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Evolution of ecological patterns of land use changes in European metropolitan areas
(2022-11-15)
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Open AccessThis paper aims to analyze the evolution of land-use patterns and the Eco-Environmental Quality Index (EQI) in major European metropolitan areas. To this end, nighttime remote sensing images will be used to delineate ten ... -
Urban Sprawl and Warming: Research on the Evolution of the Urban Sprawl of Chinese Municipalities and its Relationship with Climate Warming in the Past Three Decades
(2022-06-01)
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Open AccessChina is experiencing the largest and fastest urbanization process in the world (Kneebone E., 2013). At the same time, its current rapid urbanization process is almost simultaneously accompanied by urban sprawl. Since the ... -
Uncovering the price effect of energy performance certificate ratings when controlling for residential quality
(Elsevier, 2022-09-01)
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Open AccessIn the last decade, market-mediated financial incentives for energy-efficient construction drawn from information policy, including energy performance certificates (EPC), have been intensively researched. While hedonic-based ... -
Determining Equality of Infection Rates: a Spatial Analysis of Factors Associated with the Spread of COVID-19 in Barcelona, Spain
(2022-09-01)
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Restricted access - publisher's policySince March 2020, the COVID-19 disease has become a global concern, and its concentration has been primarily in urban settings. Previous research suggests that multidimensional factors allow understanding the distribution ... -
Time trends, irregularity and multifractal structure on the monthly rainfall regime at Barcelona, NE Spain, years 1786–2019
(Wiley, 2022-06-30)
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Open AccessA long and complete series of monthly rainfall amounts corresponding to Barcelona city (Catalonia, NE Spain), exceeding two centuries (years 1786–2019), is analysed in detail. The obtained results of periodicity (annual ... -
The effect of energy performance ratings over residential prices or how an insufficient control of architectural-quality may render spurious conclusions
(2022-07-01)
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Open AccessThe European Union has relied upon information symmetry theory to foster decarbonization of existing buildings in cities under the hypothesis that efficient buildings receive a market premium. Hedonic analysis of housing ... -
Hacia un Pasaporte de Renovación de Edificios en España: necesidades y oportunidades a la luz de experiencias europeas
(Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), 2022-03-29)
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Open AccessLa Directiva (UE) 2018/844 (Energy Performance of Building Directive-EPBD) introdujo los Pasaportes de Renovación de Edifi-cios (Building Renovation Passport-BRP) como instrumentos que prometen impulsar la renovación ... -
A choice experiment for testing the energy-efficiency mortgage as a tool for promoting sustainable finance
(springer-Verlag, 2022-06-01)
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Open AccessThe challenges currently facing the EU in the energy sector include increasing import dependence, limited diversification, high and volatile energy prices, decarbonization, and slow progress in energy efficiency. EU energy ... -
Remote sensing and night time urban heat island
(2021-06-28)
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Open AccessThe urban climate literature has highlighted the remarkable prominence of nighttime UHI phenomenon. During nighttime the UHI effects become more evident due to the greater thermal inertia of the materials used in urban ... -
One-Stop-Shops for Energy Renovation of Dwellings in Europe—Approach to the Factors That Determine Success and Future Lines of Action
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2021-11-17)
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Open AccessEnergy renovation of buildings in the European Union would lead to considerable energy savings and a 26% reduction in energy consumption. Despite this and the programmes implemented to promote it in the residential environment ... -
Can we build walkable environments to support social capital? Towards a spatial understanding of social capital; a scoping review
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2021-12-01)
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Open AccessEmpirical evidence suggests that it is possible to socially renew neighbourhoods through the formation of social capital (SC) as an effect of walking. The characteristics of the built environment that influence walkability ... -
Decision-making tool for the selection of priority areas for building rehabilitation in Barcelona
(2022-02-21)
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Open AccessThe promotion of rehabilitation is an urgent necessity in today’s consolidated cities, both due to the need to update their buildings to achieve habitability and safety standards that are required nowadays, as well as to ...
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