Many cities are located on estuaries, floodplains or other biologically productive and unique habitats. Natural ecosystems are fragmented in urban areas and are increasingly isolated as cities densify to accommodate population growth. Greenways are one approach to maintain natural connections, thereby preserving larger breeding populations of plants and animals and more robust food webs. The Gr...

Dr. E. Nigel Wardle, MD, ‘Greenways’, 21 Common Road, North Leigh, Oxon OX8 6RD (UK) Minimal change nephrotic syndrome (MCN) has proved so far to be an enigma. The prescribed treatment amounts to a trial of corticosteroid therapy [1,2] with the addition of cyclophosphamide for those who continue to relapse. Not surprisingly there are dissenting voices in respect of the steroid dosage schedule [...

Los procesos de metropolización del territorio impulsan fenómenos polarización espacial que determina un estado creciente fragilidad económica y social las “inner peripheries” conectada a abandono patrimonio edificatorio infraestructuras. En este contexto, el grupo académicos italianos españoles ha desarrollado entre 2018 2020 la investigación intitulada Rutas resiliencia. Reutilización relanza...

introduction this study is dealt with the environmental planning from a bio-cybernetic and hierarchical systems viewpoint within the context of landscape ecology. this viewpoint requires not only knowledge of the science of ecology but also ecological wisdom in order to recognize the place of humankind in nature. the conceptual and practical approach which is provided will help landscape planne...

Record climate extremes are reducing urban liveability, compounding inequality, and threatening infrastructure. Adaptation measures that integrate technological, nature-based, social solutions can provide multiple co-benefits to address complex socioecological issues in cities while increasing resilience potential impacts. However, there remain many challenges developing implementing integrated...

Urban forests have played important roles in social, cultural, economic and environmental development of urban centers in West Africa through benefits such as landscape enhancement, provision of recreational and cultural facilities, erosion control, watershed protection and supply of fruits and fuelwood. The growing population and rapid urbanization occasioned by demographic switch from rural t...