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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 ... -
Housing, the Built Environment, and the Good Life
(Wiley, 2018-09)At any age, the pursuit of a good life is easier in a physical environment that promotes health, supports activities important to self‐fulfillment, and facilitates connections to the larger community. In old age, the home ... -
Improving America's Housing 2023
(Joint Center for Housing Studies, 2023)Sparked by pandemic-induced changes in household routines and use of living space, home improvement and repair spending soared to new heights in 2022, reaching an estimated $567 billion. Despite this enormous investment, ... -
In pursuit of a well-balanced network of cities and towns: A case study of the Changjiang Delta Region in China
(SAGE Publications, 2017)Development of urban networks of cities and towns has received attention including discussions of tensions between population concentrations and overlaps with environmentally sensitive and disaster-prone areas. Moreover, ... -
The Influence of Urban Form and Socio-Demographics on Active Transport: A 40-Neighborhoods Study in Chengdu, China
(Center for Transportation Studies, 2020-11-05)In China, a centralized planning culture has created similar neighborhoods across the country. Using a survey of 1,048 individuals conducted in 2016 in Chengdu—located in a carefully conceptualized typology of neighborhood ... -
Integrated Environmental Design and Robotic Fabrication Workflow for Ceramic Shading Systems
(International Association for Automation and Robotics in Construction, 2011)The current design practice for high performance, custom facade systems disconnects the initial façade design from the fabrication phase. The early design phases typically involve a series of iterative tests during which ... -
Intra-urban vulnerability to heat-related mortality in New York City, 1997–2006
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Jaqueline Tyrwhitt’s Correspondence Courses: Town Planning in the Trenches
(2005)Jaqueline Tyrwhitt (1905-1983) was the Director of Studies at the School of Planning and Research for Regional Development during the 1940s in Britain, where she founded the town planning Correspondence Courses for architects ... -
Juvenile Delinquents
(Informa UK Limited, 2018-07-03)Frederick Law Olmsted’s Franklin Park hosts a small hillside population of American beech saplings. Though juvenile in form, these small trees may be many years old, waiting for the mature canopy to die. This “micro-narrative” ... -
Learning by playing – teaching energy simulation as a game
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Lessons from Mobilization Around Slum Evictions in Tanzania
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Links between the Built Environment, Climate and Population Health: Interdisciplinary Environmental Change Research in New York City
(Academy of Medicine, Singapore, 2007)Global climate change is expected to pose increasing challenges for cities in the following decades, placing greater stress and impacts on multiple social and biophysical systems, including population health, coastal ... -
Long-Term Threats to Canada's James Bay from Hydro-Electrical Development
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Machina.NET: A Library for Programming and Real-Time Control of Industrial Robots
(Ubiquity Press, Ltd., 2019-08-13)Machina is a .NET library for programming and control of industrial robots. It is designed to build applications that interface with robotic devices in real time. The library features a high-level API of simple, device-agnostic ... -
Making Green Work: Implementation Strategies in a New Generation of Urban Forests
(Cogitatio, 2022-03-07)The concept of “urban forest” (UF) is gaining momentum in urban planning in the context of climate adaptation. Principles from the field of urban forestry are mainstreamed into urban planning, but little is known about ... -
Mobility Oriented Design: The Case for Miami’s Metrorail
(Harvard University Graduate School of Design, 2018)Mobility Oriented Design (MOD): The Case of Miami Metrorail investigates the multiple facets of public transit in Miami-Dade County and its effects on the urban fabric. Broadly, this design research project seeks to ...