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Nojima, Nobuoto, and Hiroyuki Kameda. "Seismic Risk Assessment of Urban Lifelines Under System Interactions." Doboku Gakkai Ronbunshu, no. 507 (1995): 231–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.2208/jscej.1995.507_231.

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Schmitt, T. G., and W. C. Huber. "The scope of integrated modelling: system boundaries, sub-systems, scales and disciplines." Water Science and Technology 54, no. 6-7 (2006): 405–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.2006.595.

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Integrated modelling has become an urgent issue of urban drainage and wastewater treatment planning. The scope of integrated modelling, system boundaries and disciplines to be involved are addressed in view of future developments and new paradigms in urban drainage, demanding the inclusion of the full urban water cycle. A system analysis is demonstrated to identify relevant sub-systems and components, processes and interactions within the urban water system. The permissibility to exclude subsystems or neglect interactions is evaluated. Integrated modelling of urban water system is characterise

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Hoang, L., and R. A. Fenner. "System interactions of stormwater management using sustainable urban drainage systems and green infrastructure." Urban Water Journal 13, no. 7 (2015): 739–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1573062x.2015.1036083.

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Martínez, Carlos, Zoran Vojinovic, Roland Price, and Arlex Sanchez. "Modelling Infiltration Process, Overland Flow and Sewer System Interactions for Urban Flood Mitigation." Water 13, no. 15 (2021): 2028. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w13152028.

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Rainfall-runoff transformation on urban catchments involves physical processes governing runoff production in urban areas (e.g., interception, evaporation, depression, infiltration). Some previous 1D/2D coupled models do not include these processes. Adequate representation of rainfall–runoff–infiltration within a dual drainage model is still needed for practical applications. In this paper we propose a new modelling setup which includes the rainfall–runoff–infiltration process on overland flow and its interaction with a sewer network. We first investigated the performance of an outflow hydrogr

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Surya, Batara, Despry Nur Annisa Ahmad, Harry Hardian Sakti, and Hernita Sahban. "Land Use Change, Spatial Interaction, and Sustainable Development in the Metropolitan Urban Areas, South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia." Land 9, no. 3 (2020): 95. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land9030095.

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Metropolitan Urban Mamminasata South Sulawesi, Indonesia as the object of study is explored in the core-peripheral spatial interaction towards the formation of suburban service centers. The problems raised in this study are (i) is there a relationship/correlation between spatial integration, spatial interaction, and urban agglomeration to the formation of urban activity systems and (ii) how the formation of urban activity systems works as a determinant of economic growth, land use change and environmental quality degradation towards sustainable development in the metropolitan city of Mamminasa

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Shrivastava, Pooja, M. K. Verma, Meena Murmu, and Ishtiyaq Ahmad. "Multi Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) Framework for the Integrated Urban Water System." International Journal of Engineering & Technology 7, no. 3.6 (2018): 290. http://dx.doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i3.6.15070.

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Over the past century urban water system of developed and developing cities are under increasing stress as water dearth. The estimation of possible solutions for water management in megacities requires the spatially distributed dynamic and grid-based replication of the evolution of public water infrastructure under consideration of changes (e.g. climate, global, environment, economy, and land-use). These simulations can be realized with the help of frameworks for integrated urban water system. The MCDA framework for integrated approaches of urban water system is characterized as single system

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Krč, Pavel, Jaroslav Resler, Matthias Sühring, Sebastian Schubert, Mohamed H. Salim, and Vladimír Fuka. "Radiative Transfer Model 3.0 integrated into the PALM model system 6.0." Geoscientific Model Development 14, no. 5 (2021): 3095–120. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-3095-2021.

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Abstract. The Radiative Transfer Model (RTM) is an explicitly resolved three-dimensional multi-reflection radiation model integrated into the PALM modelling system. It is responsible for modelling complex radiative interactions within the urban canopy. It represents a key component in modelling energy transfer inside the urban layer and consequently PALM's ability to provide explicit simulations of the urban canopy at metre-scale resolution. This paper presents RTM version 3.0, which is integrated into the PALM modelling system version 6.0. This version of RTM has been substantially improved o

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Nyseth, Torill, Torill Ringholm, and Annika Agger. "Innovative Forms of Citizen Participation at the Fringe of the Formal Planning System." Urban Planning 4, no. 1 (2019): 7–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.17645/up.v4i1.1680.

