Cities in the Kurdistan region in Iraq – particularly, the capital city of Hewlair (Erbil) – are facing environmental problems such as water, air and noise pollution. Political instability, ethnic tensions, politically motivated decisions, wars and economic sanctions, consumerism, lack of ...
CULTIVATING REFUGE: THE ROLE OF URBAN AGRICULTURE AMONGST REFUGEES AND FORCED MIGRANTS IN THE KURDISTAN REGION OF IRAQ Refugee camps are born out of chaos and crisis, characterised as short-term responses with little in the way of planning for long-term living. However, it ... M Tomkins,S ...
This study investigates the distribution of sixteen priority polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), various sources of PAHs, and their probable cancer-causing risks in the soil samples collected from urban cities in Bihar, India. During the winter season, the ∑16PAH concentration was dominant and ...
Urban land use land cover changes and their effect on land surface temperature: case study using Dohuk City in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq Climate, 5 (1) (2017), p. 13 Google Scholar Jiang et al., 2015 D.M. Jiang, X.S. Li, F.T. Qu, M.Y. Li, S.L. Zhang, Y.L. Gong, ...
Description of urban heat sinks, with examples from the 2003 heatwave in the Paris region During a 2003 heatwave, when the daytime temperature hit 40 degrees C it fell to between 23 and 26 degrees during the night in the areas of the city that are the greenest or got the most breeze. ...
Dr. Nicola Masey has found that a new system can accurately model air quality in large cities like London in minutes, within five metres of any given location using just a standard office computer.
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The current study was carried out to determine seroprevelance of Toxoplasma gondii infection among 418 women subjected to abortion aged from 16 to 45 years in four different areas in Iraqi Kurdistan region. Two different serological tests were used for diagnosis, ELISA with directed form and mini ...
byUniversity of Washington Credit: CC0 Public Domain Social inequalities, specifically racism and classism, are impacting the biodiversity, evolutionary shifts and ecological health of plants and animals in our cities. That's the main finding of a review paper led by the University of Washington, ...
The Guggenheim Museum, designed by star architect Frank Gehry, led to an economic boom in the Spanish city of Bilbao. This "Bilbao Effect" is appealing to many urban planners and politicians who look to better position their cities in economic and social