La nouvelle Afrique du Sud à la plage ! Usages et fréquentation de trois plages de la péninsule du Cap by Hélène Frogneux

“…According to all, Cape Town is the most European of South-African cities. Due to its coastal situation Cape Town is both a major port and an appreciated seaside destination, both by the South-Africans and by the foreign tourists. …”
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Elastic Optimization for Stragglers in Edge Federated Learning by Khadija Sultana, Khandakar Ahmed, Bruce Gu, Hua Wang

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Práticas Sociais Religiosas: um estudo sociológico pontual by José Ivo Follmann, Adevanir Aparecida Pinheiro

“…This paper explores the concept of Religious Social Practices (RSP) and presents a synthesis of the main results of a research conducted by the authors about these practices in some cities of the Sinos River Valley in the Metropolitan Area of Porto Alegre, Brazil. …”
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Espaces vécus et imaginés des rencontres amoureuses aux Émirats arabes unis by Laure Assaf

“…The recent urban space of Emirati cities crystallizes indeed social norms that are reinforced by the coexistence of varied populations. …”
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Patrimonialisation et greffes culturelles sur des friches issues de l’industrie minière  by Bruno Lusso

“…In the Ruhr area, populations and cities themselves re-appropriated very quickly these old "flagships" of the regional economy. …”
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L’émergence au prisme du tourisme chinois by Benjamin Taunay, Philippe Violier

“…Since the mid 1990s, a new leisure class has emerged in Chinese cities. With more and more income, Chinese resident access to tourism and it is assumed in this paper that leisure is essential in contemporary Chinese society’s understanding. …”
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The urban security project by Roberto Bolici, Matteo Gambaro

“…This essay aims to critically re-read the birth and evolution of design methodologies aimed at improving safety conditions and quality of life in cities. In particular, referring to the American cultural context and the birth of the CPTED (Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design) – that first experienced the environmental approach to urban safety – three recent French experiences are analyzed from the urban scale to that of the building artefact and the Italian reality takes stock, also in the light of the recent Legislative Decree of 2017 and the 2010 UNI Standard that punctually outlines an articulated design approach, in fact inapplicable.…”
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Futurs antérieurs : imaginaires spatio-temporels de la planification au patrimoine mondial de l’Unesco by Bernard Debarbieux

“…This article shows that, in these contexts, the imaginations of time and space that have guided heritage and urban planning together are rooted in different registers, expressing different ways of thinking about the past, present and future, as well as about heritage-objects, historic districts and cities as a whole.…”
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Regional Hydrogen Potentials by Michael Bräuninger, Silvia Stiller, Mark-Oliver Teuber

“…Abstract The paper analyses the potential of the hydrogen economy in German districts and cities. The paper focuses particularly on regions suffering from strong ongoing structural change. …”
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Monitoring of the exposure to electromagnetic fields with autonomous probes installed outdoors in France by Jawad, Ourouk, Conil, Emmanuelle, Agnani, Jean-Benoît, Wang, Shanshan, Wiart, Joe

“…The study is based on a new temporal analysis of exposure based on the deployment of autonomous broadband E-field monitoring probes in many French cities. The combination of the probe’s data with frequency-selective in situ measurements performed by ANFR and the knowledge of the nearby base station antennas, allows to draw statistical conclusions on the exposure of the population. …”
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The Social Well-Being Issues of the European Urbanisation Stages and the Possibilities of their Management by the Creation of Spatial Configurations by Viktória Szirmai

“…Cities today play strategic roles in modernization processes as well as in the organization and operation of global economy. …”
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Unpacking the Mood States of Children and Youth in Saskatchewan, Canada, in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Insights from the “See Us, Hear Us 2.0” Study by Nahin Shakurun, Tamara Hinz, Daniel A. Adeyinka, Nazeem Muhajarine

“…The ethnic minority groups (BIPOC) living in mid-sized cities/towns experienced more negative moods compared to Whites residing in cities. …”
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Research on the Influence of Groundwater in Coastal Areas on the Stress and Deformation Characteristics of Integrated Pipe Gallery by Yuanyuan Tian, Qingbiao Wang, Zhongjing Hu, Shuo Yang, Chuanxiong Peng, Xu Zhang, Zhongying Li, Xugang Wang

“…With the high demand for basic resources such as electricity, communication, water supply, and gas in cities, most cities in my country are vigorously developing underground integrated pipe gallery. …”
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The Performance qualification of automatic volumetric pipettes used in university hospitals in the DRC: Case of Kinshasa, Bukavu, and Kisangani by Joenna Bapite Musongiela, Jocelyn Mankulu Kakumba, Emile Tweni Baruti, Timothé Mavanga Mabaya, Jacquie Bolavie Bolande, Sara Munguakonkwa Byamungu, Jérémie Mbinze Kindenge

“…Methods Fifty micropipettes were collected from hospitals in these three major cities. All micropipettes were air-displacement type A, single-channel, with fixed and variable volumes. …”
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Black Carbon Concentration and Potential Source Regions: A Case Study of the Yellow River Basin in Shandong Province, China by Yuxia Wang, Yanni Rong, Kai Qu, Qing Zhao, Yingming Jiang, Xiaolei Bao, Yang Wang

“…Abstract Black carbon (BC) concentrations and potential source regions were analyzed for nine cities in the Yellow River Basin in Shandong Province from September 2021 to August 2022. …”
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Forecasting of Primary Air Pollutions: Emission Inventory Sample from Turkey by Filiz Dadaşer Çelik, Şükrü Taner Azgın

“…Kayseri is one of the largest cities in Turkey which went through industrialization in recent decades together with rapid population growth. …”
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Identification of shrinkage patterns in Japan’s four major metropolitan areas based on nighttime light and population data by Hao Zheng, Runsen Zhang

“…Urban shrinkage has become a critical global issue, influencing the sustainable development of cities across social, economic, and environmental dimensions. …”
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Analyzing the influence of urban vegetation cover on land surface temperature in Southwestern Nigeria by Aladesanmi Daniel Agbelade

“…Primarily, urban land surface temperatures have steadily increased in both cities due to deforestation and urban infrastructural development which have diminished vegetation cover. …”
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Urban Land Subsidence Characteristics and Their Relationship with Locations Liable to Waterlogging Based on SBAS-InSAR by LIU Huanyu, WU Zhen, YU Huanghao, CHEN Guangcheng, XIAO Yang, LI Kuang, LI Binquan

“…Under the background of global climate change, extreme rainstorm events occur frequently, and many cities have suffered from serious waterlogging, resulting in huge losses of people's lives and property. …”
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Temporal Analysis of Changes in Anthropogenic Emissions and Urban Heat Islands during COVID-19 Restrictions in Gauteng Province, South Africa by Lerato Shikwambana, Mahlatse Kganyago, Paidamwoyo Mhangara

“…Thus, it was hypothesised that these reductions in traffic congestion and industrial activities in cities would reduce both air pollutants and thermal radiation. …”
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