Search Results - "Boruff, B."

Turning down the heat: An enhanced understanding of the relationship between urban vegetation and surface temperature at the city scale by Duncan, J.M.A., Boruff, B., Saunders, A., Sun, Q., Hurley, J., Amati, M.

“…Guiding urban planners on the cooling returns of different configurations of urban vegetation is important to protect urban dwellers from adverse heat impacts…”
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Looking through a crystal ball: Understanding the future of Vietnam's minerals and mining industry by Nguyen, B N, Boruff, B, Tonts, M

“…•The Vietnamese government continues to support the mining industry.•The mining industry will remain a key sector of the economy regarding revenue contribution…”
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Managing multifunctional landscapes: Local insights from a Pacific Island Country context by Duncan, J.M.A., Haworth, B., Boruff, B., Wales, N., Biggs, E.M., Bruce, E.

“…Across Pacific Island Countries, projects and policies are incorporating objectives related to managing landscape multifunctionality to sustain flows of…”
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Indicators of mining in development: A Q‐methodology investigation of two gold mines in Quang Nam province, Vietnam by Nguyen, B.N., Boruff, B., Tonts, M.

“…Mining plays an increasingly important role in Vietnam's economy and has been central to the economic and social development strategies of a number of…”
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AN OPEN-SOURCE MOBILE GEOSPATIAL PLATFORM FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE MAPPING: A CASE STUDY OF WALL-TO-WALL FARM SYSTEMS MAPPING IN TONGA by Duncan, J., Davies, K. P., Saipai, A., Vainikolo, L., Wales, N., Varea, R., Bruce, E., Boruff, B.

“…Pacific Island Countries (PICs) such as Tonga rely on services provided by agricultural landscapes to support livelihoods, economic activity, and food…”
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AN OPEN-SOURCE MOBILE GEOSPATIAL PLATFORM FOR PROMOTING CLIMATE-SMART LIVELIHOOD-LANDSCAPE SYSTEMS IN FIJI AND TONGA by Davies, K. P., Duncan, J., Wales, N., Varea, R., Shojaei, H., Bruce, E., Boruff, B., Biggs, E.

“…Communities in Fiji and Tonga rely on landscape services to support a variety of livelihoods. These communities are increasingly vulnerable to climate (e.g…”
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Erosion Hazard Vulnerability of US Coastal Counties by Boruff, Bryan J, Emrich, Christopher, Cutter, Susan L

“…This article examines the vulnerability of US coastal counties to erosion by combining a socioeconomic vulnerability index with the US Geological Survey's…”
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Tornado hazards in the United States by Boruff, Bryan J., Easoz, Jaime A., Jones, Steve D., Landry, Heather R., Mitchem, Jamie D., Cutter, Susan L.

“…Losses from all natural hazards have increased steadily over the past 3 decades and a continuous cycle of Presidential disaster declarations was generated as…”
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The influence of urban design on neighbourhood walking following residential relocation: Longitudinal results from the RESIDE study by Giles-Corti, Billie, Bull, Fiona, Knuiman, Matthew, McCormack, Gavin, Van Niel, Kimberly, Timperio, Anna, Christian, Hayley, Foster, Sarah, Divitini, Mark, Middleton, Nick, Boruff, Bryan

“…The design of urban environments has the potential to enhance the health and well-being of residents by impacting social determinants of health including…”
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A Longitudinal Analysis of the Influence of the Neighborhood Environment on Recreational Walking within the Neighborhood: Results from RESIDE by Christian, Hayley, Knuiman, Matthew, Divitini, Mark, Foster, Sarah, Hooper, Paula, Boruff, Bryan, Bull, Fiona, Giles-Corti, Billie

“…There is limited longitudinal evidence confirming the role of neighborhood environment attributes in encouraging people to walk more or if active people simply…”
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Changing water system vulnerability in Western Australia's Wheatbelt region by Boruff, B., Biggs, E., Pauli, N., Callow, N., Clifton, J.

“…Within a changing world where freshwater resources are coming under increasing pressure, assessing water system vulnerability is critical for enabling adequate…”
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Assessing the potential for concentrated solar power development in rural Australia by Clifton, Julian, Boruff, Bryan J.

“…This paper identifies the potential for concentrated solar power (CSP) to generate electricity in a rural region of Western Australia. A review of policies…”
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The Environmental Vulnerability of Caribbean Island Nations by Boruff, Bryan J., Cutter, Susan L.

“…Within the hazards- and disaster-research community consensus exists as to factors that magnify or attenuate the effects of extreme natural events on local…”
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Assessing Flood Hazard Zones in the Absence of Digital Floodplain Maps: Comparison of Alternative Approaches by Gall, Melanie, Boruff, Bryan J, Cutter, Susan L

“…This article examines options for assessing flood hazards whenever digital floodplain maps are not available. Two floodplain-modeling approaches are assessed:…”
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Social Vulnerability to Environmental Hazards by Cutter, Susan L., Boruff, Bryan J., Shirley, W. Lynn

“…Objective. County-level socioeconomic and demographic data were used to construct an index of social vulnerability to environmental hazards, called the Social…”
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Short-Term Memory Capacity: Magic Number or Magic Spell? by Schweickert, Richard, Boruff, Brian

“…Previous experiments have found that memory span is greater for items that can be pronounced more quickly. For a variety of materials the span equals the…”
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Lifelines by Shoaf, K, Argothy, V, Boruff, B, Cubbin, L, Miller, J

“…The Post-Earthquake Investigation Committee of the Technical Council on Lifeline Earthquake Engineering (TCLEE), a technical council of the American Society of…”
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The Long Road Home: Race, Class, and Recovery from Hurricane Katrina by Cutter, Susan L., Emrich, Christopher T., Mitchell, Jerry T., Boruff, Bryan J., Gall, Melanie, Schmidtlein, Mathew C., Burton, Christopher G., Melton, Ginni

“…Hurricane Katrina was not the strongest of the three storms that reached Category Five intensity in terms of wind speeds or central pressures, but converging…”
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Structures by Fierro, Eduardo, Irfanoglu, Ayhan, Perry, Cynthia

“…Damage to structures was widely distributed throughout the region affected by the 23 June 2001 earthquake. The cities of Arequipa, Ocona, Camana, Moquegua, and…”
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Highways and railroads by Edwards, Curtis, Yashinsky, Mark, Byers, William

“…The Post-Earthquake Investigation Committee of the Technical Council on Lifeline Earthquake Engineering (TCLEE), a technical council of the American Society of…”
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