Plants in urban areas play an essential role to cleanse the pollution in human environment. The paper describes the choice of eco–friendly plant species and their right placement in the urban environment to overcome the pollution problems.

in vehicular ad hoc networks there is the ability to communicate between vehicles. this communication which is wireless should be rapid and reliable. these networks have unique characteristic. this communication among vehicles has many advantages in safety and comfort applications. since, the roads are always encountered to accidents and risks, using optimized tools could be useful in these sit...

Faunal responses to anthropogenic habitat modification represent an important aspect of global change. In Puerto Rico, two species of arboreal lizard, Anolis cristatellus and A. stratulus, are commonly encountered in urban areas, yet seem to use the urban habitat in different ways. In this study, we quantified differences in habitat use between these two species in an urban setting. For each sp...

Monitoring spatiotemporal changes in large urban agglomorations will become increasingly important as the number and proportion of urban residents continue to increase. The synoptic view of urban landcover provided by satellite and airborne sensors is an important complement to in situ measurements of physical, environmental and socioeconomic variables in urban settings. The 10 to 80 m spatial ...

In recent decades, unprecedented urban expansion has taken place in developing countries resulting in the emergence of megacities or urban agglomeration. It has been highly concerned by many countries about a variety of urban environmental issues such as greenhouse gas emissions and urban heat island phenomenon associated with urbanization. Generally, thermal environment is monitored by remote ...

The evaluation of ecosystem services can provide essential help in incorporatating the multifunctionality of urban ecosystems in planning and management processes. Two important regulating services of urban trees, carbon sequestration and air pollution removal, are evaluated in this article for different types of tree stands (streets, parks) in the city centre of Szeged (Hungary). The necessary...

introduction environment is a pervasive platform for all the living creatures, which is exposed to multiple challenges, especially with the increasing rate of urbanization; levels and dimensions of these threats have increased. scientific activities in a publishing form such as reports and articles is an accepted procedure between various scientific fields. documents, reports and articles are s...

Urban morphology, including buildings’ typology and their configuration, affects sky view factor and insolation, which are two of the most influential parameters in urban microclimate. These become even more important in extreme environmental conditions. In this research, challenge was to generate various rule based urban morphologies in a parametric environment. Then, to evaluate them based on...