A Rock Fracturing Method Using High-Pressure Gas Expansion: Case Study on Its Application in Hangzhou-Lin’an Intercity Railway by Dunwen Liu, Yu Tang, Caiwu Cai, Yinghua Jian

“…The use of explosives in cities is under strict control due to the risks associated with blasting. …”
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Substitute locations of urban spaces in films shot in Spain: motivations, representations and consequences by Víctor Aertsen, Carlos Manuel Valdés, Antonio Martínez Puche

“…In the second section, we discuss the use of substitute locations in Spanish cities based on the results of a quantitative and qualitative research carried out on 303 films. …”
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Evaluation of Waterlogging Risk in an Urban Subway Station by Haiying Yu, Chuan Liang, Ping Li, Kaijie Niu, Faxing Du, Junhu Shao, Yuyong Liu

“…Most cities in the world have extensive underground facilities, including public transport and commercial facilities, such as shopping malls, subways, and parks. …”
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Open repertoires for instructing ecological urban systems. Graphic tools and green transition by Maurizio Marco Bocconcino, Mariapaola Vozzola

“…The proposed topic is part of broader research started a few years ago that addresses the concepts of resilience, quality and well-being in cities; particular attention is now given to those ‘nature-based’ solutions that can be usefully adopted in the built environment to occupy land ecologically and to implement adaptation and capacity-building measures in cities. …”
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L’agglomération oranaise (Algérie) entre instruments d’urbanisme et processus d’urbanisation by Youcef Kadri, Mohamed Madani

“…Unlike developed countries, where urban growth is moderate, the cities of developing countries are marked by considerable sprawl of their urban territories. …”
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La presenza dei valdesi nel territorio dauno by Caterina Celeste Berardi

“…In this short contribution, three cities that today host Waldensian communities are examined in particular: Orsara di Puglia, Cerignola, Foggia, without forgetting the case of Monteleone of Puglia.…”
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Passenger Volume Prediction by a Combined Input-Output and Distributed Lag Model and Data Analytics of Industrial Investment by Fan Yang, Zhao-guo Huang, Hua-zhi Yuan, Jian-jun Wang, Wei-jia Li, Sai Wang

“…Considering the uncertainty of the investment, the elastic ranges of the cities and the province’s passenger volumes are determined. …”
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Climate Characteristics of High-Temperature and Muggy Days in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region in the Recent 30 Years by Guohua Zhang, Jian Guan, Jingyi Ai, Jiangtao Zhang, Xiaoqing Jin

“…This disparity between the years with high-temperature extremes and the years with the most number of high-temperature days is located primarily in the central and southern cities of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. High-temperature extremes in the southern cities appear in June and July, while high-temperature extremes in the other cities appear in July. …”
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Impact of FY-4A Satellite-Based Surface Solar Irradiance on the Classification of Meteorology for Ozone Pollution by Yang Cao, Xiaoli Zhao, Debin Su, Hong Ren, Xiang Cheng, Yuchun Li, Chenxi Wang

“…After including SSI, among the 21 cities in the study area, the number of cities with a classification accuracy exceeding 80% increased from 7 to 14, with 20 cities having a positive accuracy growth rate and 8 cities having an accuracy growth rate exceeding 4%. …”
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Permeability Effect of Green Roof Drainage Board by Pelin Sertyeşilışık, Tayfun Uygunoğlu

“…Populations in cities result in the building of housing, transportation, and industry, which might cause to alter the permeable surfaces to impermeable surfaces. …”
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CRISPR/Cas9-Based Protocol for Precise Genome Editing in Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells by Avinash Singh, Swathy Babu, Marcus Phan, Shauna Yuan

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Waste valuing from urban wood management through design. Ideas from the case of Sãn Paulo by Cyntia Malaguti de Sousa

“…As cities grow, urban afforestation becomes more important both for aesthetics and environmental reasons. …”
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Les communes bretonnes sur le Web by Hélène Martin-Brelot, Patrick Dieudonné, Jérôme Sawtschuk

“…The thickest websites tend to belong to the biggest cities. However the study of the relationships between these sites shows that very small cities can occupy central locations in the virtual space. …”
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Bologne et Naples au prisme des biens communs : pluralité et exemplarité de projets de gestion « commune » de l’urbain by Simone Ranocchiari, Christophe Mager

“…The urban policies of many Italian cities have been imbued with the concept of “common goods”. …”
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Urban adaptation, strategies and projects. The gap between policies and their implementation by Guido Emilio Rossi

“…The increasing impacts of climate change are pushing cities to take paths towards adaptation and resilience. …”
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Les petites villes, de nouveaux centres pour le développement territorial chinois by Stéphane Milhaud

“…In China, since the economic opening in 1978, more than 15 million people move to cities every year. The urban rate has grown from 17.9 % in 1978 to 49.9 % in 2010: the unprecedented size and rapidity of Chinese urbanization have reformed the urban framework through the country. …”
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Research on the Hierarchical Spatial Structure of the Urban Agglomeration of the Yellow River Ji-Shaped Bend by Fang Wang, Mengyao Guo, Xi Guo, Fangqu Niu

“…The following conclusions can be drawn. (1) The cities with the strongest regional comprehensive power are Ordos, Taiyuan, Hohhot, Yinchuan, and Yulin, which cause the UAYB to present a significant “center-periphery” spatial pattern. (2) The biggest population flows mostly occur between cities in the same province, while interprovincial population flows mainly exist between cities with the strongest comprehensive power. (3) The hierarchical spatial structure of the UAYB forms a multitree structure, with Ordos as the core. (4) The attractiveness of the UAYB is very weak, being only slightly attractive to individual surrounding provinces, while the population outflow index to economically developed areas is high. …”
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Spatial variations in urban woodland cooling between background climates by Liu J, Dennis M, Lindley S. J

“…In this study, we analyse associations between urban woodland and LST within and between five cities in different Köppen climate zones. Our consistent methodology is framed around local climate zones and conducted at a fine spatial scale. …”
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Pandemic Mobilities, Livelihood Disruptions, and Food Insecurities among Eastern Cape Migrants in Cape Town and Johannesburg during COVID-19 by Jonathan Crush, Godfrey Tawodzera, Maria Salamone, Zack Ahmed

“… This paper examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on internal migrants from the Eastern Cape in the cities of Cape Town and Johannesburg, South Africa, with a focus on mobility restrictions, livelihood disruptions, and food insecurity. …”
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Spatial sorting and selection within urban agglomerations: a tripartite evolutionary game model approach by Yunsheng Zhang, Shuting Wang, Ruomeng Zhou

“…The concentration of high-skill firms in large cities poses challenges for smaller cities attempting to attract these industries, potentially exacerbating regional disparities. …”
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