Problems of single-industry towns: world experience and Russian practice by A. G. Glebova, V. N. Zelensky, A. S. Lazareva

“…Such an enterprise is called a city-forming one, since it employs 30 % of all working people in the city, and their families make up half of the urban population. The dependence of the city on the enterprise that is one of the main problems, since the state of the enterprise directly affects the economy of the entire city. …”
Get full text

Vulnerability Assessment and Spatiotemporal Differentiation of Provinces Tourism Economic System Based on the Projection Pursuit Clustering Model by Xiaohong Yu, Haiyan Xu, Shengqiao Wang

“…Among the 40 indicators, the ratio of industrial solid waste utilized (%), urbanization rate, and the density of grade highway and railway network (km/km2) have the greatest impact on the respondence, while the proportion of the population affected by natural disasters, the diversification index of industrial structure, and the number of traffic accident casualties have the most significant impact on the sensitivity, which are the indicators that have the greatest impact on vulnerability. …”
Get full text

Human-Machine Interface for a Smart Wheelchair by Amiel Hartman, Vidya K. Nandikolla

“…The on board computer system is evaluated for cluster processing performance for the smart wheelchair, incorporating camera machine vision and LiDAR perception for terrain obstacle detection, operating in urban scenarios.…”
Get full text

Recognizing Dew as an Indicator and an Improver of Near-Surface Air Quality by Yingying Xu, Xinyue Zhu

“…The relationship between dew and airborne particles is important in urban ecosystems, but the capability of dew to remove airborne particles remains unclear. …”
Get full text

Upgrading of Rwakiseta Road from Gravel to a Double Surface Bituminous Road. by Akanyijuka, Baram

“…A double surface dressing layer of 50mm overlying a base of gravel thickness 175mm and also 175mm gravel thick sub base The ADT showed that the road was due for upgrading considering the Ministry of Works and transports' criterion for upgrading a road in an urban setting with more than 20000Vehicles/day. A realignment was proposed with curves having a minimum radius of 100m, continuous maintenance of the drains will be necessary so as to prevent silting. …”
Get full text

The Contributions of Pineapple Growing on Farmers Welfare. by Juliet, Ninsiima

“…The findings of the study recommended that land fragment should be solved by carrying out land consolidation, farmers should be provided with new pineapple varieties and there should be improvement of road connecting to rural areas and urban areas.…”
Get full text

Statistical Analysis of Informal Settlements and Environmental Management in Mbale Municipality, Uganda by Mustafe, Hassan Abdi, Nafiu, Lukman Abiodun, George Stanley, Kinyata

“…There is also need to provide economic incentives to the poor in urban community. Local officials at all levels should cooperate so as to make easy the inspection of developments during construction.…”
Get full text

Study on spatial correlation and driving factors of industrial carbon emission in the Hefei metropolitan area based on SNA-QAP method by Dawei Dai, Yuewen Liu, Shuhang Zhao, Yue Chen

“…The results show that (1) The industrial carbon emission in the Hefei metropolitan area showed a fluctuating and rising trend, forming a strongly connected carbon emission network spatial patterna; (2) The overall structure of the spatial correlation network of industrial carbon emissions in the Hefei metropolitan area is stable, but the tightness of the spatial correlation relationship among cities is not enough and the hierarchy is evident; (3) Hefei and Huainan are the centers of the carbon emission spatial correlation network of the Hefei metropolitan area, the position of each city in the carbon emission spatial correlation network is obviously unbalanced; (4) Urbanization level, economic development level, technological innovation, level of opening up and industrial structure exert considerable influence on the establishment and evolution of the spatial correlation network pertaining to industrial carbon emissions within the Hefei metropolitan area.…”
Get full text

Family Caregiver’s Psychosocial Characterization of the Patient with Oncological Conditions by Juan Luis Figueredo Tornés, Anierka Lanz Rodés, Marely Figueredo Fonseca, Magaly Hidalgo Rodríguez, Maricel Figueredo Fonseca, Laritza Benítez Téllez

“…<strong><br />Objective:</strong> to identify the main psychosocial characteristics of the family caregiver of the patient with oncological conditions in the urban area of Niquero, during the period from November 2019 to March 2022. …”
Get full text

Groundwater and Subsidence Modeling Combining Geological and Multi-Satellite SAR Data over the Alto Guadalentín Aquifer (SE Spain) by Pablo Ezquerro, Carolina Guardiola-Albert, Gerardo Herrera, José Antonio Fernández-Merodo, Marta Béjar-Pizarro, Roberta Bonì

“…The exploitation of groundwater resources can trigger land subsidence producing damage in urban structures and infrastructures. Alto Guadalentín aquifer system in SE Spain has been exploited since 1960 producing an average piezometric level drop of 150 m. …”
Get full text

