certain geographical zones within urban areas could be an effective means of combating heat-related mortality because there is …

“normal” rates and trajectories of their recovery. I document the population trajectories of ten urban resident land bird …

estimated demand. The consumption standards of 120 and 60 l per capita per day for urban and semi-urban water supplies …

with the runoff coefficient rising from 0.01 to more than 0.40. In contrast with urban areas elsewhere, these changes were … groundwater recharge rates and subsequently groundwater discharge to the urban drainage network. Urban density and groundwater … abstraction for urban irrigation most strongly influence the urbanisation impact on catchment fluxes. The results shows that urban …

In a world with an increasing urban population, analysing the construction impacts of sanitation infrastructures …

Mission Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis (TMPA). The study provides new results of TMPA data accuracy in urban areas and … suggests a possible linkage between the observed urban-modified temperatures, hypothesized enhanced convection, and improved … TMPA accuracy in urban areas. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011 …

This paper presents the results of a 2003 national survey of urban water pricing structure implemented by 429 district …

In efforts to enhance subjective urban quality of life (QOL), most empirical research focuses on measuring satisfaction … useful to focus on residential preferences to both characterize and improve subjective urban QOL in local areas. This study … compares satisfaction and preference measures in four broad types of urban environment in South East Queensland, Australia. As …