France – Israel: consequences of the «October 7» by Alexander I. Shumilin

“…They echoed in the form of large-scale demonstrations in many cities of the European Union and in the Euro-Atlantic countries, having a noticeable impact on the domestic political balance of power there. …”
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Urban Flood Disaster Simulation and Inundation Impact on Nanning Based on Land-Pipe-River Coupling Model by CHENG Jianzhong, HUANG Yongjun, XU Bingqing

“…This study provides scientific evidence for flood prevention and drainage efforts in Nanning and also offers a reference for urban flood disaster simulations in other cities.…”
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Ant colony algorithm of partially optimal programming based on dynamic convex hull guidance for solving TSP problem by Xuesen MA, Shuai GONG, Jian ZHU, Hao TANG

“…To solve basic ant colony algorithm’s drawbacks of large search space,low convergence rate and easiness of trapping in local optimal solution,an ant colony algorithm of partially optimal programming based on dynamic convex hull guidance was proposed.The improved algorithm dynamically controlled the urban selection range of the ants,which could reduce the search space of ants on basis of helping the algorithm to jump out of local optimal solution to global optimal solution.Meanwhile,the delayed drift factor and the convex hull constructed by the cities to be chosen were introduced to intervene the current ants’ urban choice,it could increase the diversity of the early solution of the algorithm and improve the ability of ants’ partially optimal programming.Then the pheromone updating was coordinated by using construction information of convex hull and the complete path information that combined local with whole,it could improve the accuracy of the algorithm by guiding the subsequent ants to partially optimal programming.The pheromone maximum and minimum limit strategy with convergence was designed to avoid the algorithm’s premature stagnation and accelerate the solving speed of the algorithm.Finally,the proposed algorithm was applied to four classic TSP models.Simulation results show that the algorithm has better optimal solution,higher convergence rate and better applicability.…”
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Impacts of the olive fruit fly on the ‘Cyprus Local’ and ‘Gemlik’ olive cultivars by M. Helvaci, İ. Kahramanoğlu

“…A total of 11 olive groves from two separate cities (Güzelyurt and Girne) were selected during the maturity time where cvs, ‘Cyprus Local’ and ‘Gemlik’ are grown intensively. …”
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Fra armesterke bondesønner til akademikerbarn by Paul Larsson

“…Today, however, police students generally come from towns and smaller cities, and as much as 70 percent of them have parents with university or college degrees. …”
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State, Refugees, and Civil Society in Turkey: Transformation Under Control by Birce Altıok

“…Through in-depth interviews in different cities of Turkey with NGOs and refugee-led civil society members in 2018, the article uncovers the formation and progression of relationships between civil society actors and the state, revealing adaptations and adjustments based on contextual circumstances. …”
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Climate and population: risk exposure to precipitation concentration in mainland Spain (1950-2010) by Roberto Serrano Notivoli, María Zúñiga-Antón, Ángel Pueyo, Santiago Beguería, Miguel Ángel Saz, Martín de Luis

“…Despite a great spatial variability over time, the highest exposure was consistently found in the surrounding areas of the largest cities and along the Mediterranean coast. The relative influence of population changes and precipitation concentration evolution is analyzed. …”
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Place-based Guaranteed Minimum Income in Barcelona: (un)intended inclusionary policy for migrants by Laura Colini

“… Discussions about Basic Income have gained traction recently when debating possible reforms of the welfare state, how to combat poverties and wealth inequalities, and to counteract job losses in the aftermath of the Pandemic. The role of cities engaging in various forms of basic income, such as the Guaranteed Minimum Income, and how they impact specific target groups as migrants and refugees, is still understudied. …”
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Trams: Bridging the Past and Future—Example Guidelines for Tram Redesign Illustrated by a Case Study from Korea by Fabio Dacarro, Guido Musante

“…This study was inspired by an emerging trend in contemporary cities: the transformation of trams into mobile spaces for recreation, education, and work. …”
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Care work and Covid-19: Changes in the daily mobility of women in Santiago, Chile by Catalina Paz Zúñiga-Olave, Marie Geraldine Herrmann-Lunecke

“…Since 2020, the world has been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, causing significant changes in cities, affecting the daily mobility of people, and exacerbating inequalities, particularly for women. …”
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Rainfall Infiltration under Various Building Layouts Using Concrete Microseepage Wells by Xiaolan Liu, Shunqun Li, Yunfeng Bai

“…This study provides a scientific reference for the development of sponge cities with low-impact development measures to reduce the problem of flooding/water logging disasters and water shortages.…”
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A Multiscale Symbolic Dynamic Entropy Analysis of Traffic Flow by Zhanyou Cui, Gaoli Chen, Bing Liu, Deguang Li

“…To verify the effectiveness of the proposed method, traffic data collected from stations in different cities are preprocessed by the proposed method. Both results of two cases show that the weekend patterns and weekday patterns are effectively distinguished using the proposed method, respectively. …”
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Evaluation of Water Resources Carrying Capacity in Heilongjiang Province Based on PSO-SVM Model by WANG Tao, LI Zhijun

