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    Uncovering the potential of urban culture for creative placemaking

    Purpose The authors provide a personal insight into how they see the potential of urban culture as a vehicle for creative placemaking. The purpose of this study is to highlight...
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    Phenotypic signatures of urbanization are scale-dependent: A multi-trait stud...

    Abstract Understanding at which spatial scales anthropogenic selection pressures operate most strongly is a prerequisite for efficient conservation and management of urban...
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    Spatial modelling of biodiversity conservation priorities in Portugal's Monta...

    Spatial models are increasingly being used to target the most suitable areas for biodiversity conservation. This study investigates how the spatial tool Marxan with Zones...
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    ‘Mind the Gap’ between ecosystem services classification and strategic decisi...

    Ecosystem services (ES) are increasingly embedded in policy agendas, but if and how policy actors are considering them is not often reported. This study assesses the extent to...
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    A computational fluid dynamics study in Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    Heat waves and the related heat stress can increase human morbidity and mortality, decrease human productivity and increase building energy consumption for cooling. There is a...
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    A new look at the Flood Pulse Concept : The (ir)relevance of the moving litto...

    The Flood Pulse Concept links the hydraulic river flood pulse to floodplain nutrient status. The edge of inundation, referred to as the moving littoral, causes wetting and...
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    Cross-cutting challenges to innovation in land tenure documentation

    Since around 2011 pilot projects to innovate land tenure documentation are being implemented in various countries in the global south in order to address the shortcomings of...
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    Combining tacit knowledge elicitation with the SilverKnETs tool and random fo...

    Residential choice behaviour is a complex process underpinned by both housing market restrictions and individual preferences, which are partly conscious and partly tacit...
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    Evaluation of cultural ecosystem services : a review of methods

    Abstract Cultural ecosystem services (CES) refer to the nonmaterial benefits people obtain from ecosystems, and they have direct influence on quality of life. Although the...
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    Linking constructive and energy innovations for a net zero-energy building

    INTRODUCTION This article explains the design, construction and energy strategies of LINQ, a netzero energy building that was successfully entered into the Solar...
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    The end of architecture as we know it, the genesis of tomorrow’s tourism

    Purpose The purpose of this paper is to inform the reader of some emerging trends in placemaking and digital destination management, while providing a conceptual background on...
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    Why are online reviews in the sharing economy skewed toward positive ratings?...

    Purpose This study aims to explain why online reviews in Airbnb are skewed toward positive ratings. The authors examine customer perceptions of the service quality of an Airbnb...
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    Nitrogen deposition is the most important environmental driver of growth of p...

    Changing environmental conditions may substantially interact with site quality and forest stand characteristics, and impact forest growth and carbon sequestration. Understanding...
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    Key enablers of and barriers to the uptake and implementation of nature-based...

    Climate change and urbanization have resulted in several societal challenges for urban areas. Nature-based solutions (NBS) have been positioned as solutions for enhancing urban...
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    A framework for valuing spatially targeted peatland restoration

    Recent evidence suggests that the degree of degradation of peatlands is substantial, and that there is a significant potential to enhance the delivery of a wide range of...
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    Ecosystem services

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    Temporal trends in tree defoliation and response to multiple biotic and abiot...

    The vitality of forests depends on multiple biotic and abiotic stresses that can act in an interactive way. Tree defoliation levels are therefore subject to long-term changes...
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    Planning and establishment principles for constructed wetlands and riparian b...

    In a great number of scientific articles on water quality improvement using constructed wetlands (CW) and riparian buffers zones (RBZ) at catchment scale, contradictory results...
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    Comparing outdoor recreation preferences in peri-urban landscapes using diffe...

    The growing demand for a variety of outdoor recreation pursuits in peri-urban areas evokes the need for effective landscape management strategies based on reliable information...
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    Exploring under-utilised low carbon land resources from multiple perspectives...

    Mobilising under-utilised low carbon (ULC) land resources for future agricultural production can help reducing pressure on high carbon stock land from agricultural expansion,...