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**-**a Ding
Geography
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Design and Characterization of Compact On-Metal UHF RFID Tag Antenna for Smart Cities
In today’s smart cities, the use of passive Radio-frequency Identification (RFID) tags gained popularity in access control, file tracking for healthcare, supply chain management in logistics, smart labels, veh...
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Smart Buildings and Grid Features in City Energy System
This study presents a proposed approach that is focused on two aspects of smart buildings (SBs), which are near or real-time measuring and monitoring of energy consumption and energy generated locally. The des...
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Field Observations and Measurements for Cryospheric Science
The rapid development of cryospheric science has benefited from innovations in methodologies and techniques for field observations and laboratory experiments. Various types of data from field observations and ...
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Formation and Development of the Cryosphere
The cryosphere is a sphere on the earth’s surface with a certain thickness, where temperature is continuously distributed below the freezing point. All the processes related to frozen water taken place on the ...
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Classification and Geographical Distribution of Cryosphere
This chapter describes the classification of the cryospheric components and their geographical distribution in the world. The first part introduces the overall distribution of the continental cryosphere, marin...
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Cryosphere Change Impact, Adaptation and Sustainable Development
Changes in the cryosphere impact on social and economic development at a global, regional or local scale. On the global scale, the expansion or shrinkage of the cryosphere affect water cycles in hydrosphere, i...
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Physical Properties of the Cryosphere
Physical properties of the cryosphere are the basis to understanding all processes and mechanisms in the cryosphere. Although ice is the core material in all the cryospheric components, there are enormous phys...
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Climatic and Environmental Record in Cryosphere
Reconstruction of climatic and environmental changes in the past is fundamental to understanding cyrospheric evolution, as well as interpreting present climatic and environmental changes and projecting future ...
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Chemical Characteristics of the Cryosphere
Cryospheric chemistry is one of the most important research aspects of Cryospheric Science and has important impacts on the climatic and environmental changes. Studies of the chemical characteristics of the cr...
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Cryospheric Evolutions at Different Time Scales
The paleo-cryosphere is the cryosphere of the earth in the past geological time. The history of the Earth covers about 4.6 billion years (Ga). However, there are only 542 million years (Ma) since the Cambrian....
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Chinese Design Institutes Run by the Universities: Using Tongji University as an Example
In addition to China’s state-owned ones, university-run design institutes are unique phenomenon in China’s building industry. This chapter is intended to examine the role of academic-architects in Chinese univ...
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Cryosphere and Cryospheric Science
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) states that it is extremely likely that more than half of the observed increase in global average surface temperature from 195...
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Interactions Between Cryosphere and the Other Spheres
The formation and evolution of cryosphere have profound impacts on the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and lithosphere, which in turn have a large influence on the distribution and changes of the cryospher...
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Morphology and Typology: A Village as a Cultural and Environmental Process
A village is a rural settlement that has grown in close relation with the environment and geography, being constantly shaped by the social and cultural development. The most powerful force fostering environmen...
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Activation of Traditional Construction Techniques Used in Linpan Based on the Concept of Sustainability: Case Study of Bamboo Materials
Some traditional habitations, which are vanishing with urban expansion, are sustainable. Linpan contains abundant and excellent construction skills, especially that of using bamboo materials, reflecting the ar...
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An Immersive 3D Virtual Environment to Support Collaborative Learning and Teaching
This paper reflects on a in the context of , and . The paper aims to critically assess the ability of environments to support experiential online learning. It contributes to the literature by providing...
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Urban Heat Island Mitigation
Hard urban surfaces (concrete and asphalt) absorb solar radiation and re-radiate it as heat; and industry, transport and air-conditioning release waste heat to atmosphere. This urban heat island (UHI) effect i...
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Development of a Simplified Green Building Model in Taiwan: The Case of the AGS1 Experimental House
This chapter firstly describes the local climate characteristics of Taiwan, green buildings, and the manner of using green materials in Taiwan by using a literature review analytically, then explains the devel...
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Visualization of Traffic Bottlenecks: Combining Traffic Congestion with Complicated Crossings
Daily mobility patterns in highly populated urban environments rely on a well-functioning effective road network. Nevertheless, are typical for urban environments with periodic . In this paper, we focus on ...
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Identifying Origin/Destination Hotspots in Floating Car Data for Visual Analysis of Traveling Behavior
In this paper, we present the results of develo** a geo-visual analytics application to support urban services. The goal is to allow non-GIS users to explore the taxi traveler’s hot spots in Shanghai extract...
