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Defining Suburbs
(Sage Publications, 2012)There is no consensus as to what exactly constitutes a suburb. This article examines the range of suburban definitions in terms of their structure and the topical issues that they grapple with. Suburbs have been defined ... -
Delineating urban park catchment areas using mobile phone data: A case study of Tokyo
(Elsevier BV, 2020-05)Urban parks can offer both physical and psychological health benefits to urban dwellers and provide social, economic, and environmental benefits to society. Earlier research on the usage of urban parks relied on fixed ... -
Designing Biologically-inspired Smart Building Systems: Processes and Guidelines
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Do Adolescents Who Live or Go to School Near Fast-Food Restaurants Eat More Frequently from Fast-Food Restaurants?
(Elsevier BV, 2012)This population-based study examined whether residential or school neighborhood access to fast food restaurants is related to adolescents' eating frequency of fast food. A classroom-based survey of racially/ethnically ... -
Does large-sized cities' urbanisation predominantly degrade environmental resources in China? Relationships between urbanisation and resources in Changjiang Delta Region
(Taylor & Francis, 2012)Outward expansion of urban lands in the developing nations is often associated with a substantial loss of environmental resources such as forests, wetlands, freshwater and cash crop fields. Yet, determining how different ... -
The Economic Effects of Green Spaces between Planned and Unplanned Communities in Los Angeles County
(Locke Science Publishing Company, 2018-12)This paper examines the relationship between the sale price of single-family properties and green-space characteristics for three communities in Los Angeles County. The results shed light on how green spaces geographically ... -
Effect of Street Connectivity and Density on Adult BMI: Results from the Twin Cities Walking Study
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2012)Background The prevalence of overweight and obesity in the US population has risen dramatically in recent years. To try to explain this, some studies have examined the association between the built environment and obesity ... -
The engineer as judge: engineering analysis and political economy in eighteenth century France
(Informa UK Limited, 2009)The eighteenth century represents a major turning point in French engineers' conception and practice of calculation. This turning point can be described as a transition between the traditional use of arithmetical and ... -
Engineers and engineering history: problems and perspectives.
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Environmental Equity and Health: Understanding Complexity and Moving Forward
(American Public Health Association, 2003)The authors invoke a population health perspective to assess the distribution of environmental hazards according to race/ethnicity, social class, age, gender, and sexuality and the implications of these hazards for ... -
Environmental Planning and Urban Health
(Academy of Medicine, Singapore, 2006) -
Estimating the Effects of Increased Urbanization on Surface Meteorology and Ozone Concentrations in the New York City Metropolitan Region
(Elsevier BV, 2007)Land use and pollutant emission changes can have significant impacts on air quality, regional climate, and human health. Here we describe a modeling study aimed at quantifying the potential effects of extensive changes in ... -
Exceedance Degree‐Hours: A new method for assessing long‐term thermal conditions
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Exchange between researchers and practitioners in urban planning: achievable objective or a bridge too far?/The use of academic research in planning practice: who, what, where, when and how?/Bridging research and practice through collaboration: lessons from a joint working group/Getting the relationship between researchers and practitioners working/Art and urban planning: stimulating researcher, practitioner and community engagement/Collaboration between researchers and practitioners: Political and bureaucratic issues/Investigating Research/Conclusion: Breaking down barriers through international practice?
(Informa UK Limited, 2016)Exchange between researchers and practitioners in urban planning: achievable objective or a bridge too far?/The use of academic research in planning practice: who, what, where, when and how?/Bridging research and practice ... -
French engineers and social thought, 18–20th centuries: An archeology of technocratic ideals.
(Taylor and Francis, 2007)During the second half of the twentieth century, at the time of the foundation of the Fifth Republic, French engineers endorsed enthusiastically technocratic ideals. Their attitude was not only the product of a specific ... -
Global suburbia and the transition century: Physical suburbs in the long term
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Governing the night-time city: The rise of night mayors as a new form of urban governance after dark
(SAGE, 2019)The urban night has traditionally been a regimented space characterized by strict policing and surveillance. Early research on the night-time economy documented the expansion of nightlife from a centrepiece of culture-led ... -
Health Impacts from Climate-Change Induced Changes in Ozone Levels in 85 United States Cities
(Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2004)Introduction: Global warming could impact human health through multiple pathways, including the shifting of ecosystems and associated vector-borne diseases, changes to water resources, and heat-related mortality. As the ...