1. Current views of anthropogenic environments emphasize the extreme novelty of urban and industrial ecosystems. Proponents of reconciliation ecology argue that we need to use such habitats to conserve biodiversity, given the inadequacy of natural reserve systems. 2. Some of the harshest anthropogenic ecosystems may be able to support indigenous biodiversity due to their structural or functiona...

We examined habitat use in a population of synurbic watersnakes with equal access to urban and natural habitats to test the hypotheses that species occupy urban environments either by (1) restricting their activities to any remaining natural areas, or (2) capitalizing on, instead of avoiding, artificial features. For three years we radio-tracked 50 northern watersnakes (Nerodia sipedon) living ...

integration and coherence within a city’s physical structure have become an issue for towns and cities as theyrapidly expand, incorporate new elements, and undergo incessant changes. at present, we are facing an extensive accumulation of signs and traits in modern urban patterns; many unaccustomed to and incongruous are affecting the socio-cultural and physical characters of cities. here, we wi...

Integration and coherence within a city’s physical structure have become an issue for towns and cities as theyrapidly expand, incorporate new elements, and undergo incessant changes. At present, we are facing an extensive accumulation of signs and traits in modern urban patterns; many unaccustomed to and incongruous are affecting the socio-cultural and physical characters of cities. Here, we wi...

The idea of blending art into city life is not new and has been associated with technology from the start. Our paper will consider programmed, generative art works in the context of two art historical antecedents, the Futurists in the 1910s and the art movement Fluxus in the 1960s. We will focus on a selection of installations in the streets of Issy, France, during the “Festival Premier Contact...

Existing datasets for training pedestrian detectors in images suffer from limited appearance and pose variation. The most challenging scenarios are rarely included because they too difficult to capture due safety reasons, or very unlikely happen. strict requirements assisted autonomous driving applications call an extra high detection accuracy also these rare situations. Having the ability gene...