Where ? When ? And how often ? What can we learn about daily urban mobilities from Twitter data and Google POIs in Bangkok (Thailand) and which perspectives for dengue studies ?... by Alexandre Cebeillac, Eric Daudé, Thomas Huraux

“…Human mobilities in urban areas have an impact on the spread of infectious diseases, including those caused by mosquito-borne diseases like dengue and Zika virus. …”
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2 + 1 Highways: Overview and Future Directions by Manuel Romana, Marilo Martin-Gasulla, Ana T. Moreno

“…Most of the rural transportation system is composed of two-lane highways, and many of them serve as the primary means for rural access to urban areas and freeways. In some highways, traffic volumes can be not high enough to justify a four-lane highway but higher than can be served by isolated passing lanes, or can present high number of head-on collisions. …”
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Impact of urban development and land use changes on the climate of the city of Shiraz and Fasa by Ahmad Mazidi, Mahdi Narangifard

“…Expansion of urban areas has impacted on climate in local and global scale. …”
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Surface Albedo Assimilation and Its Impact on Surface Radiation Budget in Beijing by Chunlei Meng

“…Surface albedo is inversely proportional to the net radiation. For urban areas, after assimilation, the annual average net radiation decreases about 5.6%. …”
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Combined Phase Design Model for Multileg Roundabout Intersections by Chengyuan Mao, Qin Wang, Wenjiao Xu, Xin Cheng, Shengde Yang, Peiran Li

“…Multileg roundabout intersections are widely used in urban areas worldwide. However, its traffic organization and signal control are very complicated in the case of large traffic flow, and the signal optimization methods for conventional intersections are not suitable for applying directly to roundabouts due to the complexity of the operating process. …”
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NATURE AND MEASURES OF IMPROVING HOUSING DELIVERY TO LOW-INCOME EARNERS IN NIGERIA: A CASE STUDY OF THE FCT by YAHAYA ADADU, CANICE E. ERUNKE, APAT KIDEN TANIMU

“… The National Housing policy in Nigeria was necessitated by the shortfall inadequate housing in urban areas that was primarily caused by rural-urban migration as many rural dwellers tend to migrate to urban centers in search of greener pasture and other related activities like job opportunities, among other factors. …”
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Application of Geomorphic Factors in Positioning Landfill Area of Urban Wastes (Case Study: West Islamabad City) by Abolghasem Amirahmadi, Sima Pourhashemi, Samira Rezaei

“…In this research, various criteria such as slope, slope direction, elevation classes, geology, soil, distances from the communication network, distance from the river, land use, distance from rural residential areas, distance from urban areas and rainfall distribution have been evaluated. …”
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Awareness and Utilization of Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-NHPM) among Beneficiaries of Gautam Buddha Nagar District: A Comparative Study by Raghav Dixit, Ambren Chauhan, Khushboo Juneja

“…The study also reported that only 8% of beneficiaries in urban areas have utilized the benefits of the scheme while 15.2% of beneficiaries in rural areas have utilized the benefits in rural area. …”
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How does Legalization alter Islamists’ Electoral Strategies? A Comparative Study of Mauritania’s Tawassoul Party in the 2006 and 2013 Local Elections by Matt Buehler

“…However, after the Islamist party gained legalization, its candidates for the 2013 elections concentrated less exclusively on urban areas, becoming statistically neither more nor less likely to compete in urban districts than rural ones. …”
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Une plage à Genève. Oui, mais quelle plage ? by Simon Gaberell, Joëlle Salomon Cavin

“…Defined based on a qualitative survey conducted among naturalists involved in the controversy, three types of notions shed light on the values associated with nature in urban areas : (1) a defensive concept of nature in the city, associated with the idea of a suspended pontoon ; (2) an integrated notion embodied by the installation of a shore, constituting a transition between the beach and the lake ; (3) a utilitarian concept associated with the creation of a park with a lawn. …”
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Design and Construction of Underground Cable Fault Location and Notification System. by Mugisha, Simon