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In the Nordic countries, we are witnessing a proliferation of novel and more experimental ways of citizen and authority interaction within the field of urban planning and governance. These formats are seen in urban regeneration projects and planning experiments that endorse more inclusive interactions between public authorities and local actors than in the traditional formal hearings. The intention of this article is to explore the potential of these forms of participation in contributing to social innovation particularly related to including citizens that are difficult to reach, and in creati

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Liu, Kang, Song Gao, Peiyuan Qiu, Xiliang Liu, Bo Yan, and Feng Lu. "Road2Vec: Measuring Traffic Interactions in Urban Road System from Massive Travel Routes." ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 6, no. 11 (2017): 321. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijgi6110321.

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Madleňák, Radovan, and Lucia Madleňáková. "Digital Advertising System in Urban Transport System of Žilina Town." Transport and Telecommunication Journal 15, no. 3 (2014): 215–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/ttj-2014-0019.

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AbstractThe Internet and information and communication technologies (ICT) have changed everything: news, commerce, advertising, relating to others, getting information and transport too. It has changed how the people work, how they practice religion, how they date, how they spend the free time and how they travel. One of the technological innovations that are based on usage ICT in advertising space is digital signage. This article presents the results of research dedicated to investigate the relationships between customers-passengers and this new ICT technology in real environment. The results

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Afonso, Maria José, Liliana Freitas, José Manuel Marques, et al. "Urban Groundwater Processes and Anthropogenic Interactions (Porto Region, NW Portugal)." Water 12, no. 10 (2020): 2797. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w12102797.

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Groundwater in fissured rocks is one of the most important reserves of available fresh water, and urbanization applies an extremely complex pressure which puts this natural resource at risk. Two-thirds of Portugal is composed of fissured aquifers. In this context, the Porto urban region is the second biggest metropolitan area in mainland Portugal. In this study, a multidisciplinary approach was developed, using hydrogeological GIS-based mapping and modeling, combining hydrogeochemical, isotopic, and hydrodynamical data. In addition, an urban infiltration potential index (IPI-Urban) was outline

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Sahely, Halla R., Christopher A. Kennedy, and Barry J. Adams. "Developing sustainability criteria for urban infrastructure systems." Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering 32, no. 1 (2005): 72–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/l04-072.

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Research in the area of sustainable urban infrastructure reflects the need to design and manage engineering systems in light of both environmental and socioeconomic considerations. A principal challenge for the engineer is the development of practical tools for measuring and enhancing the sustainability of urban infrastructure over its life cycle. The present study develops such a framework for the sustainability assessment of urban infrastructure systems. The framework focuses on key interactions and feedback mechanisms between infrastructure and surrounding environmental, economic, and socia

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Auhadeev, A. E., R. S. Litvinenko, V. P. Fandeev, P. P. Pavlov, V. M. Butakov, and A. R. Litvinenko. "Research of reliability of urban electric transport system." E3S Web of Conferences 124 (2019): 05078. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/201912405078.

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Modern methods for analyzing and assessing the reliability of complex technical systems consider only its individual elements. The specifics of structural-functional interactions and integration into subsystems of different hierarchical levels are not taken into account. Studies show that analyzing the reliability of urban electric transport, also focus on individual components: the reliability of electric traction rolling stock, the reliability of the power supply system, the reliability of the track infrastructure, etc. The authors propose an approach that allows to consider urban electric t

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Fu, Guangtao, Christos Makropoulos, and David Butler. "Simulation of urban wastewater systems using artificial neural networks: embedding urban areas in integrated catchment modelling." Journal of Hydroinformatics 12, no. 2 (2009): 140–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/hydro.2009.151.

