Quantum GIS (QGIS): An introduction to a free alternative to more costly GIS platforms by Jeffry M. Flenniken, Steven Stuglik, Basil V. Iannone

“…Iannone III and published by the UF/IFAS School of Forest Resources and Conservation introduces the reader to a free GIS software package called Quantum GIS (QGIS), walking the reader through simple GIS processes that can be used to visualize spatial patterns of importance to a variety of fields, including natural resources, agriculture, and urban planning. Learn how to create a land-cover map for a county of interest and create heatmaps that illustrate the density of a given attribute (Florida Springs for this example). …”
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Research on key "acupoint" mining technology for special information system by ZOU Zilong, WANG Junlin, AN Shujie, LYU Changyuan, YU Minggang, NIU Yanjie

“…Finally, taking the special information system under the background of urban unmanned attack operation as an example, the scientific and reasonable of the proposed method is verified.…”
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Separate Collection of Packaging Wastes within the Scope of Integrated Solid Waste Management: The case study of Yakutiye District in Erzurum City by Zeynep Eren, Emre Erdoğan

“…In recent years, urbanization activities have increased considerably due to the increasing population in Erzurum. …”
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Ageing Healthy: Perceptions of Older Persons, Community Members, and Other Stakeholders in Uganda by Eunice L. Kyomugisha MA, Rachel King PhD, Rosalind Parkes-Ratanshi PhD, Susan Nakkazi MA, Carol Brayne PhD, Louise Lafortune PhD

“…We explored healthy ageing perceptions in rural and peri-urban Ugandan communities. Community dialogues, focus group discussions with older persons, community members, community-based organization leaders, key informant interviews with Ministries of Gender (2), Health (1), non-governmental organizations (3) and elderly representatives (5) were held. …”
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A Quantitative Method to Delineate the Influence Area of Work Zone Considering Route Choice Inertia and Elastic Demand by Guanfeng Wang, Hongfei Jia, Jingjing Tian, Yu Lin, Ruiyi Wu, Zhendong Liu, Heyao Gao

“…The work zone on the urban road network will affect the surrounding road traffic. …”
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Spatiotemporal Assessment and Modelling of Roof-Harvested Rainwater Quality in Kigezi Highlands, Uganda by Philip, Tibenderana, Moses, Nduhira Twesigye-omwe, Agwe, Tobby Michael, Abdulkadir, Taofeeq S, Denis, Byamukama

“…This situation has further been aggravated by a high rate of urbanization, population growth, rising water demand, continuous depletion of fresh surface water and groundwater, climate change, water governance, extreme social inequality and pollution (Struk-Sokolowska, et al., 2020, Balogun et al., 2016). …”
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Green finance policy and regional air pollution control: a two-wheel drive by government departments and financial institutions by Xinkuo Xu, Zenglu Song, Jinjing Lu

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Pathways to mental health care during the COVID-19 pandemic: a study from rural tertiary government mental health facilities in India by Jithin Jaise, Kannappa V. Shetty, Sanjeev Kumar Manikappa, Urmila Bamney

“…It is worth noting that the majority of urban participants primarily utilized psychiatric services. …”
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A Practical Model for Inbound Container Distribution Organization in Rail-Water Transhipping Terminal by Jiahao Zhao, Xiaoning Zhu, Yong Liu, Li Wang, Baicheng Yan

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Modeling Crossing Conflicts at Unsignalized T-Intersections under Heterogeneous Traffic Conditions by Jaydip Goyani, Ninad Gore, Shriniwas Arkatkar

“…Therefore, the present study develops crossing conflict-based safety performance functions (C-SPFs) for eight urban unsignalized T-intersections with varying intersection geometry. …”
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Risk factors in street food practices in developing countries: A review by Buliyaminu Adegbemiro Alimi

“…Street food trading solves major social and economic problems in developing countries through the provision of ready-made meals at relatively inexpensive prices and employment for teeming rural and urban populace along its value chain. However, due to informal nature of the enterprise, the activities of the practitioners are not regulated. …”
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Partager l’action paysagère avec des enfants comme piste d’apprentissage expérientiel by Roxane Wormser

“…The latter includes a transitional urban planning project co-designed with users to experiment with different forms of development. …”
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La ruine angkorienne et le fromager : une mise en cloche d’un paysage fantasmé synonyme d’inaction ? by Sébastien Preuil

“…From the rice paddies to the major urban centres, images of landscapes in the tropics circulating today take on a variety of forms. …”
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African American Street Lit’: old, new, or better (?) tricks? by Cécile Cottenet

“…The authors of the genre, many of whom are former gang members or convicts, followed in the steps of the best-selling pulp writers of the 1970s Donald Goines (Whoreson, Daddy Cool) and Robert Beck aka Iceberg Slim (Pimp).This urban literature can be loosely characterized as formulaic stories set in the black community, revolving around sex, drugs, guns and cash; yet they also emphasize redemption and can be read as cautionary tales for the young. …”
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Smart cities survey: Technologies, application domains and challenges for the cities of the future by Ruben Sánchez-Corcuera, Adrián Nuñez-Marcos, Jesus Sesma-Solance, Aritz Bilbao-Jayo, Rubén Mulero, Unai Zulaika, Gorka Azkune, Aitor Almeida

“…The paradigm of Smart Cities arises as a response to the goal of creating the city of the future, where (1) the well-being and rights of their citizens are guaranteed, (2) industry and (3) urban planning is assessed from an environmental and sustainable viewpoint. …”
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The Important Step for European Integration: “Council of Europe” and the Matter of Turkey’s Membership to Council by Ali Servet Öncü

“…This organization which stipulates cooperation in such areas human rights, social affairs, education, culture, sports, youth, public health, environmental, architectural heritage, urban planning, local and regional authorities, and law as well as defence and security was founded on 5 May 1949 by ten European states. …”
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Vienna’s Resistance to the “Neoliberal Turn" by Florian Urban

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Mykonos: a place of experimentation for the gastronomy-world relationship by Olivier Etcheverria

“…From this presupposition, this study aimed to identify and analyze the commercialization of gastronomic souvenirs of Curitiba, an urban tourist destination located in the southern region of Brazil. …”
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Dziecięce kompetencje do przeciwstawiania się w kulturze szkoły polskiej by Monika Wiśniewska-Kin

“…The paper presents the results of an educational research project implemented in the school year 2016/2017 in selected primary schools in urban environment (Łódź). The aim of the study was to diagnose oppositional discursive strategies (initial opposition movements, relationships between partners, reaching agreement), in a group of thirty 8- to 9-year-olds and 9- to 10-year-olds. …”
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Interorganizational Knowledge Division Decision Model Based on Cooperative Innovation of Supply Chain System by Wei Zhang, Qingpu Zhang, Guangdong Wu

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