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Applying GIS tools for analysing urban thermal environment
(2006-12-01)
A methodology for analyzing the solar access and its influence on both air temperature and thermal comfort of the urban environment was here developed by applying the potentiality of GIS tools. Urban canyons in a specific ...
Applying GIS tools for analysing urban thermal environment
(2006-12-01)
A methodology for analyzing the solar access and its influence on both air temperature and thermal comfort of the urban environment was here developed by applying the potentiality of GIS tools. Urban canyons in a specific ...
Urban environment interventions linked to the promotion of physical activity: a mixed methods study applied to the urban context of Latin America
(Elsevier, 2015)
This study summarizes the evidence from quantitative systematic reviews that assessed the association between urban environment attributes and physical activity. It also documents sociopolitical barriers and facilitators ...
Noise pollution and the functional design of urban environments
(Institute of Noise Control Engineering, 2017)
THE SOCIAL EXCLUSION OF THE ELDERLY IN THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT
(Univ Estado Rio Janeiro, 2018-01-01)
The social exclusion of the elderly from the urban environment is studied - especially as regards the obliteration of their mobility rights and to participate in community life. It presents historical-philosophical and ...
Emotional Perception of Urban Environments
(David Publishing Company, 2014-03)
In the frame of a study aiming at identifying the potential of emotion as the affective component of perception, a questionnaire was developed for assessing the involvement of this dimension in the perception of urban ...
Acoustic environment and Urban sustainable development in the city of Cáceres
(International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration, IIAV, 2017)
Urbanization has opposite effects on the territory size of two passerine birds
(2020-04-28)
Background: Urban expansion has been identified as one of the leading drivers of biodiversity change or loss. For birds, urbanization is specifically related to survival, breeding success, and territory size. Understanding ...