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The urban wastewater system is an important part of integrated water management at the catchment level, yet, more often than not, inclusion of the system and its interaction with the surrounding catchment is either oversimplified or totally ignored in catchment modelling. Reasons of complexity and computational burden are mostly at the heart of this modelling gap. This paper proposes to use artificial neural networks (ANN) as a surrogate for the simulation of the urban wastewater system, allowing for a more realistic representation of the urban component to be incorporated into catchment model

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Grottker, Matthias, and Amar Khelil. "Urban Drainage Strategies for Small Communities in Developing Countries." Water Science and Technology 22, no. 3-4 (1990): 283. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.1990.0213.

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In this paper, the interactions of small waste water treatment plants within an urban drainage system are pointed out. Especially in developing countries, the characteristics of catchment areas differ very much from the ones in industrialized countries. Consequently, the plants have to be adapted to the local conditions of drainage, climate and location. Finally, an urban drainage strategy will give an idea how to sanitize drainage systems.

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Pan, Haozhi, Jessica Page, Le Zhang, et al. "Understanding interactions between urban development policies and GHG emissions: A case study in Stockholm Region." Ambio 49, no. 7 (2019): 1313–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13280-019-01290-y.

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AbstractHuman-induced urban growth and sprawl have implications for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that may not be included in conventional GHG accounting methods. Improved understanding of this issue requires use of interactive, spatial-explicit social–ecological systems modeling. This paper develops a comprehensive approach to modeling GHG emissions from urban developments, considering Stockholm County, Sweden as a case study. GHG projections to 2040 with a social–ecological system model yield overall greater emissions than simple extrapolations in official climate action planning. The most

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Lijklema, Lambertus, and John M. Tyson. "Urban Water Quality: Interactions between Sewers, Treatment Plants and Receiving Waters." Water Science and Technology 27, no. 5-6 (1993): 29–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.1993.0483.

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For successful management of urban water quality it has become clear that sewers, treatment plants and receiving water must be considered, not in isolation but as (interacting) components of an integrated system.

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Kollatsch, Dirk-Th. "Comprehensive Planning of Urban Drainage and Wastewater Treatment." Water Science and Technology 27, no. 12 (1993): 205–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.1993.0302.

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For upgrading the urban drainage system (UDS) the reduction of pollution impacts is the priority task concerning the environmental protection of the receiving waters. With simulation models the interactions between surface, sewer systems, overflow structures and treatment facilities within the UDS can be shown. Models to simulate the pollutant impacts, transport and the effects on the receiving waters are available. In a first step a pollutant transport model of sewer systems and a model to simulate the wastewater treatment processes are connected. With these models the efficiency of upgrading

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SEMBOLONI, FERDINANDO. "FROM SPATIALLY EXPLICIT TO MULTIAGENTS SIMULATION OF URBAN DYNAMIC." Advances in Complex Systems 10, supp02 (2007): 355–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0219525907001409.

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In the introduction a distinction is made between the macroscopic approach, which the spatially explicit method is connected with, and the microscopic approach. The spatially explicit method is considered in relation to the interactions between located variables: without and with transport of matter. It is compared with the microscopic approach and the main difference is highlighted: the long range interactions of the latter instead of the neighborhood-based interactions of the former. Finally, a comprehensive approach based on agents, goods and markets, considered as main classes, is proposed

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Šiugždaite, R., and S. Norvaišas. "CELLULAR AUTOMATA AND ENERGETICS SYSTEM FORMATION." Mathematical Modelling and Analysis 7, no. 2 (2002): 319–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/13926292.2002.9637203.

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Modeling complex systems requires to reduce, to organize the system complexity and to describe suitable components. Complexity of the system can then be tackled with an agentoriented approach, where local interactions lead to a global behavior. This approach helps to understand how non‐deterministic behavior that is near self‐organized criticality (SOC) is used to explain natural and social phenomena can emerge from local interactions between agents. The basis of our decision to develop cellular automata (CA) as a model for energetics system formation and development in restricted region is it

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Shih, Naai-Jung, Pei-Huang Diao, and Yi Chen. "ARTS, an AR Tourism System, for the Integration of 3D Scanning and Smartphone AR in Cultural Heritage Tourism and Pedagogy." Sensors 19, no. 17 (2019): 3725. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s19173725.

