Surface urban heat island (SUHI) in the context of urbanization has gained much attention in recent decades; however, the seasonal variations of SUHI and their drivers are still not well documented. In this study, the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (BTH) urban agglomeration, one of the most typical areas experiencing drastic urbanization in China, was selected to study the SUHI intensity (SUHII) based o...

Article history: Received 2 November 2012 Received in revised form 10 June 2013 Accepted 27 July 2013 Available online 3 September 2013 In this paper we will present studies aimed at uncovering the attitudes, needs, and expectations people have towards novel types of urban computing technologies deployed in a city. First, we conducted a storytelling competition to elicit future visions of how p...

Objectives: To find the coverage rate and factors associated with the failure of BCG vaccination in urban and rural areas of Peshawar. Material and Methods: This cross-sectional survey was conducted in areas near Peshawar University Campus Hashtnagari, Naway Kalay and Pawaka Village in June 2010. A questionnaire was used to interview parents of 548 children, aged four years and below, about dem...

BACKGROUND Implementation of programs for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV faces a variety of barriers and challenges. The assessment of these challenges has generally been conducted in large urban health facilities. As programs expand into rural areas, the potential barriers that may be encountered there also need to be assessed. This study examines potential barri...

AIM To identify the prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) against Japanese women (JW) and non-Japanese women (NJW) in a perinatal setting. Additional purposes were to identify the associated factors of IPV, describe the characteristics of IPV against NJW, and assess the acceptability of the Violence Against Women Screen (VAWS) instrument as a screening tool. METHODS A cross-sectional ...

An urban ecosystem is a dynamic system. Therefore, regular monitoring through the use of measurable indicators will enable an assessment of performance and effectiveness. This paper presents a conceptual framework to facilitate the development of an inclusive model for the sustainability assessment of green infrastructure. The framework focuses on key interactions between human health, ecosyste...

in order to understand what educational planning means, it is necessary to understand what is meant by planning and what a plan is. it is from this level that we will go into the explanation of educational planning in urban planning and architecture. the finding of research shows fundamental discourse that has been surveyed in this paper. character of educational planning in urban studies concl...