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  1. Spatial Characteristics and Influencing Factors of Urban Resilience from the Perspective of Daily Activity: A Case Study of Nan**g, China

    Based on the connotation of urban resilience and the main contradictions of China’s urbanization, urban resilience is placed within the main daily...

    Honghu Sun, Feng Zhen in Chinese Geographical Science
    Article 07 May 2021
  2. Human Activity and Occupation in the Sahara

    The long history of human activity and occupation in the Sahara is inextricably linked to environmental and climatic events that have occurred...
    Chapter 2023
  3. Modifying the walk score based on daily social activities: residential neighborhood in Egypt as a case study

    Walkability has been linked to quality of life in many ways. The Walk Score is one of several methodologies aimed at assisting people in evaluating...

    Amr N. Mohamed, Ashraf El Mokadem, ... Nancy Mahmoud Badawy in City, Territory and Architecture
    Article Open access 06 January 2024
  4. Physical Activity and Sport Participation Among Adolescents from MENA

    Physical activity is positively associated with short- and long-term mental and physical health effects. Adolescence represents a sensitive period of...
    Caroline Barakat, Susan Yousufzai, ... Rania Dghaim in Adolescent Health in the Middle East and North Africa
    Chapter 2022
  5. The Real Limits of Imaginary Lines: A Participatory Activity Space Method for Exploring Intergenerational (Dis)Connections Between “Place” and Health

    Standard practice within public health is to define “place” based on administrative bounds, like census tracts and ZIP codes. But a growing body of...
    Chapter 2022
  6. Evaluation method and empirical application of human activity suitability of land resources in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

    The current suitability evaluation methods for land resources human activity in China suffer from theoretical deficiencies related to fundamental...

    Yong Xu, Lijia Wang, Hua Yang in Journal of Geographical Sciences
    Article 24 July 2023
  7. Spatio-temporal correlation between human activity intensity and land surface temperature on the north slope of Tianshan Mountains

    Research on the spatio-temporal correlation between the intensity of human activities and the temperature of earth surfaces is of great significance...

    Hong** Chen, Lin Liu, ... Xueying Zhang in Journal of Geographical Sciences
    Article 03 October 2022
  8. Monitoring the Wildfire Activity and Ecosystem Response on Mt. Kilimanjaro Using Earth Observation Data and GIS

    Forest fires play an important role in environmental problems that influence climate change. It is essential to map the burnt areas and monitor...
    Priyanko Das, Zhenke Zhang, Hang Ren in Remote Sensing of African Mountains
    Chapter 2022
  9. Impacts of seismic activity and climatic change on Chinese history in the recent millennium

    General history of disasters in China suggests that China has frequently experienced two major natural disasters in its long history, one is from...

    Jiawei Fan, Hanchao Jiang, ... Wei Zhang in Journal of Geographical Sciences
    Article 08 November 2022
  10. Effect of ship** activity on warming trends in the Canadian Arctic

    This paper presents a detailed account of the effect of ship** activity on the increasing trends of air temperatures in the Canadian Arctic region...

    Mian Sabir Hussain, Inhye Heo, ... Seungho Lee in Journal of Geographical Sciences
    Article 06 March 2021
  11. The influence of coastal geomorphology and human activity on plastic debris distribution on a micro-tidal recreational beach on the north coast of Trinidad

    Coastal plastic debris is a major problem affecting both sandy beaches and nearshore environments. Over several decades, plastic debris has become a...

    Ryan Seemungal, Junior Darsan, Matthew Wilson in Journal of Coastal Conservation
    Article 05 May 2022
  12. High school students’ friendship network, physical activity and residential locations – a stochastic actor based model

    Evidence shows that adolescents do not do enough physical activity (PA), which could contribute to childhood overweight and obesity. Studies have...

    Wei Liu, Arika Ligmann-Zielinska, ... Igor Vojnovic in Computational Urban Science
    Article Open access 07 July 2021
  13. Considerations When Using Individual GPS Data in Food Environment Research: A Sco** Review of ‘Selective (Daily) Mobility Bias’ in GPS Exposure Studies and Its Relevance to the Retail Food Environment

    Advancements in geospatial technologies including geographic information systems and global positioning system (GPS) devices have provided insights...
    Reilley Plue, Lauren Jewett, Michael J. Widener in Geospatial Technologies for Urban Health
    Chapter 2020
  14. Variability of Climatic Characteristics and Their Relationship to Large-Scale Atmospheric Circulation over Siberia

    Abstract

    A study is made of the changes in climatic characteristics such as air temperature, atmospheric pressure, and precipitation and their...

    N. V. Podnebesnykh in Geography and Natural Resources
    Article 01 December 2022
  15. Urban Accessibility and Tourist Activity: An Application to the Metropolitan City of Naples

    Accessibility, until now, has been a wide concept concerning different sectors mainly connected with the sciences of transport, economy, and urban...
    Conference paper 2021
  16. Brewing Value? On the Impact of Local Breweries on Nearby Rentals

    This study explores the impact that the opening of new breweriesBrewery has on nearby rental propertiesRental properties. Using nine breweryBrewery...
    Justin Callais, Javier E. Portillo, Gary A. Wagner in The Geography of Beer
    Chapter 2023
  17. Gender Disparity in Drought-Prone Areas in Bangladesh

    The north-western part of Bangladesh has been experiencing extreme drought conditions compared to other parts of the country. Water crisis and...
    Md. Kamruzzaman, Ferdous Farhana Huq in Transforming Bangladesh
    Chapter 2023
  18. Comparative analysis of Air Quality Index prediction using deep learning algorithms

    This paper comprehensively reviews and compares methodologies used to monitor air quality and their impact on human health. With urbanization and...

    Ankita Mishra, Yogesh Gupta in Spatial Information Research
    Article 21 July 2023
  19. Deep Learning Low-cost Photogrammetry for 4D Short-term Glacier Dynamics Monitoring

    Short-term monitoring of alpine glaciers is crucial to understand their response to climate change. This paper presents a low-cost multi-camera...

    Francesco Ioli, Niccolò Dematteis, ... Livio Pinto in PFG – Journal of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Geoinformation Science
    Article Open access 06 February 2024
  20. Antelope adaptations to counteract overheating and water deficit in arid environments

    Many arid areas have very severe climates with extremely high summer temperatures, strong solar radiation, and a lack of drinking water during the...

    David Blank, Yaoming Li in Journal of Arid Land
    Article Open access 18 October 2022
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