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One-stop-shops as a model to manage housing energy retrofit: a General Approach to Europe and Spain
(Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2022)
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Restricted access - publisher's policyEnergy renovation of buildings in the European Union would lead to important energy savings and a 26% reduction in consumption. But, despite these relevant benefits and the programs implemented to promote energy retrofit, ... -
Water Sensitive Urban Design Systems Thermal Behavior II: Thermal Analysis of WUD’s Which Do Not Retain Water
(Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2022)
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Restricted access - publisher's policyThere is a global trend to urbanize with Water Sensitive Urban Design systems. WSUDs try to integrate the urban water cycle in the urban design to improve the environmental behavior in the urbanization of the cities. ... -
Practice and evaluation of sponge city strategies for flash flooding mitigation in Mediterranean coastal cities: a case study of El Poblenou, Barcelona
(Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2022)
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Restricted access - publisher's policyWith global climate change, storms and floods have affected many cities around the world, and coastal cities are under greater threat. The Urban drainage systems have developed for a long time, and “Sponge city” is a new ... -
Opportunities and challenges for scaling agrivoltaics in rural and Urban Africa
(American Institute of Physics (AIP), 2021)
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Open AccessCrop Area Integrated Photovoltaics (CAIPV) systems yield electricity and crops on the same area of land. Most CAIPV research and commercial activity over the last decade has taken place in temperate countries of the Global ... -
Assessing Urban Greenery using Remote Sensing
(International Society for Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE), 2022)
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Restricted access - publisher's policyThe special significance of green spaces in cities has been fully demonstrated. Green spaces are key elements to improve the quality of urban life. They contribute to human well-being by providing ecosystem services such ... -
Effects of Urban Greenery on Health: a Study from Remote Sensing
(2022)
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Open AccessGlobal warming is causing increasing Heat Waves that affect human health. High temperatures markedly increase morbidity and mortality. Urban Heat Islands increase the effects of Heat Waves and are a serious inconvenience ... -
Un SIG orientado al geomarketing inmobiliario en el ámbito de Barcelona
(Semana de geomática, 2005)
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Open AccessLos cambios en las caracteristicas y necesidades de espacio para la actividad económica, el creciente predominió del sector terciario de oficinas o I+D, por efecto de la terciarización económica, implica nuevas formas, ... -
Acompañamiento versus conocimiento: representaciones de estudiantes de escuela media del Conurbano Bonaerense en torno a sus docentes
(2015)
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Using remote sensing imagery to study urban heat island and heat waves
(International Society for Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE), 2021)
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Restricted access - publisher's policylobal Warming is causing increasing Heat Waves (HW) that affect human health. In this context, urban heat islands (UHI) increase the effects of heatwaves, representing a serious inconvenience to human health and comfort. ... -
Modelling nighttime air temperature from remote sensing imagery and GIS data
(International Society for Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE), 2021)
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Restricted access - publisher's policyThe estimation of the Earth's surface temperature (LST) from the infrared thermal radiation (TIR) emitted by the Earth detected by means of remote sensing has allowed a giant leap in climate analysis. The specialized ... -
A new approach to the estimation of the nighttime land surface temperature
(International Society for Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE), 2021)
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Restricted access - publisher's policyIn the context of global warming, the urban heat island (UHI) has become more and more serious, aggravating the severity of heat waves impacts, which not only cause pollution and increase energy consumption, but also pose ... -
New ways of life: is polycentrism tackling dispersal in Mediterranean metropolises?: a first approach
(2011)
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Restricted access - publisher's policyMetropolization has become the prevailing way of life in a world where 53% of its population lives in cities. Nevertheless, urban expansion has followed different models beyond suburbs and sprawl, in metropolises where ...
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