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Urban Coastal Landscape. The Fragile Buffer Areas of Bacoli, Palermo and Termoli to Switch the Decay into Development
The urban coastal landscape is now at the center of new attention, as a result of cultural, social, economic, and real estate evolution. A new...
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Modeling of emergency support capacity and optimization of delivery service system for urban living materials under uncertain situations: a case study of **’an City during COVID-19 epidemic
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (COVID-19) pandemic has brought a heavy burden and severe challenges to the global economy and...
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The Role of “The Nutrient Buffer Power Concept” in Cardamom Nutrition
The chapter discusses extensively the utility of a revolutionary soil management technique in cardamom nutrition, now globally known as “The Nutrient...
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Estimating Carrying Capacity in a High Mountainous Tourist Area: A Destination Conservation Strategy
In the sector of tourism, all issues are associated with the “magic number” of tourists that visit certain destination. The assessment of physical...
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Resilience: A Co-evolutionary Concept
This chapter presents several theoretical and qualitative features that characterize both the concepts of resilienceResilience and social...
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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...
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The “Cultural Landscape of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces”: New Identities and Continuation of a Cultural Landscape
The “Cultural LandscapeCultural landscape of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces”, ChinaChina, has been first analysed through a literature reviewLiterature...
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Assessment of Potential Land Suitability for Economic Activity Using AHP and GIS Techniques in Drought Prone Gandheswari Watershed, Bankura District in West Bengal
Land is essential component of nature for performing any type of economic activity but availability of land is limited and more or less fixed....
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Urban water bodies mitigate heat waves, the case of the Chinese city Kunming
With the continuous deepening of global warming and urbanization processes, the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events are increasing....
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The Shapes of Adaptive Ground Design: A New Taxonomy Between Spatial Quality and Ecological Performance
The paper investigates the operational modalities that the discipline of architecture can deploy in constructing climate change adaptation solutions...
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Extreme Development of Dragon Fruit Agriculture with Nighttime Lighting in Southern Vietnam
Dragon fruit is widely grown in Southeast Asia and other tropical or subtropical regions. As a high-value cash crop ideal for exportation, dragon...
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Spatiotemporal evolution of national development zones and their impact on urban land growth in China
Development zones are important growth poles for promoting regional economic development. However, the spatiotemporal relationship between...
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Analysis of ammonium nitrate detonation destruction in Beirut city using geospatial techniques
Applications of geospatial techniques plays an important role in disaster management and mitigation. This study focuses to analyze how can geospatial...
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Ecological Status and Plan for Connectivity of Fragmented Forests as a Means of Degraded Land Restoration in South Gonder, Ethiopia
Lack of networks of connected habitat patches affects the biodiversity of the area. Hence, this study assesses the status of...
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Geo-Environmental Problems in the Fringe Areas of the Rudrasagar Lake, Tripura, India
The Rudrasagar Lake is a famous tourist spot in northeast India owing to the presence of the Neermahal Palace within it. Unfortunately, growing human...
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Modelling topo-bathymetric surface using a triangulation irregular network (TIN) of Tunga Dam in Nigeria
Dams are built to store the water flowing from upstream to downstream. Sedimentation and siltation are some of the major problems affecting the...
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Geographical flows: a fresh perspective on quantifying urban function
Urban function refers to various roles and activities that take place in an urban region or a public facility. Previous research only focused on the...
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Ecological Land Suitability for Arid Region at River Basin Scale: Framework and Application Based on Minmum Cumulative Resistance (MCR) Model
As an important and typical arid inland region in China, Shiyang River Basin plays an important role in maintaining the sustainable development of...
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The Opportunities and Challenges for Urban NBS: Lessons from Implementing the Urban Waterbuffer in Rotterdam
In Rotterdam, the proportion of impervious surfaces has increased due to urbanisation and changing land use priorities. Combined with the effects of...
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GIS-based classroom management system to support COVID-19 social distance planning
Schools across the United States and around the world canceled in-person classes beginning in March 2020 to contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus,...
