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Implementing climate justice in Boston’s Building Performance Standard 在波士顿建筑性能标准中落实气候正义

Nature Cities Pub Date : 2024-09-13 DOI: 10.1038/s44284-024-00129-2

Claudia V. Diezmartínez, Benjamin K. Sovacool, Anne G. Short Gianotti

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Building justice in Boston 在波士顿伸张正义

Nature Cities Pub Date : 2024-09-13 DOI: 10.1038/s44284-024-00130-9

Tanesha A. Thomas

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Urban biodiversity is affected by human-designed features of public squares 城市生物多样性受到人类设计的公共广场特征的影响

Nature Cities Pub Date : 2024-09-11 DOI: 10.1038/s44284-024-00126-5

Andrew J. Fairbairn, Sebastian T. Meyer, Maximilian Mühlbauer, Kirsten Jung, Beate Apfelbeck, Katherine Berthon, Andrea Frank, Lea Guthmann, Jana Jokisch, Kristel Kerler, Nina Müller, Christina Obster, Michaela Unterbichler, Johanna Webersberger, Juliane Matejka, Paul Depner, Wolfgang W. Weisser

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Publisher Correction: Repeated and localized flooding is an underestimated challenge for urban disaster risk management 出版商更正：反复发生的局部洪灾是城市灾害风险管理面临的一个被低估的挑战

Nature Cities Pub Date : 2024-09-09 DOI: 10.1038/s44284-024-00135-4

Rodrigo Costa, Edward Bolte, Colleen Sharp, Corinne Bowers

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Urban flooding is intensified by outdated design guidelines and a lack of a systems approach 过时的设计准则和缺乏系统方法加剧了城市洪灾

Nature Cities Pub Date : 2024-09-06 DOI: 10.1038/s44284-024-00128-3

Valeriy Y. Ivanov, Vinh Ngoc Tran, Weichen Huang, Kevin Murphy, Fariborz Daneshvar, Jeff H. Bednar, G. Aaron Alexander, Jongho Kim, Daniel B. Wright

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Cloud cover and urban structures drastically reduce sunlight in cities 云层和城市建筑大大减少了城市的日照

Nature Cities Pub Date : 2024-09-05 DOI: 10.1038/s44284-024-00123-8

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Natural fragmentation increases urban density but impedes transportation and city growth worldwide 自然破碎化增加了城市密度，但阻碍了全球交通和城市发展

Nature Cities Pub Date : 2024-09-04 DOI: 10.1038/s44284-024-00118-5

Luyao Wang, Albert Saiz, Weipeng Li

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The interplay of cloud cover and 3D urban structures reduces human access to sunlight 云层和三维城市结构的相互作用减少了人类获得阳光的机会

Nature Cities Pub Date : 2024-09-02 DOI: 10.1038/s44284-024-00120-x

Shengbiao Wu, Bin Chen, Jiafu An, Chen Lin, Peng Gong

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Tropical archaeology expands the urban frame of reference 热带考古学拓展了城市参照系

Nature Cities Pub Date : 2024-08-29 DOI: 10.1038/s44284-024-00112-x

Christian Isendahl, Vernon L. Scarborough

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A wise doorman’s hidden treasures 聪明门卫的隐藏宝藏

Nature Cities Pub Date : 2024-08-29 DOI: 10.1038/s44284-024-00114-9

Tilmann Heil

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