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Emphasising and enabling urban agriculture for local authorities : elaboration of urban agricultural activities and policies in Glasgow and Dresden
(2024)
Urban agriculture (UA) holds significant potential for enhancing food security, promoting social cohesion and providing environmental benefits, contributing to sustainable urban development. However, its integration into ...
Evaluation matrix for noise pollution
(2024)
Noise pollution, stemming from various human activities such as transportation, industrial processes, and urbanization, poses significant threats to human health and ecological stability. The adverse effects of noise ...
Mapping Thermal Hotspots in Malé, Maldives : Assessing the Relationship Between Urban Heat Islands, Climate, and Heat Risk for Sustainable Urban Planning
(2023)
This study aims to support climate-conscious urban development in greater Male’, Maldives, based on characterizations of the local microclimate. It explores intra-urban temperature variations, identifies heat risks and ...
Potential Green Infrastructure Impacts on air quality in Different Local Climates Zones of Brindisi, Italy.
(2023)
Half the world's population lives in cities, and over 80 % is exposed to poor air quality. Europe has declared air pollution as the single most significant environmental health risk, as it generates premature death and ...
Evaluating the implementation potential of nature-based solutions for heat and flood hazard mitigation in Lahti, Finland.
(2023)
Extreme weather events triggered by climate change is affecting urban populations of Europe on multiple forms. Strategies for mitigating heat and flood hazard and facilitating adaptation to inevitable impacts of climate ...
Creating sustainable and equitable communities in a post-Covid context : development of the Scottish 20-minute neighbourhood concept
(2022)
The aim of the research is to contextualise the 20-minute neighbourhood in Scotland as a place-based approach to a post-pandemic green recovery; to understand how the concept is being received and understood by stakeholders, ...
Quantifying the effect of anthropogenic and climate parameters on urban heat island using machine learning
(2022)
The intensity of UHI in today's developed areas indicates the extent of environmental modification. Replacing natural surfaces with artificial materials has been the main difference between rural and urban areas. Therefore, ...
Live pole drains for cities (LPD4C) : an easy-to-build nature-based solution (NbS) alternative to conventional sustainable drainage systems (SuDS)
(2022)
Rapid urbanization and the intensification of weather events due to climate change are only some of the drivers altering the water cycle in urban environments. Consequently, the total volume of stormwater runoff rises ...
The Green Area Ratio as a planning tool for sustainable green infrastructure in a highly dense and arid urban environment. : case study Lima, Peru
(2020)
Green infrastructure (GI) can simultaneously deliver a wide range of highly beneficial ecosystem services (ESs) for cities. However, in densely built arid environments, implementing GI can worsen water scarcity, limiting ...
Circularity in Cities: socio-spatial dimension of the circular economy as a step towards climate-sensitive urban planning.
(2020)
The contribution of urbanisation to resource consumption, environmental degradation and climate change is a reminder of the need of stronger mitigation and adaptation approaches. This has brought a considerable amount of ...