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Housing vacancy identification in shrinking cities based on multi-source data: A case study of Fushun city in Northeast China
Urban shrinkage has attracted the attention of many geographers and urban planners in recent years. However, there are fewer studies on vacant...
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A new approach for configuring modular floating cities: assessing modular floating platforms by means of analytic hierarchy process
Floating cities have emerged as an efficient long-term solution over unsustainable practiced solutions to combat the rising seas problem;...
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Making Green Cities Concepts, Challenges and Practice
This book shows what role nature can play in a city and how this can make it a better place for people to live. People, planners, designers and...
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Exploring the influence of transportation on urban spatial structure using the spatial Durbin model: evidence from 265 prefecture-level cities in China
The interactive relation between transportation and urban spatial structure remains a significant yet challenging issue in transport engineering and...
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Convivial Cities: Alternative to Cities of Consumers: An Exploratory Note
Urban centers were/are happening places. They are centers of innovation, knowledge, economic wealth, and political power. Cities such as Shanghai,...
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Drivers for Inter-city Innovation Networks Across Chinese Cities: Modelling Physical Versus Intangible Effects
Cross-region innovation is widely recognized as an important source of the long-term regional innovation capacity. In the recent past, a growing...
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Advancing Smart Cities Sustainable Practices, Digital Transformation, and IoT Innovations
This book presents a comprehensive exploration of the transformative journey toward smart cities and the implementation of cutting-edge technologies...
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Artificial Intelligence for road quality assessment in smart cities: a machine learning approach to acoustic data analysis
In smart cities, ensuring road safety and optimizing transportation efficiency heavily relies on streamlined road condition monitoring. The...
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Identifying abandoned buildings in shrinking cities with mobile sensing images
The number of abandoned buildings in shrinking cities is increasing sharply, posing environment risks, threatening the safety and health of...
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Renovation programs in old and inefficient neighborhoods of cities with case studies
This article concerns urban renovation’s background, necessity, goals, methods, and outcomes. The addressed question is how shall renew and...
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Heat planning in small and medium-sized cities: A collaborative application of PIRS™ for heat in Kent, WA, USA
Extreme heat is among the deadliest climate-related hazards with social and ecological impacts. Heat risks are increasing due to climate change and...
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Pre-dimensioning and technical, economic and environmental feasibility analysis of sub-river outfalls in Macapá and Santana cities, Amapá State, Brazil
Coastal cities in the Amazon lack basic infrastructure to treat and finally discharge urban domestic sewage. Implementing sub-river outfalls and...
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Spatio-temporal variation of aerosol loading and planetary boundary layer height before, during and after COVID-19 lockdown over the major cities in India
COVID-19 led to an unprecedented reduction in anthropogenic emissions due to the shutdown of worldwide economic and transportation activities. This...
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Examining similarity indicators in six planned capital cities from Africa and Asia: a qualitative research technique
There is little research-based evidence regarding the similarities and differences in urban plans and urban forms, regarding urban planning and...
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The drivers and spatial distribution of economic efficiency in China’s cities
This study analyzes cities in China at the prefecture level and above to calculate indices for “urban economic efficiency” (the relationship between...
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Measuring Chinese cities’ economic development with mobile application usage
With the rise of smart phones, mobile applications have been widely used in daily life. However, the relationship between individuals’ mobile...
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Develo** a smart tool for integrated climate action planning (ICLAP 2050) in Asia-Pacific Cities
In light of the growing global environmental challenges, smart cities need to serve as testing workshops or labs to smartly tackle complex...
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Spatiotemporal Differences and Classification Regulation of Urbanization Impact on Agricultural Development in Shrinking Areas: A Case Study of 15 Shrinking Cities in Three Provinces of Northeast China
Studying the impact of urbanization on agricultural development in shrinking areas is important for maintaining food security and promoted...
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Wind and Precipitation in Cities
Urbanization affects not only temperature but also wind and precipitation. Urban winds are influenced by high surface friction, weak stability of the...