Agricultural Land Suitability Analysis for Land Use Planning: The Case of the Madrid Region by Nerea Morán-Alonso, Andrés Viedma-Guiard, Marian Simón-Rojo, Rafael Córdoba-Hernández

“…In the European context, fertile soils are under pressure not only from urbanisation processes, abandonment and the establishment of non-agricultural uses but also from agriculture that is not well adapted to territorial resources. In order to inform urban planning, a methodology is proposed and applied to the Madrid region to analyse the suitability of agricultural land uses with respect to agrological quality. …”
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Method for Determining Longitudinal Stiffness of Combined Double Thin-Walled Pier Based on Train-Track-Bridge Interaction by Hui Fang, Zhaowei Chen

“…Combined double thin-walled pier is a new kind of pier adopted in the urban transit system in China, whose longitudinal stiffness cannot be determined by adopting traditional methods. …”
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Optimization and Validation of Thermal Desorption Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry for the Determination of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Ambient Air by Iñaki Elorduy, Nieves Durana, José Antonio García, María Carmen Gómez, Lucio Alonso

“…The performance of the method was tested by Standard Reference Material (SRM) 1649b urban dust and compared with the conventional method (Soxhlet extraction-GC/MS), showing a better recovery (mean of 97%), precision (mean of 12%), and accuracy (±25%) for the determination of 14 EPA PAHs. …”
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Les pratiques paysagistes à l’épreuve du film de recherche by Chris Pividori

“…Over the last few decades, landscape architecture has emerged in France as an alternative to urban planning, which is all too often limited to functionalist recipes. …”
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Study on Control of Wall Deflection in Earth Stepped-Twin Retaining Wall Using Anchor Method by means of Numerical Simulation by Kazuki Maehara, Akihiro Hamanaka, Takashi Sasaoka, Hideki Shimada, Seiya Sakuma

“…The demand for specific earth retaining wall methods is increasing along with the advancement and overcrowding of underground space use such as the presence of adjacent structures in an urban area. To cope with this, the method named earth stepped-twin retaining wall is increasingly being applied. …”
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Génération automatique de maquettes de paysages grâce à l’open data by Maëlle Proust, Olivier Donzé, Kenzo Picenni, Anne Barrioz

“…Starting from the observation that the ground is not represented in urban planning, part of this work focused on how to make invisible living landscapes perceptible.…”
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An Improved NSGA-II Algorithm for Transit Network Design and Frequency Setting Problem by Shushan Chai, Qinghuai Liang

“…The model and algorithm can be used to provide candidates for the sustainable policy formulation of urban transit network scheme.…”
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Savoring the past, preserving the future: a mixed-methods examination of culinary traditions among Pontic Greeks in Northern Greece by Achillefs Keramaris, Eleni Kasapidou, Paraskevi Mitlianga

“…Qualitative findings underscored the deep cultural and emotional significance of these foods, revealing themes such as intergenerational knowledge transmission, urbanization’s impact, and the dual role of heritage and convenience in shaping food choices. …”
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UAV–UGV Formation for Delivery Missions: A Practical Case Study by Leonardo A. Fagundes-Júnior, Celso O. Barcelos, Amanda Piaia Silvatti, Alexandre S. Brandão

“…These include delivering packages in urban or remote areas, dispatching supplies to disaster or conflict zones, and facilitating delivery operations. …”
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En chair et en os ? Sens, sensations et sensationnalisme dans Desperate Remedies (1871) de Thomas Hardy by Laurence Talairach-Vielmas

“…In the 1870s, though the literary genre was no longer as popular as it had been a decade before, resorting to sensational motifs and plot-patterns was still a significant means to foreground a modern world marked by capitalism, progress and urbanization. Moreover, the genre’s constant play upon bodies—whether the bodies of the characters or those of its readers—typified its close relationship with modernity. …”
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Evaluation of the impact of school canteen programs on schooling and combating school wastage of students in rural schools in Morocco by Fatima Azdagaz, Mariem Liouaeddine, Omar Zirari

“…The analysis is based on data from a national social support survey conducted by the National Human Development Observatory (ONDH) in 2018, involving a representative sample of 3,039 rural and urban households. Employing a micro-econometric approach, specifically the propensity score matching (PSM) method, the findings reveal a significant effect of school canteens in reducing repetition rates among rural students. …”
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Regional Disparity and Determinants of Body Mass Index Status among Tribal Women in Eastern India by Bichitra Shit, Jagannath Behera, Subhadip Mandal

“…Rural tribal women had a higher likelihood of being underweight, whereas urban women were more likely to be overweight. Odisha had a higher prevalence of underweight tribal women, whereas the prevalence is lower in Bihar. …”
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The assessment of environment protection cooperation in the South China Sea by Satyawan Ignatius Agung

“…Since the increase of urbanization along the coastal area, pollution becomes inevitable. …”
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Tel-Aviv a cent ans ! 1909-2009 : un siècle de globalisation au Proche-Orient by Caroline Rozenholc

“…The starting point of this paper is the proclamation of Tel-Aviv as a World Cultural Heritage site for its unique urban and historical fabric, commonly known as the “White City” or the Bauhaus City. …”
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Cultural landscapes. Artificial between resilience and natural selection by Marina Fumo

“…Knowing the peculiar features of a natural or urban artificial landscape and identifying in it with a feeling of belonging, as a place bearing culture and traditions, has always linked the human beings to their territory, to a geographical context. …”
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Spatial Analysis of Industrial Green Development and Sustainable Cities in the Yellow River Basin by Ke Liu, Huan Jiang, Qian Zhou

“…The degree of influence of each factor on IGD is openness > industrial upgrading index > urbanization rate > science and technology expenditures > reduction rate of energy consumption.…”
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Fonder le projet de paysage sur le sol urbain  by Marion Loviton, Audrey Marco

“…The paper focuses on the evolution in the way landscape architects and urban planners considered soils in landscape projects carried out during the 2020-2021 academic year in Marseille. …”
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La hêtraie du clos-masure, entre modernisations agricoles et urbanisation by Pauline Frileux

“…This notion of common interest is a key element in the agricultural and urban revival of the clos-masures of the Pays de Caux region.…”
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Managing Mexican Petunia (Ruellia simplex C. Wright) in the Home Landscape by Carrie A. Reinhardt Adams, Christine Wiese, L. C. Lee, Sandra B. Wilson, A. M. Smith, Rosanna Freyre

“… Environmental tolerance, abundant seed production, and an ability to easily grow from plant stem sections have allowed Mexican petunia to spread into natural areas that border urban areas. The Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council lists Mexican petunia (wild-type and non-sterile cultivars) as a Category 1 invasive species, meaning that it is “altering native plant communities by displacing native species, changing community structures or ecological functions, or hybridizing with natives.” …”
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Performance Evaluation of China's Basic Pension Insurance Based on a Three-Stage Superefficient SBM-DEA Model by Zexing Xue, Zhengping Ma

“…The results show that the overall performance of the basic endowment insurance system for urban workers in all provinces of China shows a downward trend. …”
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