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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Urban Science"”.
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Reparative Urban Science: Challenging the Myth of Neutrality and Crafting Data-Driven Narratives
… a distinctive lens on how we should see urban technology in the context of a long history of systemic racism, and how we can take a reparative approach to intervene in contemporary situations of racial inequality with technology/data as a method to address systemic racism. The current …
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Urban science and the future of sustainable cities: Planning support systems and open data perspectives
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2024-12-01
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Teaching Nutrition and Health in the Urban-Science Classroom A Blended-Approach to Culturally Relevant, and Problem Based Learning.
… to have similar achievements in the field of science. Young people from urban and impoverished backgrounds are less likely to see value or purpose in their science education. For this reason it is my belief that something needs to change in the way we educate urban youth in the field science. …
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Engaging A Middle School Teacher And Students In Formal-Informal Science Education: Context Of Science Standards-Based Curriculum And Urban Science Center
… SCHOOL TEACHER AND STUDENTS IN FORMAL-INFORMAL SCIENCE EDUCATION: CONTEXTS OF SCIENCE STANDARDS-BASED CURRICULUM AND URBAN SCIENCE CENTER</p> <p>by</p> <p>SHAMARION GLADYS GRACE</p> <p>May 2015</p> <p>Advisor: Dr. Jazlin Ebenezer</p> <p>Major: Curriculum and Instruction</p> <p>Degree: Doctor of …
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Urban Design Workshops: A System Model of Engagement for Sustainable Community Development
… they inhabit. A system model of engagement for urban design workshops proposes functions, processes, and roles for local stakeholders interacting with planning experts. Three mechanisms are outlined for effective workshops: stakeholders contribute inputs and experiences in defining the problem …
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Jaywalking Index: Visual and Socio-demographic Patterns in London
… the intricate dynamics of pedestrian safety, urban design, and behavioral analysis within the overarching framework of Vision Zero principles in London, UK. With a specific emphasis on comprehending jaywalking behavior, this study investigates the sociodemographic characteristics of jaywalkers …
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Factors Affecting the Academic Performance of Learning Disabled Students in Science
… performance of learning disabled students in an urban science classroom. The research focused on a group of six learning disabled sixth grade students. Student self-perceptions, levels of motivation, and locus of control served as the primary concentrations of the research study. Data was …
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Examining the Dynamics of Urban Form, Flow, and Accessibility Using Geo-Computational Methods: A Case Study of Delhi
… is widespread across the globe. However, as urbanization escalates in the cities of the global south, concerns regarding unsustainable living have become increasingly prominent. Consequently, there is a pressing need to delve deeper into comprehending the essence of cities and their …
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Visual AI for Sustainable Urban Development Computer Vision and Machine Learning Applications for Climate and Social Impact
… technology’s potential to promote sustainable urban development. Presenting and evaluating three case studies that employ computer vision and machine learning in urban planning contexts, the research highlights the potential of Visual AI in enhancing urban complexity understanding and …
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Exploring the Impact of the Implementation of Reality Pedagogy: Self-efficacy, Social Capital, and Distributed Cognition
… society becomes more and more dependent on science and technology, it calls for our students to be more science-oriented and involved in science. However, as statistics show, our urban students are not as engaged in science classes, resulting in poor performance in science. With this fact in …
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Deciphering human activities in complex urban systems : mining big data for sustainable urban future
"Big Data" is in vogue, and the explosion of urban sensors, mobile phone traces, and other windows onto urban activities has generated much hype about the advent of a new 'urban science.' However, translating such Big Data into a planning-relevant understanding of activity patterns and travel …
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Urban Data Memory: Using Generative AI to Structure and Visualize Zoning Data for Urban Planning Evaluation
Urban planners face significant challenges in systematically and quantitatively evaluating past planning practices, stemming, among other reasons, from the scarcity of accessible structured data. The period from a plan’s initiation to implementation can span generations; recorded data from the …
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Cybersecurity for urban critical infrastructure
Our cities are under attack. Urban critical infrastructure which includes the electric grid, water networks, transportation systems and public health and safety services are constantly being targeted by cyberattacks. Urban critical infrastructure has been increasingly connected to the internet for …
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Behavior Modeling and Analytics for Urban Computing: A Synthetic Information-based Approach
The rapid increase in urbanization poses challenges in diverse areas such as energy, transportation, pandemic planning, and disaster response. Planning for urbanization is a big challenge because cities are complex systems consisting of human populations, infrastructures, and interactions and …
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Remapping Songdo: A genealogy of a smart city in South Korea
… between history, culture, technology, and urban governance in South Korea. It focuses on the technologies and techniques of making and governing a smart city and argues that they have been shaped by the long-term concerns for security, future, development, and globalization. This is not …
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EFFICACY-RELATED BELIEFS AND PRACTICES ABOUT EQUITABLE SCIENCE TEACHING: A CASE STUDY IN AN URBAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Science "for all" programs have been advanced as the model for introducing and maintaining high standards for science education in every classroom. While standards documents have been an important equalizing force in education for the last twenty years, disparities still exist across multiple …
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Indagine sulla nozione di fatto urbano ne L'architettura della città di Aldo Rossi
… di ricerca ha come oggetto la nozione di fatto urbano elaborata e presentata da Aldo Rossi nel libro L’architettura della città edito nel 1966. Ne L’architettura della città sono molteplici le definizioni e le forme con cui è enunciata la nozione di fatto urbano. Nel corso della tesi si è …