Nutrient transport from the Ganga–Brahmaputra–Meghna River system to the Bay of Bengal: past and future trends by Hamdy Elsayed, Arthur Beusen, Alexander Felix Bouwman

“…Elevated nutrient levels are driven by agriculture mainly, with sewage discharge important particularly in the large number of densely populated urban areas. Continuing current nutrient management practices in a business as usual scenario will increase the risk of eutrophication in the GBM basin and the Bay of Bengal. …”
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ESTUDIO DE CALIDAD DEL AIRE EN CANTERAS A CIELO ABIERTO EN GENERAL ROCA, ARGENTINA by Paula Andea Paez, Marisa Gloria Cogliati, Raul Alberto Giacosa

“…The results showed that PM10 dispersion in different atmospheric conditions and emissions in 2010, don´t influence urban areas near quarries and don´t that exceed the legal limit. …”
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Long-Term (1951–2007) Rainfall Trends around Six Indian Cities: Current State, Meteorological, and Urban Dynamics by Shailesh Kumar Kharol, D. G. Kaskaoutis, Anu Rani Sharma, Ramesh P. Singh

“…The lesser rainfall and rainy days, along with the mostly declining trend, in the downwind directions of the cities may imply an urban influence in precipitation associated with the increased anthropogenic emissions due to expansion of the urban areas and the increase of population. However, the large spatiotemporal variability of precipitation and the lack of statistical significance in the vast majority of the trends do not allow the extraction of safe conclusion concerning the aerosol-precipitation interactions around Indian cities.…”
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Characterizing Industrial VOC Hotspots in One of Eastern China’s Largest Petrochemical Parks Using Mobile PTR–ToF–MS Measurements by Jie Fang, Zihang Zhang, Zeye Liang, Ming Wang, Yunjiang Zhang, Xinlei Ge

“…The industrial emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are a major contributor to air pollution in urban areas. Previous studies on VOC emissions in industrial zones have primarily relied on in situ monitoring techniques, which pose significant challenges in capturing high emissions peaks and near-source measurements on regional scales. …”
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Modeling crowd dynamics through coarse-grained data analysis by Sebastien Motsch, Mehdi Moussaïd, Elsa G. Guillot, Mathieu Moreau, Julien Pettré, Guy Theraulaz, Cécile Appert-Rolland, Pierre Degond

“…Understanding and predicting the collective behaviour of crowds is essential to improve the efficiency of pedestrian flows in urban areas and minimize the risks of accidents at mass events. …”
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Three-dimensional transport poverty and its socio-demographic and urban density predictors: Spatial regression analyses of neighborhoods in the Amsterdam metropolitan area by Thijs Bon, Matthew Bruno, Niels van Oort

“…The observed spatial dynamics call for targeted strategies that address the unique challenges for implementing equitable transport policies in both densely populated urban areas and less urbanized regions.…”
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Potential Use of Remote Telesonography as a Transformational Technology in Underresourced and/or Remote Settings by Linping Pian, Lawrence M. Gillman, Paul B. McBeth, Zhengwen Xiao, Chad G. Ball, Michael Blaivas, Douglas R. Hamilton, Andrew W. Kirkpatrick

“…Mortality and morbidity from traumatic injury are twofold higher in rural compared to urban areas. Furthermore, the greater the distance a patient resides from an organized trauma system, the greater the likelihood of an adverse outcome. …”
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Air quality study in open-pit quarries in general Roca, argentina by Paula Andrea Paez, Marisa Gloria Cogliati, Raúl Alberto Giacosa

“…The results showed that PM10 dispersion in different atmospheric conditions and emissions in 2010, don ́t influence urban areas near quarries and don ́t that exceed the legal limit. …”
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The role of collaborative workspaces in promoting networking opportunities: a comparison between urban and peripheral contexts by Lorenzo Marmo, Antonis Rovolis, Vasilis Avdikos

“…This study is the first that aims to shed light, through quantitative evidence, upon the main determinants influencing the role of CWS in urban and non-urban areas as platforms for networking opportunities on the following three dimensions: focal point on the local level; wider networks of CWS on the regional, national and international level; relationships with external actors such as medium-large firms, locally-rooted industries and with the third sector. …”
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Combined Thermal Index Development for Urban Heat Island Detection in Area of Split, Croatia by Majda Ćesić, Katarina Rogulj, Andrija Krtalić

