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PL: Wieloletnia presja antropogeniczna wywarła głębokie zmiany w krajobrazie doliny Kłodnicy w Gliwicach. W artykule przedstawiono różne warianty rewitalizacji doliny rzeki Kłodnicy, możliwe do realizacji w ramach funduszy unijnych,... more
Outdoor thermal comfort (OTC) is an indicator of urban-environmental sustainability. A better understanding of OTC requires exploring the effects of contextual, non-thermal and human-related factors on thermal sensation votes (TSV) in... more
Introduction It is indisputable that cities have been comprised essential place today throughout the world. By the industrial development particularly, the world is becoming increasingly urbanized. In 1900, only 160 million people, one... more
We trace the relationship between cities and rivers throughout history, following the evolving riverfront through the succession of shifting attitudes towards the river. From the early river-as-god, provider and destroyer, onto the... more
Eau, milieux et aménagement Une recherche au service des territoires. Presses de l’Université d’Angers, 2014
Ecological corridors in urban areas, stakes and constraints of an environmental requalification approach. The examples of renaturation of Oued El Harrach (Algiers) and Ruisseau des Aygalades (Marseille) Mohamed Srir and Ewa Berezowska-Azzag
The south bank of an urban river is the subject of this proposal that combines large-scale and economy of means: it proposes the construction of a continuum of geographical magnitude through the discreet introduction of street furniture... more
questions the validity of dictionary definitions of rivers in the contemporary world, and considers the Chicago River as a hyperobject.
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O CARÁTER MULTIFUNCIONAL DAS CIDADES VERDES: QUESTÕES PARA UM DEBATE
Eloisa Carvalho de Araujo
Natália Fernandes Ribeiro
O CARÁTER MULTIFUNCIONAL DAS CIDADES VERDES: QUESTÕES PARA UM DEBATE
Eloisa Carvalho de Araujo
Natália Fernandes Ribeiro
Streams draining urban catchments ubiquitously undergo negative physical and ecosystem changes, recognized to be primarily driven by frequent stormwater runoff input. The common management intervention is rehabilitation of channel... more
Le Guadalquivir à Cordoue est un Fleuve en Projet. Depuis les années 1980, de multiples opérations ont tenté de profiter de ce grand vide comme potentiel d’une «modernisation nécessaire». La candidature de Cordoue comme Capitale... more
O estudo da composição do fitoplâncton torna-se essencial quando se percebe a importância e influência deste na dinâmica da vida aquática. Conhecer os seus componentes, sua frequência e a relação com os processos físico-químicos... more
Conventional urban drainage approaches have historically focused on the volume of stormwater to be displaced with the aim of moving it as fast and as far as possible from the city. They have also been negligent regarding water quality and... more
W ubiegłym roku nakładem Wydawnictwa KEW ukazała się książka o Odrze, jakiej od lat brakowało. Jest to pozycja wyjątkowa, która z wielu względów powinna zwrócić uwagę czytelników zainteresowanych „księżną polskich rzek”. Niestety,... more
In : Pollutions industrielles et espaces méditerranéens – XVIIIe-XXIe siècle, dirigé par Laura Centemeri et Xavier Daumalin.
Collections « L'atelier méditerranéen » MMSH, Aix-en-Provence, 2015.
Collections « L'atelier méditerranéen » MMSH, Aix-en-Provence, 2015.
The poster attempts to display how flowing waters are integrated to urban life in a sustainability manner. For this aim, urban river rehabilitation process in the light of ecocity approach is going to be explored. While the growth is... more
El objetivo del texto es describir y explicar los cambios en el paisaje urbano de la capital del estado de Aguascalientes durante las primeras décadas del siglo XX. Destaco dos elementos: el vínculo de los vecinos con los ríos y estanques... more
According to the UN, in the next 20 years, most of the world's population will live in urban areas. Cities consume a high amount of resources, between this water, for their sustenance, hence the greatest necessity of sustainable... more
Ecological corridors in urban areas, stakes and constraints of an environmental requalification approach. The examples of renaturation of Oued El Harrach (Algiers) and Ruisseau des Aygalades (Marseille) Mohamed Srir and Ewa Berezowska-Azzag
When choosing the Belo Horizonte’s village for the new capital from Minas Gerais, at 1894 CCNC took several studies to making the plant the new capital. The article intend to show the importance producing maps by the CCNC for camp and... more
Water coursess are segments in the country increasing its recreational potential.The current goal of revitalization measures in the landscape primarily consists of the optimization of landscape water regime, incl. flood control measures... more
MOOC is an acronym for Massive Online learning Platform. Simply put, an infinite number of people can register to do a course on a MOOC. The Aqua MOOC is the first of its kind, dealing specifically with water and its inter-relationships... more
We trace the relationship between cities and rivers throughout history, following the evolving riverfront through the succession of shifting attitudes towards the river. From the early river-as-god, provider and destroyer, onto the... more
In a time of environmental devastation and the need for paradigm shifts in order to govern for change in South Africa, how does one address government officials on what to do, without going around the old, familiar circuits of polemic... more
This essay is an experiment in environmental humanities regarding the nature of the Los Angeles River. Twofold in its approach, the experiment combines fieldwork on the current conditions of an urban waterway with research on textual... more