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Interactions between cultural heritage, tourism, and pedagogy deserve investigation in an as-built environment under a macro- or micro-perspective of urban fabric. The heritage site of Shih Yih Hall, Lukang, was explored. An Augmented Reality Tourism System (ARTS) was developed on a smartphone-based platform for a novel application scenario using 3D scans converted from a point cloud to a portable interaction size. ARTS comprises a real-time environment viewing module, a space-switching module, and an Augmented Reality (AR) guide graphic module. The system facilitates scenario initiations, pro

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Zuo, Shudi, Shaoqing Dai, Xiaodong Song, et al. "Determining the Mechanisms that Influence the Surface Temperature of Urban Forest Canopies by Combining Remote Sensing Methods, Ground Observations, and Spatial Statistical Models." Remote Sensing 10, no. 11 (2018): 1814. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs10111814.

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The spatiotemporal distribution pattern of the surface temperatures of urban forest canopies (STUFC) is influenced by many environmental factors, and the identification of interactions between these factors can improve simulations and predictions of spatial patterns of urban cool islands. This quantitative research uses an integrated method that combines remote sensing, ground surveys, and spatial statistical models to elucidate the mechanisms that influence the STUFC and considers the interaction of multiple environmental factors. This case study uses Jinjiang, China as a representative of a

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Dawson, R. J., L. Speight, J. W. Hall, S. Djordjevic, D. Savic, and J. Leandro. "Attribution of flood risk in urban areas." Journal of Hydroinformatics 10, no. 4 (2008): 275–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/hydro.2008.054.

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Flooding in urban areas represents a particular challenge to modellers and flood risk managers because of the complex interactions of surface and sewer flows. Quantified flood risk estimates provide a common metric that can be used to compare risks from different sources. In situations where there are several organisations responsible for flood risk management we wish to be able to disaggregate the total risk and attribute it to different components in the system and/or agents with responsibility for risk reduction in order to target management actions. Two approaches to risk attribution are d

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Zheng, Jane. "Producing Chinese Urban Landscapes of Public Art: The Urban Sculpture Scene in Shanghai." China Quarterly 239 (May 17, 2019): 775–803. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s030574101900002x.

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AbstractThis article uses an “urban landscapes” perspective to examine the urban sculpture scene and its production system in Shanghai. It reviews both the national urban sculpture discourse and urban sculpture planning practices since 1949, and then focuses on Shanghai specifically. It examines three major stakeholders in urban sculpture development and their interactions. The main argument is that Shanghai's urban sculpture scene has evolved due to the proliferation of aesthetic and symbolic sculptures as opposed to traditional monuments; however, urban entrepreneurialism and globalization h

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Leroyer, Sylvie, Stéphane Bélair, Jocelyn Mailhot, and Ian B. Strachan. "Microscale Numerical Prediction over Montreal with the Canadian External Urban Modeling System." Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 50, no. 12 (2011): 2410–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/jamc-d-11-013.1.

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AbstractThe Canadian urban and land surface external modeling system (known as urban GEM-SURF) has been developed to provide surface and near-surface meteorological variables to improve numerical weather prediction and to become a tool for environmental applications. The system is based on the Town Energy Balance model for the built-up covers and on the Interactions between the Surface, Biosphere, and Atmosphere land surface model for the natural covers. It is driven by coarse-resolution forecasts from the 15-km Canadian regional operational model. This new system was tested for a 120-m grid-s

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Zakardjian, Marie, Benoît Geslin, Valentin Mitran, Evelyne Franquet, and Hervé Jourdan. "Effects of Urbanization on Plant–Pollinator Interactions in the Tropics: An Experimental Approach Using Exotic Plants." Insects 11, no. 11 (2020): 773. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects11110773.

