Visual Route Recognition in Urban Spaces: A Scalable Approach Using Open Street View Data by Menglin Wu, Qingren Jia, Anran Yang, Zhinong Zhong, Mengyu Ma, Luo Chen, Ning Jing

“…This work has implications for urban surveillance, law enforcement, and smart city applications, supporting urban planning, resource management, search and rescue, and augmented reality navigation by improving localization without specialized hardware.…”
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Cross-cultural aspects of streetscape perception by Rachid Belaroussi, Irène Sitohang, Elena María Díaz González, Jorge Martín-Gutiérrez

“…Public space auditing is an efficient tool for urban planning of active mobility infrastructures. It enables real estate developers and urban planners to judge the level of comfort their design of sidewalks and public places can provide. …”
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Socio-Economic Challenges for the Urban Ecosystem: Complex Model of Smart Tourism and Infrastructure by Gevorg Orbelyan

“…In contrast to traditional urban planning models, which frequently regard engineering, transportation, and tourism as distinct fields, this integrated model highlights how interdependent these fields are in order to promote a more sustainable and cohesive urban ecosystem. …”
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Residential Density and Illegal Waste Dumping In Cities by Mahamba C, and Ruhiiga TM

“…Implications of the finds are discussed with reference to urban planning in Sub-Sahara Africa…”
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Sustainability assessment of Syrian cities considering historical and cultural heritage by Ali Salmo, E. V. Shcherbina

“…The sustainability of territories of urban settlements (USs) and rural settlements (RSs) is one of the priority tasks of urban planning and socio-economic planning, and is also determined by the goal of integrated development of the territory. …”
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A remote sensing evidence on the marginality, stagementation and spatiotemporal heterogeneity of vegetation evolution characteristics in the Yinshan Mountains, China: Based on PKU... by Menglin Yan, Jingyang Lu, Yingying Ma, Chao Ma

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HFIFNet: Hierarchical Feature Interaction Network With Multiscale Fusion for Change Detection by Mingzhi Han, Tao Xu, Qingjie Liu, Xiaohui Yang, Jing Wang, Jiaqi Kong

“…Change detection (CD) from remote sensing images has been widely used in land management and urban planning. Benefiting from deep learning, numerous methods have achieved significant results in the CD of clearly changed targets. …”
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Prediction of Climate Change Impacts on the Distribution of an Umbrella Species in Western Sichuan Province, China: Insights from the MaxEnt Model and Circuit Theory by Xiaoyun Deng, Qiaoyun Sun

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Climate change risk trap: low-carbon spatial restructuring and disaster risk in petroleum-based economies by Viktor Rözer, Sara Mehryar, Mohammad M M Alsahli

“…It shows how decisions on urban planning and low-carbon economic restructuring have increased flash flood risk. …”
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Social smart city research: interconnections between participatory governance, data privacy, artificial intelligence and ethical sustainable development by Samad Rasoulzadeh Aghdam, Samad Rasoulzadeh Aghdam, Behnaz Bababei Morad, Behnam Ghasemzadeh, Behnam Ghasemzadeh, Behnam Ghasemzadeh, Mazdak Irani, Aapo Huovila

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Exploring health outcome disparities in African regional economics communities: a multilevel linear mixed-effect analysis by Ariane Ephemia Ndzignat Mouteyica, Nicholas Ngepah

“…Efforts to promote internet access should be complemented by interventions to enhance child health and healthcare accessibility. Encouraging urban planning policies that prioritize developing healthcare infrastructure and facilitating healthcare access in urban areas is crucial. …”
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How to disseminate the research results on climate change impacts in cities to guide adaptation public policies ? Application to the Paris region (France) by Julie André, Benjamin Le Roy, Aude Lemonsu, Morgane Colombert, Valéry Masson

“…Additionally, since recent urban climate resources remain largely unseen by public actors, we recommend enhancing its dissemination through local institutes recognized by policymakers, such as urban planning agencies. In summary, this case study provided valuable insights into the key mechanisms required for effectively disseminating climate research to promote climate change adaptation.…”
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Harnessing Multi-Source Data and Deep Learning for High-Resolution Land Surface Temperature Gap-Filling Supporting Climate Change Adaptation Activities by Katja Kustura, David Conti, Matthias Sammer, Michael Riffler

“…The model’s performance demonstrates the potential for integrating LST into urban planning, climate resilience strategies, and near-real-time heat stress monitoring, providing a valuable resource to assess and visualize the impact of urban development and land use and land cover changes.…”
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Variation Characteristics of the Main Hydrochemical Indexes in Typical Subterranean Rivers in the South China Karst Region Based on Curve Fitting by Shuyi Liu, Chuan Liang, Lina Wang, Lingwei Zeng, Chunyi Wang

“…Additionally, the results indicate the crucial importance of urban planning that takes into account environmental protection during development in karst regions. …”
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Methodology for delimiting borders of the St. Petersburg agglomeration by S. А. Ershova, S. А. Shishelova, Т. N. Orlovskaya

“…The goal is to develop a system of methodological support for creating and developing urban agglomerations within the framework of a well-balanced urban planning policy and legal framework of integratory processes in agglomerations.Materials and methods. …”
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Construction process optimisation of graphene-basalt fibre asphalt mixtures by Huzhu Zhang, Wenjia Yang, Huimin Li, Chunyu Zheng, Lijuan Sun

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Bridging the Gap: Misaligned Perceptions of Urban Agriculture and Health Between Planning and Design Experts and Urban Farmers in Greater Lomé, Togo by Akuto Akpedze Konou, Kossiwa Zinsou-Klassou, Pablo Txomin Harpo De Roulet, Armel Firmin Kemajou Mbianda, Jérôme Chenal

“…The experts’ points of view are contrasted with ideas drawn from surveys of urban farmers in Greater Lomé, Togo, and official urban planning documents. Methodologically, 11 experts were selected in Greater Lomé and interviewed virtually via Zoom 5.6.6, and their audio files were anonymized, transcribed, and manually coded. …”
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Smart City Products and Their Materials Assessment Using the Pentagon Framework by Pedro Ponce, Mario Rojas, Juana Isabel Mendez, Brian Anthony, Russel Bradley, Aminah Robinson Fayek

“…The proposed framework emphasizes citizen-centric design and highlights its advantages over conventional evaluation methods, ultimately enhancing urban planning and smart city development.…”
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The built environment and place attachment: Insights from Japanese cities by Jiuling Li, Mohammad Javad Koohsari, Andrew T. Kaczynski, Ryo Tanimoto, Reo Watanabe, Tomoki Nakaya, Yufeng Luo, Jing Zhao, Akitomo Yasunaga, Koichiro Oka, Tomoya Hanibuchi

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Environmental Pollutants as Emerging Concerns for Cardiac Diseases: A Review on Their Impacts on Cardiac Health by Vinay Kumar, Hemavathy S, Lohith Kumar Dasarahally Huligowda, Mridul Umesh, Pritha Chakraborty, Basheer Thazeem, Anand Prakash Singh

“…It calls for stronger regulatory policies, public health interventions, and green urban planning.…”
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