Postpartum cessation of urban space use by a female baboon living at the edge of the City of Cape Town
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.9963
Abstract: Abstract Species with slow life history strategies that invest in few offspring with extended parental care need to adapt their behavior to cope with anthropogenic changes that occur within their lifetime. Here we show that… read more here.
Keywords: space use; urban space; space; cape town ... See more keywords
Giving a fairer face to urban space: Progress on the long road to dementia prevention
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DOI: 10.1002/gps.5657
Abstract: The qualitative survey by Susanne Röhr and colleagues recently published in the journal on changing urban spaces to reduce dementia risk marks a step towardswhat they term the ‘co‐creation’ of risk‐reducing urban environments (p. 1).… read more here.
Keywords: risk; dementia prevention; urban space; dementia ... See more keywords
Effects of environmental sound quality on soundscape preference in a public urban space
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2020.107570
Abstract: Abstract A public urban space is undoubtedly one of the key elements in urban planning. It allows citizens with different backgrounds to freely accesses for various healthy, social, or individual reasons. User experience of the… read more here.
Keywords: soundscape; preference; public urban; environmental sound ... See more keywords
Fuzzy logic in agent-based modeling of user movement in urban space: Definition and application to a case study of a square
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DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2019.106597
Abstract: Abstract The growing complexity of design processes increases the distance between designer and user, which makes it challenging to consider user experience in design. Computational models can help us to simulate user behaviors where agents… read more here.
Keywords: space; user movement; agent based; fuzzy logic ... See more keywords
Convergence of planning practices towards LUT integration: Seeking evidences in a developing country
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DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.104842
Abstract: Abstract City planning is a complex challenge that asks for problem-solving expertise to address stakeholders’ diverging interests, while its multidisciplinary essence imposes communication difficulties among specialists from different disciplines. After decades developing planning theories and… read more here.
Keywords: urban space; planning; developing country; convergence ... See more keywords
‘The peri-urban space at work’: micro and small enterprises, collective participation, and the developmental state in Ethiopia
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DOI: 10.1017/s0001972018000712
Abstract: Abstract By discussing details of the current policy emphasis on entrepreneurship and microfinance, this article explores the dynamic and inconclusive negotiation of state authority in Kolfe Keraniyo, peri-urban Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In the last few… read more here.
Keywords: developmental state; urban space; peri urban; article ... See more keywords
English in the Slovak glocalized urban space
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DOI: 10.1017/s0266078423000081
Abstract: Over the last few decades English has become an integral part of urban signage while taking different forms and performing a variety of functions. Numerous studies of linguistic landscapes, such as Gorter (2006), Huebner (2006),… read more here.
Keywords: space; slovak glocalized; glocalized urban; urban space ... See more keywords
The Meat City: urban space and provision in industrial Copenhagen, 1880–1914
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DOI: 10.1017/s096392681700044x
Abstract: ABSTRACT: This article investigates the emergence of the Copenhagen slaughterhouse, called the Meat City, during the late nineteenth century. This slaughterhouse was a product of a number of heterogeneous components: industrialization and new infrastructures were… read more here.
Keywords: city; copenhagen; meat city; meat ... See more keywords
The Production of Urban Space by Violence and its Aftermath in Jakarta and Kota Ambon, Indonesia
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DOI: 10.1080/00141844.2016.1138983
Abstract: ABSTRACT Violence has an enormous potential impact on the production of urban space. This article presents an analysis of how violence has made an impact on Indonesian cities since 1998. Using case material from communal… read more here.
Keywords: violence; production urban; kota ambon; impact ... See more keywords
Circulation, modernity, and urban space in 1960s Beirut
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DOI: 10.1080/02757206.2017.1279613
Abstract: ABSTRACT In this essay, I explore the role of circulation in Beirut’s urban space and society in the early 1960s. Drawing primarily from the Lebanese francophone newspaper L’Orient, I show how the rise of automobility… read more here.
Keywords: circulation modernity; beirut; urban space; circulation ... See more keywords
Roadside death memorials: transformation of public spaces into private spaces for mourning
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DOI: 10.1080/14725843.2020.1777838
Abstract: ABSTRACT Private roadside memorials are part of a growing trend in the use of (urban) space for purposes other than what is it officially intended. The use of (urban) space in unforeseen and therefore unplanned… read more here.
Keywords: roadside death; death memorials; space; memorials transformation ... See more keywords