“…Urban heat islands (UHIs) are a phenomenon of temperature rising within urban areas relative to their rural counterparts. UHIs are becoming an increasingly common problem in large cities, which appear due to excessive urbanization and reductions in natural cover and vegetation. …”
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Recognition of Functional Areas Based on Call Detail Records and Point of Interest Data by Guang Yuan, Yanyan Chen, Lishan Sun, Jianhui Lai, Tongfei Li, Zhuo Liu

“…With the integration of planning and management in urban areas, there is an urgent need to focus on the identification of urban functional areas (UFAs) based on big data. …”
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Pitfalls of space-time trading when parametrizing a land use dependent hydrological model by Oudin, Ludovic, Lalonde, Morgane

“…Results show a clear modulation of land use on evapotranspiration, suggesting larger and lower evaporation rates over croplands and urban areas respectively. The proposed formulation was able to reasonably predict the magnitude of the decrease of the evaporative ratio on urbanizing catchments, but fails to efficiently predict the hydrological impacts of vegetated land use conversions, both in terms of direction and magnitude of changes. …”
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Wpływ emisji energii z terenów zurbanizowanych i szlaków komunikacyjnych na zmiany w rozwoju ekosystemów w ich otoczeniu by Urszula Kaźmierczak, Andrzej Kulczycki

“…Ever-increasing amounts of energy are consumed in relatively small urban areas, in communication routes, and in airport areas. …”
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Thermally Affected Zone (TAZ) Assessment in Open-Loop Low-Enthalpy Groundwater Heat Pump Systems (GWHPs): Potential of Analytical Solutions by Martina Gizzi, Glenda Taddia, Elena Cerino Abdin, Stefano Lo Russo

“…Thermal perturbation produced in the subsurface by open-loop groundwater heat pump systems (GWHPs) must be predicted and constantly controlled, especially in the shallow aquifers of more densely urbanized areas, in order to guarantee plants’ long-term sustainable use and to avoid adverse effects on adjacent geothermal systems. …”
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Integrated Evaluation of the Ecological Security Pattern in Central Beijing Using InVEST, MSPA, and Multifactor Indices by Xiaodan Li, Haoyu Tao, Jing Wang, Bo Zhang, Zhen Liu, Zhiping Liu, Jing Li

“…To develop an ESP tailored to the scale of central urban areas in megacities, this study takes Central Beijing as the research object. …”
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Building Extraction From High-Resolution Multispectral and SAR Images Using a Boundary-Link Multimodal Fusion Network by Zhe Zhao, Boya Zhao, Yuanfeng Wu, Zutian He, Lianru Gao

“…It distinguishes buildings from the background in complex environments, such as dense urban areas or regions with mixed vegetation, particularly when small buildings lack distinct texture or color features. …”
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Unearthing the burden of melioidosis in North India – an emerging threat in a non-endemic region by Shweta Raina, Disha Gautam, Rohit Kumar, Kavita Sisodia, Chiranjay Mukhopadhyay, Harpreet Kaur, Mohammed Ashiq, Rushika Saksena

“…Climate change results in frequent flooding and waterlogging in urban areas, leading to exposure of soil harbouring B. pseudomallei, thus a contributing factor to the rise in cases in cities. …”
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Life Cycle Analysis in the Context of Smart Cities by Berville Charles, Croitoru Cristiana, Bode Florin

“…The transformation of urban areas into smart cities integrates advanced technologies to enhance efficiency, sustainability and liveability. …”
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Developing an environmental equity index for urban heat wave event by Xiaohui Ma, Li Zhang, Xiaochun Yang, Yue Fan, Fukuda Hiroatsu, Jiahao Zhang, Luyao Li

“…Our findings reveal that, despite a higher demand for heatwave-related resources in central urban areas, some suburban regions, particularly emerging cross-boundary functional zones, exhibited lower levels of equity due to inadequate social resource supplies. …”
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Possible Factors Influencing the Seroprevalence of Dengue among Residents of the Forest Fringe Areas of Peninsular Malaysia by Juraina Abd-Jamil, Romano Ngui, Syahrul Nellis, Rosmadi Fauzi, Ai Lian Yvonne Lim, Karuthan Chinna, Chee-Sieng Khor, Sazaly AbuBakar

“…Dengue is an endemic mosquito-borne viral disease prevalent in many urban areas of the tropic, especially the Southeast Asia. …”
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