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Urban forests at the time of COVID-19 protect us from fine dust
In these days, the role that fine particles in urban areas could play in facilitating the pandemic spread of the COVID-19 virus is becoming increasingly important. It is also well known that exposure to air pollution and in particular to fine dust…
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Urban greenery cushions the decrease in leisure-time physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic: A natural experimental study.
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and related social distancing measures have altered the daily lifestyles of people worldwide. Although studies on this disease are emerging rapidly, less is known about the impacts of COVID-19 and…
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Urban landscape and public space as an expression of everyday life
Resumen Dado que el paisaje urbano es la expresión de todo lo que es posible percibir en los espacios públicos de la ciudad, el análisis de los atributos urbanos permite identificar patrones, secuencias y unidades del paisaje urbano que conducen a…
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Urban mosquito species (Diptera: Culicidae) of dengue endemic communities in the Greater Puntarenas area, Costa Rica
Field studies were conducted to determine the mosquito species richness in the urban area of Greater Puntarenas in Costa Rica. Two cross-sectional entomological surveys were performed in seven localities of Puntarenas: one survey was performed during…
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Urban Political Ecology. Great Promises, Deadlock… and New Beginnings?
The paper starts from the premise that it is vitally important to recognize that the rapid rate of planetary urbanization is the main driver of environmental change. Indeed, the ‘sustainability’ of contemporary urban life (understood as the expanded…
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Urban Resilience Assessment: Mapping Knowledge Structure and Trends
The literature on urban resilience assessment has grown rapidly over the past two decades. This paper aims to provide a better understanding of the state of knowledge on urban resilience assessment through mapping the knowledge domain and…
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Urbanismo y ecología en Buenos Aires: un recorrido por la planificación urbana en su contexto ecológico-regional
La urbanización de Buenos Aires, inserta en un contexto pampeano y rioplatense, significó la construcción de un espacio metropolitano de notable densidad poblacional: en las últimas cinco décadas la superficie urbanizada llega a duplicar la huella de…
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Urbanismo y prácticas agrícolas
Este texto presenta y discute el fenómeno del cultivo de vegetales en ámbitos urbanos. Inicialmente se aborda el tema en el campo simbólico: el concepto de paraíso, el surgimiento de la agricultura y el nacimiento de las ciudades. En un segundo…
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Urbanismo, ecología y ciudad consolidada
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Urbanización e impacto de los ciclones tropicales en la ciudad de Progreso de Castro, Yucatán
En México , las ciudades costeras presentan mayor vulnerabilidad por exposición a los ciclones tropicales, en parte por las condiciones medio ambientales locales que repercute en el desarrollo de la urbanización. Pero la falta de…
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