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Land-use changes through urbanization and biological invasions both threaten plant-pollinator networks. Urban areas host modified bee communities and are characterized by high proportions of exotic plants. Exotic species, either animals or plants, may compete with native species and disrupt plant–pollinator interactions. These threats are heightened in insular systems of the Southwest Pacific, where the bee fauna is generally poor and ecological networks are simplified. However, the impacts of these factors have seldom been studied in tropical contexts. To explore those questions, we installed

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Waller, Rebecca, Arianna M. Gard, Christopher S. Monk, et al. "The System for Coding Interactions and Family Functioning (SCIFF) in low-income and urban adolescents." Psychological Assessment 31, no. 8 (2019): 974–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pas0000719.

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Eken, Cemaliye, and Resmiye Alpar Atun. "The Self-Organizing City and the Architecture of Metabolism: An Architectural Critique on Urban Growth and Reorganization." Sustainability 11, no. 19 (2019): 5326. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11195326.

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Over decades, cities have undergone rapid urbanization and uncontrolled urban growth. The need for future cities to operate as adaptable complex systems has generated an interest in the self-organizing resilient city. The main aim of the study is to find ways of conceptualizing self-organizing the resilient city as an emerging field of research for urban design and architectural theory. Based on these assumptions, an integrated relationship between architecture and urban design are seen as potential catalysts for absorbing the uncertainty and disturbances of urban growth and preparing the stru

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Michelbach, S. "Planning Stormwater Treatment of a Mountainous Urban Area." Water Science and Technology 27, no. 12 (1993): 231–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.1993.0308.

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Within the urban drainage system the sewer system, the wastewater treatment plant and the receiving waters form a functional unit The interactions between these three systems are of importance during the whole planning cycle. In particular, the sensitivity of the receiving waters should be more taken into account than has been done up to now. The extension of stormwater treatment for a small town in a mountainous area should be planned. A first study done by a different company working only with guidelines recommended specific volumes for stormwater tanks between 30 m3 and 70 m3 per ha impervi

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LeDuc, Todd J., William E. Goellner, and Nabil El Sanadi. "38. Incidence and Nature of Complaints Received in an Urban Fire Rescue System." Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 11, S2 (1996): S30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1049023x00045659.

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Objective: To determine the frequency and nature of patient complaints in a large urban Fire Rescue system.Methods: A two year retrospective review of all unsolicited patient complaints received from any source either internal or external, through our full-time customer service personnel. All customer complaints, concerns and interactions are documented on an interaction form which we reviewed. All complaints were resolved with disposition related to the customer prior to our retrospective study inclusion.Results: During the study period our Fire Rescue system responded to a total of 169,651 c

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Cluckie, I. D., A. Lane, and J. Yuan. "Modelling large urban drainage systems in real time." Water Science and Technology 39, no. 4 (1999): 21–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.1999.0185.

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The interactions between rainfall and urban drainage systems (UDSs) are complex and must be considered as a whole in order to maximise control efficiency whilst at the same time achieving environmentally acceptable solutions. More rigorous standards, as a result of recent EU and UK legislation, are increasingly encouraging intervention in system management rather than more traditional passive procedures. To achieve these goals a global predictive real-time control (RTC) strategy is required, in which real-time flow prediction plays an important part in the provision of necessary first-hand inf

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Volpi, Valentina, Mauro Palatucci, and Giuseppe Marinelli de Marco. "The emergent city. Interactive relational systems between public administration and citizen to foster sustainable processes of urban development." Acta Europeana Systemica 5 (July 13, 2020): 11–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.14428/aes.v5i1.56923.

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The widespread of Information and Communication Technologies and the consequently redefinition of roles in the usage and management of the city brought along new systems of relationships and interactions that produce an auto-organisation of territories or communities, showed also through temporary transformation of the environment. In effect, cities are continuously redefined by emergent properties that may, both be originated and then impact on social, political, cultural, and economical people practices. On the other hand, through the arrangement of its patterns the city shapes the social an

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Sierpiński, Grzegorz, and Marcin Staniek. "Environmentally responsible management of transport of goods in urban areas." Transport Economics and Logistics 80 (December 31, 2018): 205–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.26881/etil.2018.80.21.

