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Urban Fabric Patterns on Urban Wetland
(2021)
The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.Latin American cities have experienced rapid urbanization and with it the social and environmental challenges caused by urban sprawl. Over the last ...
The global homogenization of urban form. An assessment of 194 cities across time
(Elsevier B.V., 2020-12)
The spatial structure of cities, i.e. their composition, shape and degree of fragmentation or compactness, is a physical expression reflecting development efficiency. Identifying the evolution of urban systems in time and ...
Guide proposal for urban planning for fostering wildfire resilient timber construction in the urban-rural interface
(2021)
In wildfire-prone urban-rural interface areas, policies for fostering wildfire resilient timber construction need to consider the risks associated with the interaction between wildfires and buildings, implementing wildfire ...
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 ...
The urban matrix matters: Quantifying the effects of surrounding urban vegetation on natural habitat remnants in Santiago de Chile
(Elsevier B.V., 2018)
© 2018 Elsevier B.V. Urbanization destroys and fragments natural habitats, resulting in a system of natural remnants embedded in an urban matrix. Urban natural remnants (UNRs) can provide multiple ecosystem services for ...
Towards a theory of urban design under neoliberalism: The Urban Revolution as MethodologyTowards a theory of urban design under neoliberalism: the urban revolutión as methodology
(2018)
This thesis critically discusses the current status of urban design as a disciplinary field and as practice. It maintains that urban design has been wholly reshaped by neoliberalism. It has become a discipline that has ...
A Review on Coastal Urban Ecology: Research Gaps, Challenges, and Needs
(Frontiers Media S.A., 2021)
© Copyright © 2021 Graells, Nakamura, Celis-Diez, Lagos, Marquet, Pliscoff and Gelcich.Coastal urban areas have dramatically increased during the last decades, however, coastal research integrating the impacts and challenges ...
URBAN RESTRUCTURING AND SOCIO-SPACE SEGREGATION
(Univ Federal Ceara, Programa Pos-graduacao & Filosofia, 2015-10-01)
The implementation of urban projects related to mega sports events held in Brazil, and hegemonic interests, outweigh the popular interests related to the right to housing. Following the market logic of capital accumulation ...
Urban expansion and open spaces: dynamics, influences and conflicts in the conformation of the landscape of the South Zone of Bauru-SP
(Fiam-faam Centro Univ, 2019-01-01)
Over the last decades, new dynamics of urban landscape production and transformation have influenced on the character of their open spaces. Processes such as the fragmentation and the dispersion of the urban fabric, which ...
Fuzzy sets in distributed traffic control
(1996-12-01)
The task of controlling urban traffic requires flexibility, adaptability and handling uncertain information spread through the intersection network. The use of fuzzy sets concepts convey these characteristics to improve ...