Determining the Climate Risk in the City Using the Risk Matrix Method - Examples from Poland by Wojciech Szymalski, Andrzej Kassenberg

“… The preparation of urban adaptation plans in Poland required application of tools, hitherto rarely used in geographical sciences. …”
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The Emotional Costs of Solidarity: How Refugees and Volunteers Manage Emotions in the Integration Process by Neeltje Spit, Evelien Tonkens, Margo Trappenburg

“…Based on in‐depth ethnographic research of volunteer solidarity work in a deprived urban neighborhood and a middle‐class commuter town in the Netherlands, we show that volunteers are strongly aligned with the community regime, which involves navigating a multitude of feeling rules they struggle with. …”
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Functional Evaluations in the Monitoring of the River Ecosystem Processes: The Adige River as a Case Stu by M.G. Braioni, G. Salmoiraghi, F. Bracco, M. Villani, A. Braioni, L. Girelli

“…These qualitative assessments have thus preserved a high level of precision and sensitivity in quantifying both the quality of the environmental conditions and the integrity of the ecosystem processes. Read together with urban planning data, they indicate what actions are needed to restore and rehabilitate the Adige River corridor.…”
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Mobility and gender in vulnerable contexts: The case of the Metropolitan System of Tucumán by Inés González-Alvo, Natalia Czytajlo

“…This article addresses the concept of urban mobility and the socio-territorial inequalities associated with it. …”
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Reinforcement learning-based vehicle travel path reconstruction from sparse automatic licence plate recognition data by Qiuping Li, Hui Meng, Li Zhuo

“…Automatic licence plate recognition (ALPR) data is a vital source for acquiring large-scale vehicle trajectory data in urban transportation research. However, the sparse distribution of ALPR sensors often results in incomplete vehicle trajectories with unobserved travel paths between adjacent ALPR sensors. …”
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Review of Comprehensive Measurements of Speciated NOy and its Chemistry: Need for Quantifying the Role of Heterogeneous Processes of HNO3 and HONO by Hajime Akimoto, Hiroshi Tanimoto

“…Abstract To improve the credibility of chemistry schemes employed in chemical transport models (CTMs) aiming at predicting ozone mixing ratios in urban, rural, and regional scales, validation of models not only by observational data of O3 and NOx but also by individual species of reactive nitrogen NOy is necessary because the formation and dissipation of O3 in the atmosphere occur via reactions accompanying the transformation of NOx and NOy. …”
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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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La filière d’assainissement, quel rôle dans la lutte contre l’antibiorésistance ? by Arnal, Charlotte, Belhadj-Kaabi, Faten, Ingrand, Valérie

“…The sources of bacteria or antimicrobial resistance genes are linked to human activities: urban, hospital and industrial discharges, livestock farms). …”
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Les insectes vivants dans l’espace anthropisé. Incarnations de la dichotomie nature/culture en architecture by Delphine Lewandowski

“…This article proposes to question the different places that humans grant insects inhabiting the anthropized space, and to measure the impact of different forms of human/insect cohabitation on spatial production in a broad sense: using the architectural scale to examine its integration into urban spaces with territorial interventions. Three representations of insects are presented: “pest”, “useful” and “subject”, each illustrating specific architecture/nature relationships that are defined using neologisms derived from environmental ethics.…”
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A cidade desejada e sublimada por Jorge Amado: os lugares imaginados em Bahia de Todos-os- Santos: guia de ruas e mistérios de Salvador by Ricardo Araújo Barberena

“…The population, which was less than 300 thousand people, moved about in the different celebrations of life. Due to profound urban transformations, the book underwent alterations in the different versions published through the years. …”
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Prediction of Drought Risk Based on the WRF Model in Yunnan Province of China by Chunhong Zhao, Xiangzheng Deng, Yongwei Yuan, Haiming Yan, Hong Liang

“…Besides, the changes of the landscape structure resulting from the urban expansion play a significant role in intensifying the risk of drought.…”
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Diagnosis of Reverse-Connection Defects in High-Voltage Cable Cross-Bonded Grounding System Based on ARO-SVM by Yuhao Ai, Bin Song, Shaocheng Wu, Yongwen Li, Li Lu, Linong Wang

“…High-voltage (HV) cables are increasingly used in urban power grids, and their safe operation is critical to grid stability. …”
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Quantum GIS (QGIS): An introduction to a free alternative to more costly GIS platforms by Jeffry M. Flenniken, Steven Stuglik, Basil V. Iannone

“…Iannone III and published by the UF/IFAS School of Forest Resources and Conservation introduces the reader to a free GIS software package called Quantum GIS (QGIS), walking the reader through simple GIS processes that can be used to visualize spatial patterns of importance to a variety of fields, including natural resources, agriculture, and urban planning. Learn how to create a land-cover map for a county of interest and create heatmaps that illustrate the density of a given attribute (Florida Springs for this example). …”
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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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Agroecology in Brazil and Italy: Comparative Analysis of the Historical Formation Process of Agroecology by Andre Augusto Michelato Ghizelini, Gaio Cesare Pacini

“…It advocates for the development of agri-food systems grounded in the principles of biodiversity, the strengthening of family farming, food sovereignty, and the reconnection between rural and urban areas. Understanding agroecological experiences worldwide is essential for evaluating their progress in building sustainable agroecosystems. …”
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Model behavioral intention melalui tourist destination image dan tourist perceive value by Angga Dewi Anggraeni, Suci Fika Widyana, Ali Mohamad Rezza

“…The purpose of the study was to develop a behavioral intention model of urban tourists in visiting Health Spa tourism during the adaptation period of new habits in West Java. …”
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Evaluating Route and Frequency Design of Bus Lines Based on Data Envelopment Analysis with Network Epsilon-Based Measures by Yiling Deng, Yadan Yan

“…Increasing the efficiency of bus transit remains to be a challenge of urban transportation. Since the optimization of bus routes and their frequencies is significant for transit efficiency, this study aims to develop two data envelopment analysis (DEA) models using network epsilon-based measures (NEBMs). …”
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A high-resolution three-year dataset supporting rooftop photovoltaics (PV) generation analytics by Zinan Lin, Qi Zhou, Zhe Wang, Ce Wang, Davis Boyd Bookhart, Marcus Leung-Shea

“…Abstract This paper presents an open-source dataset intended to enhance the analysis and optimization of photovoltaic (PV) power generation in urban environments, serving as a valuable resource for various applications in solar energy research and development. …”
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Understanding and promoting equitable post-discharge care in firearm injury survivors: a retrospective chart review by Claire L. Jacobson, Rehan Choudhury, Allison Broad, Anna M. Maw, Chelsea Wolf, Brian Adams, Anne Drabkin

“…This was a retrospective chart review of all emergency department and readmission patient encounters for post-firearm injury care during the study period, January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2022, at an urban safety net hospital. Seventy-four patients with 84 corresponding emergency department encounters were included in the analysis. …”
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Smart governance as a new strategy on Jambi city policy innovations by Rio Yusri Maulan, Ovie Yanti, Nur Sukmawat

“…The goal of the smart governance concept is modern urban management using state-of-the-art technologies, considering the applicable ecological standards while saving resources and achieving the expected results. …”
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