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The aim of the article is to present the possibility of taking into account environmental aspects in managing the transport of goods in urban areas. The article presents the ICT system built within the framework of the international S-mile project, which may support both decision-making including environmental aspects in relation to institutions organizing the transport system of a particular area, as well as supporting environmentally responsible attitudes towards local freight carriers. The individual modules and interactions between the stakeholders of the system are also briefly characteri

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Tijani, M. N., S. A. Oke, and A. T. Olowookere. "Hydrogeochemical characterization of a shallow groundwater system in the weathered basement aquifer of Ilesha area, southwestern Nigeria." Proceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences 364 (September 16, 2014): 475–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/piahs-364-475-2014.

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Abstract. Hydrogeochemical characterization of a weathered basement aquifer in Ilesha area, southwest Nigeria, was carried out with respect to geogenic and anthropogenic influences on the shallow groundwater system. Physico-chemical parameters revealed a pH of 6.4–8.4 and EC of 22–825 μs/cm in the urban areas compared to a pH of 7.3–10.5 and relatively higher EC of 126–1027 μs/cm in the peri-urban area. The concentrations of major cations (Ca, Na, K, Mg) in the urban areas revealed relatively lower average concentrations of 28.4, 16.7, 8.4 and 5.0 mg/L, respectively, compared to 82.5, 33.4, 19

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Perry, Nick, Sue Moss, Steve Dixon, et al. "Mammographic Breast Density and Urbanization: Interactions with BMI, Environmental, Lifestyle, and Other Patient Factors." Diagnostics 10, no. 6 (2020): 418. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics10060418.

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Mammographic breast density (MBD) is an important imaging biomarker of breast cancer risk, but it has been suggested that increased MBD is not a genuine finding once corrected for age and body mass index (BMI). This study examined the association of various factors, including both residing in and working in the urban setting, with MBD. Questionnaires were completed by 1144 women attending for mammography at the London Breast Institute in 2012–2013. Breast density was assessed with an automated volumetric breast density measurement system (Volpara) and compared with subjective radiologist asses

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Arnason, Holly Kristin, and Louise Reimer. "Analyzing Public Library Service Interactions to Improve Public Library Customer Service and Technology Systems." Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 7, no. 1 (2012): 22. http://dx.doi.org/10.18438/b8np6t.

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Abstract  Objective – To explore the types and nature of assistance library customers are asking library staff for in a large Canadian urban public library system. Methods – A qualitative study employing transaction logging combined with embedded observation occurred for three-day sample periods at a selection of nine branches over the course of eight months. Staff recorded questions and interactions at service desks (in person, by phone, and electronically), as well as questions received during scheduled and non-scheduled provision of mobile reference service. In addition to

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Xu, Yang, Yulin Zhang, and Ming Liu. "Multiagent Based Decentralized Traffic Light Control for Large Urban Transportation System." Mathematical Problems in Engineering 2014 (2014): 1–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/104349.

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Intelligent traffic control is an important issue of the modern transportation system. However, in large-scale urban transportation systems, traditional centralized coordination methods suffer bottlenecks in both communication and computation. Decentralized control is hard if there is very limited observation to the whole network as evidences to support joint traffic coordination decisions. In this paper, we proposed a novel decentralized, multiagent based approach for massive traffic lights coordination to promote the large-scale green transportation. Considering that only the traffic from th

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Smith, Michael E., José Lobo, Matthew A. Peeples, et al. "The persistence of ancient settlements and urban sustainability." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118, no. 20 (2021): e2018155118. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2018155118.

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We propose a dedicated research effort on the determinants of settlement persistence in the ancient world, with the potential to significantly advance the scientific understanding of urban sustainability today. Settlements (cities, towns, villages) are locations with two key attributes: They frame human interactions and activities in space, and they are where people dwell or live. Sustainability, in this case, focuses on the capacity of structures and functions of a settlement system (geography, demography, institutions) to provide for continuity of safe habitation. The 7,000-y-old experience

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Tian, Li, Gaofeng Xu, Chenjing Fan, Yue Zhang, Chaolin Gu, and Yang Zhang. "Analyzing Mega City-Regions through Integrating Urbanization and Eco-Environment Systems: A Case Study of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 1 (2019): 114. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16010114.

