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Enhancing routes selection with real-time weather data integration in spatial decision support systems
A notable shortcoming in contemporary digital navigation systems is their failure to incorporate live weather data. This study investigates the possibility of improving urban navigation experiences by integrat...
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Open AccessSocial and built environmental factors associated with adult asthma hospital admission in the North Central Texas
Asthma, one of the most common chronic diseases of adults and children, is an important public health concern. The cause of asthma is thought to be a combination of genetic and environmental factors, and a gro...
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Open AccessThe continuing trend of air warming and humidifying in Kowloon, Hong Kong—is there an effective intervention?
The Kowloon Peninsula, an urban area of Hong Kong, might be one of the most studied cities in terms of urban climate in the world. Both annual mean urban air temperature and humidity have been on the rise foll...
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Climate and topography regulate the spatial pattern of soil salinization and its effects on shrub community structure in Northwest China
Soil salinization may affect biodiversity and species composition, leading to changes in the plant community structure. However, few studies have explored the spatial pattern of soil salinization and its effec...
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Open AccessHigh-resolution spatiotemporal inference of urban road traffic emissions using taxi GPS and multi-source urban features data: a case study in Chengdu, China
The spatial heterogeneity and temporal variability of traffic in urban environments make traffic emissions inference challenging. To address this challenge, this study introduces a novel geographical context-b...
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Integrating Fail-Safe and Safe-to-Fail practices in resilience planning
Resilience planning has gained significant attention from scholars and practitioners. However, most resilience planning based on either engineering resilience or ecological resilience concepts have shown defic...
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Open AccessA survey on applications of reinforcement learning in spatial resource allocation
The challenge of spatial resource allocation is pervasive across various domains such as transportation, industry, and daily life. As the scale of real-world issues continues to expand and demands for real-tim...
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Attributes of Specialized Households’ Resilience and Its Impact on Rural Industrial Advancement: A Case Study of National Musical Instrument Production Specialized Households in Lankao County, Henan, China
Specialized households serve as the primary units within specialized villages in China, and their capacity to withstand risks and external influences significantly shapes the future trajectory of specialized v...
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Historical Changes and Multi-scenario Prediction of Land Use and Terrestrial Ecosystem Carbon Storage in China
Terrestrial carbon storage (CS) plays a crucial role in achieving carbon balance and mitigating global climate change. This study employs the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways and Representative Concentration Path...
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Can Industrial Structure Upgrading Restrain Industrial Land Expansion? Evidence from China
China has made great achievements in industrial development and is transforming into a powerful manufacturing country. Meanwhile, the industrial land scale is also expanding. However, whether industrial struct...
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Land use change and its influencing factors along railways in Africa: A case study of the Ethiopian section of the Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway
Railways are a crucial part of the African transport network and have a significant impact on the socio-economy and urban development. Previous studies have mainly considered the impacts of railways in Africa ...
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Spatiotemporal evolution of surface urban heat islands: Concerns regarding summer heat wave periods
Many cities face heat wave (HW) events, combined with the existent surface urban heat island (SUHI) effects. This places pressure on human settlements and sustainable development. However, few studies have inv...
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Study of loess ecological slope protection optimization measures and prediction of the erosion control effect
The large-scale management of ditches and implementation of land projects in loess areas have increased the arable land area but have caused considerable engineering issues, resulting in severe soil erosion. I...
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Spatial identification and evaluation of rural vitality from a function-element-flow perspective: Evidence of Lin’an district in Hangzhou, China
Rural vitality is the life force expressed by a combination of endogenous dynamics and external influences. Exploring the complex relationship between rural functions, elements and flows could achieve sustaina...
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Characterizing the behavior of surge-type glaciers in the Puruogangri Ice Field, Tibetan Plateau
The Puruogangri Ice Field (PIF), classified as an ultra-continental glacier, is considered extremely stable. However, several glaciers in this area have recently experienced surge events with significant insta...
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Differential depression of the glacier equilibrium-line altitudes in the Yarlung Zangbo Downstream Basin in the Last Glacial Maximum compared to the pre-industrial era
Glaciers in the Yarlung Zangbo Downstream Basin (YZDB) are sensitive to global climate change. The equilibrium-line altitude (ELA) is a key indicator of glacial development. Current models for simulating the m...
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Ecological transitions in **njiang, China: Unraveling the impact of climate change on vegetation dynamics (1990–2020)
For the past several decades, climate change has been driving vegetation dynamics in arid regions worldwide. This study investigates vegetation dynamics and their links to climate from 1990 to 2020 in **njiang...
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Open AccessAutomated floodwater depth estimation using large multimodal model for rapid flood map**
Information on the depth of floodwater is crucial for rapid map** of areas affected by floods. However, previous approaches for estimating floodwater depth, including field surveys, remote sensing, and machi...
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Influence of vapor pressure deficit on vegetation growth in China
Vapor pressure deficit (VPD) plays a crucial role in determining plant physiological functions and exerts a substantial influence on vegetation, second only to carbon dioxide (CO2). As a robust indicator of atmos...
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Open AccessDigital twins in urban informatics
Urban informatics appears to be a suitable area for the application of digital twins. Definitions of the term share some characteristics, but these definitions do not agree on what exactly constitutes a digita...
