Assessing Coastal Flood Risk in a Changing Climate for Dublin, Ireland by Roberta Paranunzio, Marco Guerrini, Edward Dwyer, Paul J. Alexander, Barry O’Dwyer

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Sowing Resilience and Contestation in Times of Crises: The Case of Urban Gardening Movements in Barcelona by Marta Camps-Calvet, Johannes Langemeyer, Laura Calvet-Mir, Erik Gómez-Baggethun, Hug March

“…Data were collected from semi-structured interviews with gardeners and with staff from the Barcelona City Council. Our results show mechanisms through which urban gardens can contribute to build resilience by nurturing social and ecological diversity, generating and transmitting local ecological knowledge, and by creating opportunities for collective action and self-organization. …”
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Visitors’ Awareness and Willingness-to-Pay towards Coastal Sustainability in Cherating, Pahang by Nik Ab Rahim Nik Nor Rahimah, Azaharuddin Azmir Nurhakim

“…Overall, the visitors’ feedback was positive, suggesting that providing this acceptance information to the Kuantan City Council and the Department of Irrigation and Drainage, Pahang, could be beneficial in implementing strategies for sustainable coastal management in Cherating Beach.…”
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Comparing the Effectiveness of Biodiversity Conservation across Different Regions at County Scale by Kaikai Dong, Ziqi Chen, Ying Li, Guanglei Hou, Zhaoli Liu

“…Our study could provide valuable insights for the transfer payment. …”
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Food intolerance in premature babies: possibilities of additional diagnostics by T.K. Mavropulo, A.A. Khorosh

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Open Hardware: A Role to Play in Wireless Sensor Networks? by Roy Fisher, Lehlogonolo Ledwaba, Gerhard Hancke, Carel Kruger

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Conservation approaches on historic government buildings in Malaysia / Izatul Laili Jabar, Rohaslinda Ramele @ Ramli and Hasnizan Aksah by Jabar, Izatul Laili, Ramele @ Ramli, Rohaslinda, Aksah, Hasnizan

“…Historic buildings in Malaysia may possibly classified into six(6) categories, namely shop houses, commercial buildings, religious buildings, private houses, palaces, and institutional buildings (Kuala Lumpur City Council ; 1996).The term conservation has become familiar to almost everybody. …”
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Adaptive reuse of old colonial building, Muar as gallery & resource centre design: a comparative study on Islamic architecture influence towards Kuala Lumpur colonial buildings by Nur Amalina Hanapi, Leng, Pau Chung

“…With the invited collaboration of library design study from Muar, Johor parliament for community library, an initiative proposal study of adaptive reuse old colonial which was previously an office building in Jalan Othman been made aligned with an approach to local authority, Majlis Perbandaran Muar with the council vision of low carbon city for the town. Several case studies of colonial building will be selected to explore the Islamic principles, garden element and design development to balance their framework screening for the vacant colonial office building. …”
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Evaluating tourist sensory experience in melaka world heritage site by Abd. Rahman, Nur Hidayah

“…A multi-method quantitative approach is adopted to identify the tourists’ sensory experiences around the Melaka Historical City Council’s (MBMB) Core Zone area. A questionnaire as a guide map is designed using items and attractions identified through content analysis of journal articles and travel materials. …”
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Family needs on child development in the light of health promotion by Verônica de Azevedo Mazza, Anna Maria Chiesa

“…In the subjective dimension, data were obtained by means of a focal group undertaken with 21 families and by means of semi-structured interviews with 12 representatives of socialization agencies: Family protection council, Primary Health Care Unit, “Pastoral da Criança (community-based organization run by the Catholic Church to provide help to mothers and children), day-care center and pre-school. …”
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Determining the contribution of organizational factors increasing the competence of Karaj municipality staff by Iraj Babaee, Abbas Abbaspour, Hassan Asadzadeh, Ali Delavar, Hussein Abdollahi

“…The municipality is considered to be the most complete public organization that adopts many city affairs by the City Council and provides significant municipal services to the citizens, since the efficiency of each organization depends on the level of employee productivity and function. …”
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Biological responses to change in Antarctic sea ice habitats by Kerrie M. Swadling, Kerrie M. Swadling, Andrew J. Constable, Alexander D. Fraser, Robert A. Massom, Robert A. Massom, Robert A. Massom, Melanie D. Borup, Laura Ghigliotti, Antonia Granata, Letterio Guglielmo, Nadine M. Johnston, So Kawaguchi, So Kawaguchi, Fraser Kennedy, Rainer Kiko, Philippe Koubbi, Philippe Koubbi, Ryosuke Makabe, Ryosuke Makabe, Ryosuke Makabe, Andrew Martin, Andrew McMinn, Andrew McMinn, Masato Moteki, Masato Moteki, Evgeny A. Pakhomov, Ilka Peeken, Jody Reimer, Jody Reimer, Phillip Reid, Phillip Reid, Ken G. Ryan, Marino Vacchi, Patti Virtue, Patti Virtue, Patti Virtue, Patti Virtue, Christine K. Weldrick, Pat Wongpan, Simon J. Wotherspoon

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Don't get taken for a ride! : designing and Implementing effective autonomous vehicle regulation in Toronto, Ontario by Gillies-Podgorecki, Benjamin M. (Benjamin Marshall)

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We should pay more attention to the community context in the disaster management: lessons learned from the first days after the Khoy earthquake by Ehsan Rhikhtegar, Behrouz Fathi

“…The mosques were run by the Basij (volunteer mobilization force), or Mosque Council, with most help coming from donors and official and unofficial communications from the council. …”
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Development of spatial-based system for business licensing for a Malaysian local town governing authority by Mohd Nor, Nurfarhana

“…This study which involved the development of spatial-based system for business licensing for Malaysian local authorities was conducted to help the local authorities in improving their services. The Johor Bahru City Council (MBJB) was selected as the collaborator of this study and the issues encountered by them was identified. …”
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Game Theory in Mobile CrowdSensing: A Comprehensive Survey by Venkat Surya Dasari, Burak Kantarci, Maryam Pouryazdan, Luca Foschini, Michele Girolami

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Delivery of index-linked HIV testing for children: learnings from a qualitative process evaluation of the B-GAP study in Zimbabwe by Stefanie Dringus, Katherine Davis, Victoria Simms, Sarah Bernays, Nicol Redzo, Tsitsi Bandason, Rudo Chikodzore, Edwin Sibanda, Karen Webb, Getrude Ncube, Katharina Kranzer, Rashida A. Ferrand, Chido Dziva Chikwari

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L’entrepreneuriat touristique local : une opportunité d’inversion du processus de marginalisation d’un centre historique ? Une analyse dans la médina de Fès au Maroc by Merryl Joly

“…The latter own travel agencies, restaurants and/or several guest houses or hotels, both in the medina and in the new city. Finally, five interviews were held with local associations and public actors, whether they are members of the Association of Riads and Guest Houses of Fez (ARMH-Fez), the municipality, the Regional Investment Center or the Regional Tourism Council of the city. …”
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A study of customers' satisfaction on online banking at Majlis Bandaraya Melaka Bersejarah (MBMB), Melaka / Noorshaeda Sapuan by Sapuan, Noorshaeda

“…On 15 April 2003, the historical city of Malacca Municipal Council was upgraded to the Melaka Bandaraya Melaka Bersejarah (MBMB). …”
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Evidence from 43 countries that disease leaves cultures unchanged in the short-term by Gian Luca Pasin, Aron Szekely, Kimmo Eriksson, Andrea Guido, Eugenia Polizzi di Sorrentino, Giulia Andrighetto

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