“…The underground cables are largely used in urban areas instead of overhead lines. This is because they have minimized transmission losses, can lead to death of human beings and destruction of property like buildings. …”
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Population growth and Socio-Economic Development in Musanze District, Rwanda. by Jean Paul, Kabera

“…As for work preference, findings revealed that population growth is still concentrated in Rural areas rather than in urban areas. The study recommends that outdated norms considered children like wealth should be rejected and labour policies be implemented in close harmony with constructive customary laws. …”
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Tidal flood and slow onset mobility in the urban community on The Northeast Coast of Central Java, Indonesia by Saptaningtyas Haryani, Nugroho Singgih, Waskitojati Damar, Adi Agung Waskito, Wuryaningsih Cicilia Dwi, Istiyani Ambar, Bacomo Louie, Soreaga Rowena

“…This paper analyzed the various mobility patterns related to climate change in urban areas, focusing on the impacts of tidal floods and land subsidence in the coastal area of Central Java. …”
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Innovative Approaches by Non-State Actors in Household Waste Management in Mrican Village: Challenges and Opportunities by Saputra Boni, Fajri Hidayatul, Renaldi Irvan, Pegi Andre Lofika, Halawa Historis Soterman, Syolendra Dwi Finna

“…This research emphasizes the urgency of implementing sustainable waste management practices in urban areas. The results of this study show that community-led waste management can be an innovation and a driver of neighborhood participation despite facing various obstacles, such as limited resources, community resistance, and weak collaboration with the local government. …”
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Generalized Scaling of Urban Heat Island Effect and Its Applications for Energy Consumption and Renewable Energy by T.-W. Lee, Heung S. Choi, Jinoh Lee

“…However, in this work, we show that if the population density is used in converting the population data into urbanized area, then a good agreement with the current theory is found. …”
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Dormancy Breaking in Ormosia arborea Seeds by Edilma Pereira Gonçalves, Franklim Sales de Jesus Soares, Sérgio dos Santos Silva, Débora de Souza Tavares, Jeandson Silva Viana, Brenda Colleen Clifton Cardoso

“…Ormosia arborea is a tree species planted in urban areas and used to restore degraded areas. Its seeds are dormant and propagation is difficult. …”
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Performance Evaluation of 3-D Convolutional Neural Network for Multitemporal Flood Classification Framework With Synthetic Aperture Radar Image Data by Dodi Sudiana, Indra Riyanto, Mia Rizkinia, Rahmat Arief, Anton Satria Prabuwono, Josaphat Tetuko Sri Sumantyo, Ketut Wikantika

“…This study proposes a novel approach using synthetic aperture radar (SAR) sensors, which can penetrate clouds, to classify flooded urban areas. The framework employs a 3-D convolutional neural network (3-D CNN) to process multitemporal SAR data from Sentinel-1 (S-1). …”
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Human Activities Increase the Nitrogen in Surface Water on the Eastern Loess Plateau by Yuxian Hu, Ke Zhang, Yuan Li, Yanan Sun, Hongyan Li, Gaiqiang Yang

“…Nitrogen pollution was most serious in urban areas. This study provided new evidence for the relationship between anthropogenic activities and river ecology. …”
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Exploring the restorativeness of different hydrodynamic landscapes in world natural heritage sites by Ping Zhang, Tongyao Zhang, Zexuan Chen, Qianyi He, Ke Luo, Jinpeng Li, Yanbin Yang, Qingjie Zhang, Xuan Wang, Limin Han, Mingze Chen, Fupei Zhao, Xiaoqing He, Saixin Cao, Xiaoqing Xu, Guangyu Wang, Xi Li

“…This work highlights the need to focus on the application of different hydrodynamic landscapes in urban areas and the conservation of World Heritage Sites.…”
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Rapid modeling of catastrophic floods: A case study of the Padang flood on July 14, 2023 by Rizky Ramadhan Yanuar, Ari Putro Dennish

“…Floods pose significant risks to urban areas, exacerbated by rapid urbanization and climate change. …”
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