A first screening of black carbon concentrations whilst commuting by diesel-fuelled buses in Montevideo, Uruguay by Admir Créso Targino, Camila Couto da Costa, Patricia Krecl

“…We found a positive trend between traffic volume and median BC concentrations, consistent with previous studies conducted in other cities. Compared to similar studies in South America, BC concentrations were found to be intermediate, but considerably higher than those observed in North American and European cities. …”
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Evaluation of the WRF-CMAQ Model Performances on Air Quality in China with the Impacts of the Observation Nudging on Meteorology by Jiali Li, Shaocai Yu, Xue Chen, Yibo Zhang, Mengying Li, Zhen Li, Zhe Song, Weiping Liu, Pengfei Li, Min Xie, Jia Xing

“…The results for the regional PM2.5 over China indicated that the Nudging case reproduced the spatial patterns of mean PM2.5 concentrations in the 367 cities with the NMB value of –31%, much better than –42.0% in the base case. …”
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RETRACTED ARTICLE: An intelligent dynamic cyber physical system threat detection system for ensuring secured communication in 6G autonomous vehicle networks by Shanthalakshmi M, Ponmagal R S

“…Abstract Smart cities have developed advanced technology that improves people’s lives. …”
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Life Cycle Cost Analysis of Residential Power Backup Gasoline Generators in Nigeria by B.N. Nwankwojike, J.O. Nwosu, M.O. Egwuagu

“…A total of two thousand six hundred and twenty electric power generating sets sampled from seventeen cities in Nigeria were evaluated by direct  observation/descriptive experimental design. …”
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La résurgence/convergence du triptyque « catastrophe-résilience-adaptation » pour (re)penser la « fabrique urbaine » face aux risques climatiques by Béatrice Quenault

“…Confronted with climate change, cities appear to be spaces at risk, not so much because of their exposure to climatic threats but rather because of their present and future vulnerabilities to such hazards taking into account their limited capacities to cope with or to respond to such events. …”
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Multimode Traffic Travel Behavior Characteristics Analysis and Congestion Governance Research by Wen Li, Wei Feng, Hua-zhi Yuan

“…The paper proposes the development of an urban public transportation system and travelling mode shift from cars to public transportation as reasonable travel structure for congestion management and sustainable development of modern cities.…”
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Prediction and Analysis of Saltwater Intrusion in Pearl River Estuary Based on Machine Learning by DU Boheng, ZHANG Jingwen, KANG Zheng, CHEN Yifan, HUANG Hanliang, LIN Kairong, XIAO Mingzhong

“…To enhance the water supply security of coastal cities, it is necessary to analyze and predict saltwater intrusion. …”
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La résurgence/convergence du triptyque « catastrophe-résilience-adaptation » pour (re)penser la « fabrique urbaine » face aux risques climatiques by Béatrice Quenault

“…Confronted with climate change, cities appear to be spaces at risk, not so much because of their exposure to climatic threats but rather because of their present and future vulnerabilities to such hazards taking into account their limited capacities to cope with or to respond to such events. …”
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INTEGRATING TECHNICAL, VALUE AND RELATIONAL PERSPECTIVES IN URBAN REGENERATION PROJECTS: A FRAMEWORK FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF KISELA VODA, SKOPJE by Isabella M. Lami, Elena Todella, Alessandro Armando, Ognen Marina

“…This paper analyses the role that design can play in pursuing sustainable cities, focusing the discussion on how to promote urban regeneration paths through urban, architectural and landscape projects. …”
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A systematic scoping review reveals that geographic and taxonomic patterns influence the scientific and societal interest in urban soil microbial diversity by Simon Masson, Matteo Chialva, Davide Bongiovanni, Martino Adamo, Irene Stefanini, Luisa Lanfranco

“…Abstract Urban green areas provide multiple ecosystem services in cities, mitigating environmental risks and providing a healthier environment for humans. …”
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Network DEA Models with Stochastic Data to Assess the Sustainability Performance of Agricultural Practices: An Application for Sistan and Baluchestan Province in Iran by Azizallah Kord, Ali Payan, Saber Saati

“…This article aims to determine the sustainability of agricultural performance in the cities of Sistan and Baluchestan Province of Iran by introducing a new network structure with weight restrictions in the presence of stochastic data by data envelopment analysis (DEA). …”
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Unleashing the green potential: exploring the dynamic influence of the urban digital economy on carbon emissions by Xin Sun, Xueyu Rui, Zhikun Cui, Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary, Xin Zhao

“…The impact of the DE on CEs varies among nonresource-based, resource-based, and resource-depleted cities and between urban and nonurban agglomerations. …”
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A Study on the Impact of Watershed Compensation Policies on Green Technology Innovation Ecosystems by Mo Li, Jianhua Zhu, Hua Dong

“…This study uses the implementation of the watershed compensation policy as a quasi-natural experiment and selects a sample of 53 cities located within the four major watersheds from 2005 to 2022. …”
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Life Cycle Cost Analysis of Residential Power Backup Gasoline Generators in Nigeria by B.N. Nwankwojike, J.O. Nwosu, M.O. Egwuagu

“…A total of two thousand six hundred and twenty electric power generating sets sampled from seventeen cities in Nigeria were evaluated by direct  observation/descriptive experimental design. …”
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High-Quality Economic Development in Huaihe Economic Zone Level Measurement and Evaluation by Xin Sun, Shu Fang, Su Zhang

“…Use the entropy method to comprehensively measure the urban competitiveness level of 25 counties and cities in the economic zone, clarify the differences in their high-quality development levels, and use spatial econometric analysis methods to study the spatial agglomeration and dispersion and spatial convergence of regional urban competitiveness. …”
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Report of labor safety inspector on sanitary and living conditions of factories in Omsk in 1923 by T. V. Glazunova, V. V. Germizeeva

“…The publication is addressed to researchers of the early Soviet society, everyday life, industrial history, sanitary and ecological state of the cities of Western Siberia in the early 1920s…”
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Scenes, Quarters and Clusters: the Formation and Governance of Creative Places in Urban China by Wen Wen

“…This paper presents a PhD program examining the formation and governance patterns of the social and spatial concentration of creative people and creative businesses in cities. It develops a typology for creative places, adding the terms ‘scene’ and ‘quarter’ to ‘clusters’, to fill in the literature gap of partial emphasis on the ‘creative clusters’ model as an organising mechanism for regional and urban policy.…”
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Mapping American Literature with The Great Gatsby by Cathryn Halverson

“…I argue that closely attending to the cities, states, and regions to which literary texts refer helps students better understand and scrutinize their larger claims. …”
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Rezidenční síť Františka Josefa Černína z Chudenic ve Vídni a v Praze ve 20. a 30. letech 18. století by Filip Vávra

“…Czech count Czernin possessed many buildings in the capital cities of the historical lands of the Habsburg monarchy (eight in Prague, three in Vienna). …”
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Adaptation of Public Spaces to Climate Change Case Study of Lodz by BOCHENEK Anna, KLEMM Katarzyna, STEFAŃSKA Magdalena

“…For this reason, one of the steps to adapt cities to changing climate conditions is the implementation of adaptation strategies based on blue-green infrastructure elements.…”
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