Smart GNSS Integrity Monitoring for Road Vehicles: An Overview of AI Methods by Ines Viveiros, Helder Silva, Yuri Andrade, Cristiano Pendao

“…This work explores two integrity frameworks: the classical methods and their respective evolution towards the road vehicle urban scenario, and the artificial intelligence-based methods, where the monitoring process is accomplished by data analysis and learning techniques. …”
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A Bilevel Multiobjective Optimisation Approach for Solving the Evacuation Location Assignment Problem by Ahmed W. A. Hammad

“…The model incorporates the two decision-makers’ spaces, namely, urban planners and evacuees. In order to solve the proposed problem, it is first reformulated into a single-level problem using the Karush–Kuhn–Tucker conditions. …”
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Cheminements écoliers dans un shared space : l’urbain au service des apprentissages by Melissa Bellesi, Maribel Casas

“…This paper proposes to examine the determinism that may exist between the urban configuration of the school space and the preferred modes of travel to access it : could a specific spatial arrangement around schools alleviate the congestion generated by minute drop-offs and contribute to a resurgence in the use of walking — or ‘soft’mobility — in order to make the journey between home and school a learning-rich space-time ? …”
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Ten Common Flowering Trees of the Tampa Bay Area by Gitta Hasing, Andrew K. Koeser, Gary W. Knox, Melissa H. Friedman

“… Blooming trees serve as key focal points in the urban landscape. Florida’s flowering trees can be quite spectacular and leave you wondering, Wow, what tree is that?  …”
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"Give us this day our daily bread" - clergy's lived religion in Pretoria central areas by M. Rabe, C. Lombaard

“…Based on the interviews and the diaries, the main themes that could be identified in relation to faith in their everyday lives, are responding to the challenges associated with urban ministry, including poverty and trauma, and dealing with the sometimes overwhelming experience of stress that the demands of this ministry can create. …”
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Strategie d'impresa e processi di etnicizzazione in alcuni percorsi lavorativi di migranti by Gianfranca Ranisio

“…I will consider, on the one hand, the fact that they belong to transnational communities, and on the other hand, the effects of their activities in the urban context by adapting the supply to a demand for products that can be connoted as exotic or “ethnic”. …”
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La fiscalidad sobre el consumo en una ciudad mediterránea by Lluís Sales i Favà

“…The article underlines the importance of these products in the urban economy of the period. Finally, this study describes some features about the origins of the Lleuda and its mechanics.…”
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Migrant integration in the EU. The role of place-based policies by Carlotta Fioretti, Paola Proietti, Guido Tintori

“…It highlights the EU's recognition of cities in this process and investigates EU-funded policies for urban and local development that foster migrant inclusion. …”
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The Fado Museum: Heritage Infrastructure or Tourist Attraction? by Salwa El-Shawan Castelo-Branco, Iñigo Sánchez-Fuarros

“…By recognizing the importance of the Fado Museum in the institutionalization and legimitization of fado as city heritage —and its significance to the social and symbolic production of Alfama as a fado neighborhood—, we ultimately aim to problematize the function of this kind of heritage infrastructures in the complex relationship between tourism, heritagization, and urban regeneration in the era of overtourism.…”
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Ten Common Flowering Trees of the Tampa Bay Area by Gitta Hasing, Andrew K. Koeser, Gary W. Knox, Melissa H. Friedman

“… Blooming trees serve as key focal points in the urban landscape. Florida’s flowering trees can be quite spectacular and leave you wondering, Wow, what tree is that?  …”
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Isolation of Streptococcus bovis in a Patient with Undiagnosed Colon Cancer. A Case Report by Ledys Pérez Morales, Jorge Emilio Barletta del Castillo, Odette Quiñones Cherta

“…Hence, it was decided to present the case of a 57-year-old patient from an urban area with a 6-year history of diabetes mellitus type I and alcoholism, who was admitted to the hospital in Cienfuegos because of significant gastrointestinal bleeding and fever (39-40 o C). …”
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Pratiques d'une métropole émergente par les usagers des transports en commun, le cas du Cap, Afrique du Sud by Solène Baffi

“…Those changes are especially visible in the urban space due to the spatial mismatch which still characterizes the city and keeps on isolating township dwellers from benefiting the city's opportunities, especially in terms of labour. …”
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On the Responses of Braced Diaphragm Wall Supporting Deep Excavation Subjected to Asymmetric Surcharge Loads by Recep Akan

“…Near the deep excavation, especially in the urban centers, there are existing structures whose loads are often different, resulting in asymmetric loading of the excavation system and different behavior on each side of the excavation. …”
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Sample Collection for Ganoderma Butt Rot of Palms by Braham Dhillon, Seemanti Chakrabarti

“… Palms are an integral part of the urban landscape in Florida. Ganoderma butt rot of palms, a disease caused by the wood-decaying white-rot fungus Ganoderma zonatum, is one of the major biotic concerns for the landscape industry. …”
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Akses Informasi Publik Sebagai Kunci Pemberdayaan Perempuan Di Komunitas Lokal by Rinawati

“…The results show that public information positively contributes to the improvement of women's literacy on climate change adaptation, urban farming, and disaster preparedness. Identified barriers include limited digital literacy and the lack of gender-responsive policies. …”
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Le paysage comme outil de gouvernance pour un territoire métropolitain by Laurent Lelli, Charlotte Rozier, Pierre Enjelvin, Christine Descœur, Christel Griffoul, Gwenaëlle Dubois

“…To consider its future, the Urban Planning and Development Agency of Clermont Metropole decided to contribute to this reflection by implementing an original initiative of local animation entitled : “workshop landscapes in situ”. …”
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Household Water Usage and Irrigation Practices by Hayk Khachatryan, Alicia Rihn, Michael Dukes

“…Currently, residential consumers account for most urban water use, and meaningful programs that lead to water conservation rely on a comprehensive understanding of how consumers use water inside and outside their homes. …”
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How can mental maps, applied to the coast environment, help in collecting and analyzing spatial representations? by Servane Gueben-Venière

“…After having been mainly used in urban geography, then cast aside by the geographers, mental maps are now the object of renewed interest, particularly in the field of environmental geography. …”
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L’eau dans les paysages de l’énergie by Sylvie Laroche, Nicolas Tixier

“…The findings presented in this article are the fruit of interdisciplinary research on the energy and environmental resource challenges of an urban development project on the Grenoble Peninsula. …”
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La mobilisation des acteurs locaux en réaction aux projets d’aménagement des fronts d’eau de Rabat : Émergence de nouveaux acteurs et évolution des répertoires de l’action collecti... by Hicham Mouloudi

“…The development project of the Bou Regreg valley is a prime example of this new urban ambition.For efficiency, a custom players system was set up for the realization of this project. …”
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