“…The problem of water resources has triggered a global crisis.With the rapid development of the social economy,the rapid increase in population,and the acceleration of modernization and urbanization,the demand for water in various industries is gradually increasing,and the problems of water shortage and water waste are becoming serious.Heilongjiang Province is an important industrial base and a major grain-producing province in China.With the rapid development of the economy and society,the contradiction between the supply and demand of water resources has become increasingly prominent.Although many measures have been taken to protect water resources in Heilongjiang Province,the development and utilization situation of water resources is still severe.In view of the above problems,this paper established a support vector machine (SVM) model optimized by particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm to evaluate the water resources carrying capacity in Heilongjiang Province.Based on the actual situation of Heilongjiang Province,an evaluation index system and index grading standards were established to evaluate the water resources carrying capacity of 13 cities in Heilongjiang Province in 2020.It thus provides a reference for the development and utilization of water resources in the future and plays a certain role in the application and promotion of SVM in water resources.The PSO-SVM model complements the theory of multi-factor comprehensive evaluation.…”
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Spectacle and Spectatorship at the Nineteenth-Century American Racetrack by Natalie Zacek

“…In many instances, their spectatorship was not simply directed at the actions of the horses and jockeys, but was instead focused on a broader category of spectacle, for which the nation’s preeminent racetracks became famous, and which was largely unavailable in other venues in this era, particularly outside of the new nation’s few major cities. Drawing upon a varied corpus of textual and visual sources, I contend that the greatest thrill for many race attendees was the opportunity to engage with, or at least look at, a large number of unfamiliar individuals, particularly those who occupied the highest and lowest positions in American society, especially that of the South, in which the majority of tracks were located in the pre-Civil War era. …”
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Analysis of the Spatial-Temporal Evolution of Ecological Footprint of Water Resources in Yunnan Province by HAN Lihong, PAN Yujun, MA Jiashen, YANG Dongqi, YANG Xiaolin, LIU Hua

“…The ecological footprint of water resources is a hot topic of current water resources research.Based on the water resources ecological footprint model,this paper analyzes the temporal and spatial evolution of water resources in Yunnan Province from 2008 to 2018,and then discusses the dynamic development of water resources in the province.The results show that:①From 2008 to 2018,the province's water resources ecological footprint showed a “W”-shaped fluctuating trajectory.The value of agricultural water ecological footprint is the highest among the four types of water resources ecological footprint,indicating that the consumption of water resources by agricultural development is the largest.The carrying capacity,ecological surplus and ecological pressure index of water resources are all in a sustainable development state;the ecological footprint of water resources per 10 000 yuan of GDP is decreasing year by year,and the water consumption efficiency is continuously improving.②In 2008,2013 and 2018,the spatial development of ecological footprint of water resources per capita was unbalanced,and the ecological surplus of water resources per capita was basically in shortage;the ecological footprint of water resources per 10 000 yuan of GDP showed a downward trend,indicating that the industry structure of all cities and prefectures is continuously upgraded,and the water consumption efficiency is continuously improved.…”
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Climat Policy of the Russian Federation and the Problem of Global Climate Change by J. A. Rusakova

“…Currently, the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of Moscow is working on updating the Memorandum of Understanding between Moscow and C40 (Partnership of major cities in the fight against climate change) as the main framework document regulating cooperation with the C40 and the membership of Moscow in the organization.…”
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Bottom-up urban datafication via digital platforms: a toolkit for hybrid ethnographers by Nerea Viana Alzola

“…The literature on the digitalisation of urban life and its datafication has largely centred on top-down approaches to data production, especially within the realms of smart cities and platform urbanism. This article seeks to shift that perspective, contributing to the relatively limited body of work on bottom-up datafication, where ordinary people drive data production in today’s digital and mobile times. …”
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Urbanisation, migration, depopulation and virtual ritual community - the village kurban as a shared meal by Hristov Petko, Manova Tsvetana

“…Among migrants in big cities born in the same village, the kurban is understood as part of a common cultural heritage and a ritual that helps produce and/or re-produce a group identity within a broader national framework and urban social milieu. …”
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Violence et conflits dans l’armée de la Monarchie Hispanique en Castille : quelques propositions de recherche et de méthodologie by Antonio Jiménez Estrella

“…In this case, the situation was still further complicated by the fact that most of those soldiers were living in the main cities of the kingdom, that they were members of the elites and local power networks, and often used military jurisdiction to protect themselves from civil courts. …”
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Facilitating Community Change: Lessons from Climate Adaptation to Guide Extension Engagement by Martha C. Monroe, Annie Oxarart, Holly Abeels, Wendy-Lin Bartels, Alicia Bradigan-Betancourt, Crystal Goodison, Thomas Ruppert

“…While much of the research behind these strategies has been conducted in the context of climate adaptations in vulnerable communities and ecosystems, such as coastal fisheries, rainfed agriculture, and floodplain cities, the principles that underlie these processes are universal. …”
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