Traffic Flow Parameters Collection under Variable Illumination Based on Data Fusion by Shaojie Jin, Ying Gao, Shoucai Jing, Fei Hui, Xiangmo Zhao, Jianzhen Liu

“…Vehicle detection using traffic surveillance pictures is a typical method for gathering traffic flow characteristics in urban traffic scenes. In complicated lighting conditions at night, however, neither classical nor deep-learning-based image processing algorithms can provide adequate detection results. …”
Get full text

A Cyber-ITS Framework for Massive Traffic Data Analysis Using Cyber Infrastructure by Yingjie Xia, Jia Hu, Michael D. Fontaine

“…Traffic data is commonly collected from widely deployed sensors in urban areas. This brings up a new research topic, data-driven intelligent transportation systems (ITSs), which means to integrate heterogeneous traffic data from different kinds of sensors and apply it for ITS applications. …”
Get full text

A Novel Remote Sensing Recognition Using Modified GMM Segmentation and DenseNet by Muhammad Waqas Ahmed, Moneerah Alotaibi, Sultan Refa Alotaibi, Dina Abdulaziz Alhammadi, Asaad Algarni, Ahmad Jalal, Jeongho Cho

“…The accurate classification of aerial images is a crucial task in remote sensing, with applications ranging from land cover mapping and urban planning to disaster response and environmental monitoring. …”
Get full text

Knowledge and Self-Reported Practice of Insulin Injection Device Disposal among Diabetes Patients in Gondar Town, Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study by Abebe Basazn Mekuria, Begashaw Melaku Gebresillassie, Daniel Asfaw Erku, Kaleab Taye Haile, Eshetie Melese Birru

“…Respondents living in urban areas had a higher mean of knowledge and practice score than those who live in rural area. …”
Get full text

Enhancing the Spatial Resolution of Sentinel-2 Images Through Super-Resolution Using Transformer-Based Deep-Learning Models by Alireza Sharifi, Mohammad Mahdi Safari

“…Satellite imagery plays a pivotal role in environmental monitoring, urban planning, and national security. However, spatial resolution limitations of current satellite sensors restrict the clarity and usability of captured images. …”
Get full text

Impact analysis of tunnel crossing pile foundation at different angles by Zhongxi Tian, Zhiyu Zhang, Guangzhan Zhang, Xiangjun Shan, Wanrong Liu

“…Abstract Shield method construction is a common method of urban subway tunnel excavation, shield tunneling through existing building pile foundation will produce disturbance to the surrounding strata, causing bending of the pile foundation, decreasing the bearing capacity of the pile foundation, underpinned piles is one of the commonly used problem-solving approaches. …”
Get full text

How sufficient economy philosophy contributes to sustainable resilience: a qualitative study on the COVID-19 pandemic response in Thailand by Viroj Tangcharoensathien, Kathleen Ford, Bhubate Samutachak, Kullatip Satararuji

“…Objective This qualitative study sought to understand how sufficient economy philosophy (SEP) was applied to cope with and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.Design A qualitative study conducted through focus group discussions.Participants 19 focus groups, with 161 participants, selected for the diverse backgrounds in gender, profession, education and region (urban/rural) and different levels of impact from the pandemic.Setting Bangkok, the capital city, and the four regions of Thailand: north, northeast, south and central.Findings Participants highlighted the moderation, reasonableness and prudence as key themes that mitigated adverse economic impacts during the pandemic. …”
Get full text

Patients Prefer Boarding in Inpatient Hallways: Correlation with the National Emergency Department Overcrowding Score by John R. Richards, Gal Ozery, Mark Notash, Peter E. Sokolove, Robert W. Derlet, Edward A. Panacek

“…This was a survey of admitted patients in the ED of an urban university level I trauma center serving a community of 5 million about their personal preferences regarding boarding. …”
Get full text

The Impact of Pedestrian and Nonmotorized Vehicle Violations on Vehicle Emissions at Signalized Intersections in the Real World: A Case Study in Beijing by Jianchang Huang, Guohua Song, Jianbo Zhang, Zufen Li, Yizheng Wu, Lei Yu

“…Emission around intersections has become an issue in the urban traffic network. This paper aims to investigate the impact of pedestrian and nonmotorized vehicle violations on emissions at mixed-traffic flow intersection based on the volumes of vehicles, nonmotor vehicles, and pedestrians. …”
Get full text

A Dynamic Analysis of the Role of the Planetary- and Synoptic-Scale in the Summer of 2010 Blocking Episodes over the European Part of Russia by Anthony R. Lupo, Igor I. Mokhov, Merseid G. Akperov, Alexander V. Chernokulsky, H. Athar

“…The excessive heat resulted in forest and peat fires, impacted terrestrial ecosystems, greatly increased pollution in urban areas, and increased mortality rates in the region. …”
Get full text