URBAN VERSUS SUBURBAN TEMPERATURES

Complete Urban Surface Temperatures

An observation program using ground and airborne thermal infrared radiometers is used to estimate the surface temperature of urban areas, taking into account the total active surface area. The authors call this the complete urban surface temperature. This temperature is not restricted by the viewing biases inherent in remote sensors used to estimate surface temperature over rough surfaces such ...

Community and neighborhood relations in Ankara: An urban–suburban contrast

This paper focuses on community and neighbourhood relations of two high-income districts in Ankara. A suburban and a more traditional urban community are contrasted via a field survey that focuses on attitudes toward certain community values and toward other citizens. The findings indicate that residents in both settings express similar values towards community and neighbourhood relations. Thei...

The Urban/Suburban/Rural Cleavage in Canadian Political Opinion By

Urban and suburban frequency division duplex measurements for UMTS

Wideband measurements across the two frequency bands allocated for UMTS serivesc have been carried out in the dense urban environment of Manchester city centre and in the suburbas of Manchester. The data were anaylsed to characterise the differences between both the two 60 MHz bands and for corresponding 5-MHz bands. Reults of the individual bands and for the differences are presented from the ...

Self-Harm Narratives of Urban and Suburban Young Women

This qualitative study explored the motivations, meanings, functions, and consequences of self-harm for young women in urban and suburban contexts. It found that all 6 participants deliberately harmed themselves in response to traumas, family stress, and relationship problems. However, the suburban girls connected their self-harm behaviors to an overall sense of despondency, whereas the urban g...