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The high-speed economic growth of mega city-regions in China has been characterized by rapid urbanization accompanied by a series of environmental issues ranging from widespread soil contamination to groundwater depletion. This article begins with an analysis of the interaction between urbanization and the ecological system and reviews existing frameworks for analyzing urban and ecological systems. By taking the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region as an example, the article introduces a conceptual framework to analyze mega city-regions and forecast possible interactions between urbanization and eco-e

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Sharma, Sheetal. "Correlating soil and urban planning for sustainable water cycle." Journal of Water and Land Development 40, no. 1 (2019): 137–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/jwld-2019-0015.

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Abstract Hydrological modelling and processes using modern hydrological models like SCS Curve Number, HCS, HSPF (Hydrologic Simulation Package-Fortran) and kinematic wave models are widely used nowadays in various researches. But using these modelling in drawing the attention of urban planners for challenges and multiple interactions in heterogeneous urban catchments and water systems is still a shortcoming in water sensitive, planning principle. The art of urban planning and technical implementation using behavioural changes in water responses to urban catchments is the need of present urban

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Arden, Sam, Xin (Cissy) Ma, and Mark Brown. "An ecohydrologic model for a shallow groundwater urban environment." Water Science and Technology 70, no. 11 (2014): 1789–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.2014.299.

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The urban environment is a patchwork of natural and artificial surfaces that results in complex interactions with and impacts to natural hydrologic cycles. Evapotranspiration is a major hydrologic flow that is often altered through urbanization, although the mechanisms of change are sometimes difficult to tease out due to difficulty in effectively simulating soil–plant–atmosphere interactions. This paper introduces a simplified yet realistic model that is a combination of existing surface runoff and ecohydrology models designed to increase the quantitative understanding of complex urban hydrol

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Bassolino, Eduardo, and Maria Cerreta. "Climate Adaptive Design Index for the Built Environment (CADI-BE): An Assessment System of the Adaptive Capacity to Urban Temperatures Increase." Energies 14, no. 15 (2021): 4630. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en14154630.

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In a scenario in which the climate changes subject urban centres and large cities to high levels of environmental vulnerability and criticality underway, it is evident the need to define operational and straightforward decision-making tools capable of prefiguring and verifying the effectiveness of urban transformation climate-adaptive regeneration processes. The Climate Adaptive Design Index for the Built Environment (CADI-BE) tool has been developed to assess the adaptive capacity and level of performance of open urban spaces to the stresses due to the increase in global average temperatures.

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De Vries, Mindert, Mark Van Koningsveld, Stefan Aarninkhof, and Huib De Vriend. "Objectifying Building with Nature strategies." Research in Urbanism Series 7 (February 18, 2021): 51–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.47982/rius.7.128.

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By definition, Building with Nature solutions utilise services provided by the natural system and/or provide new opportunities to that system. As a consequence, such solutions are sensitive to the status of, and interact with the surrounding system. A thorough understanding of the ambient natural system is therefore necessary to meet the required specifications and to realise the potential interactions with that system. In order to be adopted beyond the pilot scale, the potential impact of multiple BwN solutions on the natural and societal systems of a region need to be established. This requi

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Gandini, A., I. Prieto, L. Garmendia, J. T. San-José, and A. Egusquiza. "ADAPTATION TO FLOODING EVENTS THROUGH VULNERABILITY MAPPING IN HISTORIC URBAN AREAS." ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences XLII-3/W4 (March 6, 2018): 221–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-xlii-3-w4-221-2018.

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<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> Historic urban areas are complex and inter-reliant systems, vulnerable to natural hazards. Over the recent years, the increase frequency in extreme precipitation events and sea-level rise, have impacted on a large number of historic areas, growing concern over disaster mitigation related to climate change.<br> Most of the changes in the climatological indicators may have adverse impacts on historic areas, leading to physical, social and cultural consequences and should be included in urban planning practice. The importance of addressing cul

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Wang, Jianguo. "Development trend of urban design in “digital age”: Pan-dimensionality and individual-ubiquity." Frontiers of Structural and Civil Engineering 15, no. 3 (2021): 569–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11709-021-0735-7.

