Auflistung Nach Schlagwort "Urban areas"
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A Baselined Gated Attention Recurrent Network for Request Prediction in Ridesharing
(2022)Ridesharing has received global popularity due to its convenience and cost efficiency for both drivers and passengers and its strong potential to contribute to the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. ... -
Bikeability audit in urban road environment: Case study in the city of Volos, Greece
(2018)Promotion of cycling can improve the sustainability level of a city or an urban area. This study presents a methodology that audits the bikeability level of the urban road environment across three selected routes in the ... -
A Comparison of Feature Selection Techniques for Neural Network Based Load Forecasting
(2019)The performance of neural networks in load forecasting tasks is highly influenced by the selection of the inputs. This selection is either problem specific or is relied on the literature. The scope of the present study is ... -
Environmental noise measurements and dtm modeling in dense urban conditions in volos city center according to the 2002/49/eu directive
(2011)The wide growth of the transportation means, as well as the development of productive activities or even leisure activities in urban areas of large cities, has evaluated the problem of "environmental noise pollution" and ... -
Flexible Deployment and Enforcement of Flight and Privacy Restrictions for Drone Applications
(2020)As drones gradually become a key component of next-generation cyber-physical systems, it is important to manage them in a flexible and efficient way. At the same time, it is crucial to enforce certain restrictions, which ... -
An information system for judicial and public administration using artificial intelligence and geospatial data
(2017)The adoption of information technology in judicial and public administration has become a major need nowadays with the rapid growth of information regarding managerial issues. This paper presents an advanced methodology ... -
Intercalibration of DMSP/OLS by Parallel Regressions
(2016)The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-Operational Linescan System night lights offer a unique data set, covering more than two decades. However, for a number of reasons, an intercalibration procedure has to take ... -
Median Shift Lunar Correction for VIIRS
(2021)Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) 24-h data are substantially affected by lunar illumination. A new method is proposed to correct this distortion and be able to form a consistent time series. The method has ... -
Noise and annoyance from motorbikes, scooters and mopeds in urban areas
(2012)Motorbikes, scooters and mopeds (altogether called Powered-Two-Wheelers or PTW) are considered, based on surveys performed in the past, amongst the most annoying environmental noise sources in the cities. A test campaign ... -
Peri-urban and urban forests in Greece: Obstacle or advantage to urban development?
(2007)Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to investigate the importance of peri-urban forests to the process of urban growth. The article aims at providing a brief description of peri-urban forests' contribution to the ... -
Predicting urban expansion in Moscow based on night lights
(2017)Night-lights obtained by the DMSP/OLS sensor offer a unique opportunity to measure urban expansion in the past two decades. We apply a method to project the existing night-lights time series in the future in order to ... -
"Quiet tram track" infrastructure solutions at Athens tramway network for squealing noise attenuation
(2009)The "Quiet City Transport" (QCity) project (6th FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME: SUSTAINABLE SURFACE TRANSPORT - EU Project FP6-516420, Contract No TIP4-CT-2005-516420, 2005") aims to develop an integrated technology infrastructure ... -
Recording and Evaluation of Motorcyclists’ Distraction of Attention in Urban Areas
(2021)Over the last years, distracted driving constitutes a considerably increasing road safety problem with disastrous results and it possesses a leading position among the accidents causes. The present study deals with motorcycle ... -
Road traffic noise monitoring program & mitigation measures at the Athens ring motorway
(2009)Athens urban area is characterized from high environmental road traffic noise levels due to the important road movements towards the city center & suburban areas (1). The "ATTIKI ODOS" Athens ring motorway network aims in ... -
Shopping mall environmental impact evaluation based on microscopic traffic flow simulation
(2019)The goal of the paper is to demonstrate the approach of using microscopic traffic flow simulation for evaluation of the environmental impact of new Shopping mall in the urban area. The results of the research demonstrate, ... -
Squealing noise abatement techniques in athens tram network
(2010)This article presents various operating systems, developed and implemented at the Athens Tram network to reduce the airborne noise emitted in the sharp curves of the tramway. From the first days of the network's operation ... -
Strategic noise maps & noise action plans for the protection of urban areas from Athens International Airport (AIA) operation according to european directive 2002/49
(2010)Athens International Airport "Eleftherios Venizelos" (AIA) is considered a pioneer international Public-Private Partnership, being the first major greenfield airport constructed with the participation of the private sector ... -
VIIRS lunar radiance removal by Dark Object Subtraction
(2019)The removal of lunar radiance in Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) - Day/Night Band (DNB) images is explored based on the Dark Object Subtraction method. A Dark Object is selected and the difference of the ...