government as a Platform in China by Jingyan Elaine Yuan, Yuchao Zhao

“…Through a case study of “the digital reform” in Zhejiang Province, and the affiliated smart city project—City Brain—in Hangzhou, the municipal capital, this study draws on data from participatory observations and interviews to (1) provide a historical context, in which “platformization” in urban governance is aimed to serve market-oriented socio-economic reforms; (2) argue that such “platformization” is shaped by the long-standing structural tension between centralization and localism, which has been renewed by digital data flows; and (3) understand the shifting public–private demarcation in social interactions and arrangements to deflect continual frictions between the state, local agents, and platforms in the domain of digital governance.…”
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Dispatching Design for Customized Bus of Hybrid Vehicles Based on Reservation Data by Xuemei Zhou, Jiaojiao Xi, Zhen Guan, Xiangfeng Ji

“…This mode can meet the requirements of multiple lines in urban centers during peak hours, which can realize direct service between two stations. …”
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A curated walk with peer researchers and their communities: Engaging a research journey toward meaningful impact by Bradley Rink, Gina Porter, Bulelani Maskiti, Sam Clark, Caroline Barber, Peer Researchers

“…We do so with the intent of exploring the embodied and social experiences of walking and writing research differently through a collaborative process of listening, co-creating and sharing knowledge about the pedestrian mobilities of young men as mediated by the precarities of urban life. Our walking-writing practices are a hybrid of the actual practices of walking and potential for enacting change by valuing the everyday experiences and knowledge of peer researchers. …”
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Potential Damage to Modern Building Materials from 21st Century Air Pollution by Peter Brimblecombe, Carlota M. Grossi

“…The evolution of damage to building materials has been estimated for the 21st century, with a particular focus on aluminum, zinc, copper, plastic, paint, and rubber in urban areas. We set idealized air pollution and climates to represent London and Prague across the period 1950–2100. …”
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Basics of Quantifying N Sources and Fates on the University of Florida Campus by Jiexuan Luo, George Hochmuth

“…Therefore, educating people about nitrogen cycling in the urban environment is critical for the development of solutions to the environmental problems caused by nitrogen loss. …”
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Assessing Damage and Restoring Trees After a Hurricane by Edward F. Gilman, Mary L. Duryea, Eliana Kampf, Traci Jo Partin, Astrid Delgado, Carol J. Lehtola

“…Duryea, Eliana Kampf, Traci Jo Partin, Astrid Delgado, and Carol Lehtola was funded by the Florida Division of Forestry and the USDA Forest Service, Southern Region as part of the Urban Forest Hurricane Recovery Program. Includes sections with guidelines for chainsaw safety, how to hire tree care professionals, how to tell which damaged trees can recover and which should be removed, how to restore trees to health after a hurricane by pruning -- both immediately after the storm and after few years' growth, specialized information for dealing with palm and pine trees, how to prevent damage by using effective design and management practices, and lists of decay resistant and wind resistant tree species for Florida. …”
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ST-LSTM: A Deep Learning Approach Combined Spatio-Temporal Features for Short-Term Forecast in Rail Transit by Qicheng Tang, Mengning Yang, Ying Yang

“…The short-term forecast of rail transit is one of the most essential issues in urban intelligent transportation system (ITS). Accurate forecast result can provide support for the forewarning of flow outburst and enables passengers to make an appropriate travel plan. …”
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An Influence Analytical Model of Dedicated Bus Lane on Network Traffic by Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram by Yingying Ma, Yuanqi Xie, Yongjie Lin

“…To study the influence mechanism of dedicated bus lanes on the urban road network, this paper proposes a novel analytical model of macroscopic fundamental diagram (MFD) and passenger macroscopic fundamental diagram (p-MFD) and the corresponding indicators based on MFD and p-MFD to evaluate the operation of the network. …”
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De l’argument à l’action : la biodiversité au service des jardins familiaux by Jean-Noël Consalès, Sophie Joimel, France Cordier, Cloé Jareno, Élodie-Denise Chenot, Christophe Schwartz

“…On the national level, it shows that biodiversity is an integral part of the strategy developed by the National Federation of Allotment and Community Gardens (in French Fédération nationale des jardins familiaux et collectifs) in support of these urban vegetable gardens. This association facilitates projects designed to be sustainable and to provide a favourable environment for plant and animal life. …”
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D’une école de paysage à l’autre : retour d’expérience sur un enseignement de la géographie au service des paysagistes by Hervé Davodeau

“…These two perspectives make it possible to better understand and untangle a number of “pedagogical conundrums” which are characteristic of the teaching of geography considered as a supporting discipline in the training of landscape architects and urban planners. The article partially reproduces the first (pedagogical) volume of a research publication (Davodeau, 2020), which explains its biographical and reflective dimension.…”
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More Than Grades: How Students Define Holistic Student Success by Anjali Sundararaman, Kathy Baek, Matthew Gee, Audrey Weber, Monica A. Corzo, Jacob Dinardi, Cara J. Connor, Kathryn Nesbit, Elaine Musselman, Linda M. Platas, Susanna Jones

“…Participants consisted of a diverse group of students from a large urban public university. A team of multidisciplinary researchers conducted a qualitative study adopting a phenomenological approach. …”
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Robust Optimization for Electric Vehicle Routing Problem Considering Time Windows Under Energy Consumption Uncertainty by Dan Wang, Weibo Zheng, Hong Zhou

“…Compared to fossil fuel-based internal combustion vehicles, electric vehicles with lower local pollution and noise are becoming more and more popular in urban logistic distribution. When electric vehicles are involved, high-quality delivery depends on energy consumption. …”
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