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AbstractThe wave of “digital age” featuring digital information is coming. Digital technology is profoundly changing the societal development direction and evolution paths. It also has significant bearing on production modes, social interactions and lifestyles. With regard to urban design, a system of knowledge about the creation and adaptation of material space forms that integrate humanities, art, technology and materials, digital technology has provided it with a brand-new and revolutionary scientific impetus for its evolution. The result of this evolution is “digital urban design paradigm

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Kawarazuka, Nozomi, Christophe Béné, and Gordon Prain. "Adapting to a new urbanizing environment: gendered strategies of Hanoi’s street food vendors." Environment and Urbanization 30, no. 1 (2017): 233–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0956247817735482.

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Drawing upon examples of street vendors in Hanoi, this study explores gendered strategies to adapt to rapid urbanization, and how street vendors’ responses, in turn, shape the current informal food systems. The findings show that Hanoi’s informal food system is organized based on social, as well as economic, interactions and therefore the system’s power hierarchy and gender relations are different from those of formal systems, while providing livelihood opportunities for poor people in both urban and rural spaces. Women operate based on social relations rather than economic interactions, while

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Sitzenfrei, Robert, Sebastian Hillebrand, and Wolfgang Rauch. "Investigating the interactions of decentralized and centralized wastewater heat recovery systems." Water Science and Technology 75, no. 5 (2016): 1243–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.2016.598.

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In the urban water cycle there are different sources for extracting energy. In addition to potential and chemical energy in the wastewater, thermal energy can also be recovered. Heat can be recovered from the wastewater with heat exchangers that are located decentralized and/or centralized at several locations throughout the system. It can be recovered directly at the source (e.g. in the showers and bathrooms), at building block level (e.g. warm water tanks collecting all grey water), in sewers or at the wastewater treatment plant. However, an uncoordinated installation of systems on such diff

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Wu, Ching I., Cheng Chih Liu, and Yi Yen Wu. "Assessment of Urban River Eco-Security: An Integrated Index and Forecast Modeling System." Applied Mechanics and Materials 121-126 (October 2011): 2561–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.121-126.2561.

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It is clear that urban river eco-security model may provide an alternative choice of urban river Engineering Construction decision and correspond to the direction of sustainable city. Our goal is to provide a framework to conceptualize the impacts of various urban river eco-security development strategies over a time scale of several decades, while taking into account interactions and feedback loops between various criteria to the fullest extent allowed by available data and theory. Flooding is serious natural disaster, but there is a lack of integrated strategy on urban river ecosystem manage

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Benedetti, Lorenzo, Jeroen Langeveld, Arjen F. van Nieuwenhuijzen, et al. "Cost-effective solutions for water quality improvement in the Dommel River supported by sewer–WWTP–river integrated modelling." Water Science and Technology 68, no. 5 (2013): 965–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.2013.312.

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This project aims at finding cost-efficient sets of measures to meet the Water Framework Directive (WFD) derived goals for the Dommel River (The Netherlands). Within the project, both acute and long-term impacts of the urban wastewater system on the chemical and ecological quality of the river are studied with a monitoring campaign in the urban wastewater system (wastewater treatment plant and sewers) and in the receiving surface water system. An integrated model, which proved to be a powerful tool to analyse the interactions within the integrated urban wastewater system, was first used to eva

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Zhu, Jianfeng, and Shenzhen Tian. "A Dynamic Urban Lake Area Evolution Model Based on Multilevel Grid, Cellular Automata, and Multiagent System." Complexity 2020 (September 17, 2020): 1–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/1845090.

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Urban lakes have been threatened by rapid expansion of cities in recent years. Their area changes could be extracted by remote sensing technologies. On this basis, a Dynamic Urban Lake Area Evolution Model (DULAEM) is proposed based on a multiagent system (MAS) and a cellular automata (CA) model. The DULAEM is integrated upon an Urban Lake Multilevel Grid (ULMG), which is composed of the vector model with the raster model. In the DULAEM, the CA layer is mainly used for modelling the interactions between urban lakes and their surrounding land use change through the activity of each cell; the MA

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