Historical-geographical understanding of the development of settlements and roads in the Southeastern Zagreb Foothills from the 13th to the 16th century by Dubravka Latinčić

“… This paper describes the development of settlements and roads in the Southeastern Zagreb Foothills from the 13th to the 16th century. …”
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Tenure Security and Responsible Land Management of Urban Informal Settlements on <i>Waqf</i> Land in Semarang City, Indonesia by Iwan Rudiarto, Walter Timo de Vries, Alvita Bhanuningtyas Rustanto, Kanaya Aliyanadira Hidayat

“…This article investigates how and why the management of <i>Waqf</i> land, a particular type of land tenure in urban informal settlements, transforms. The analysis draws on principles of responsible land management and focuses on the specific case of <i>Waqf</i> land owned by the Kauman Grand Mosque in Semarang City, Indonesia. …”
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A Privacy-Preserving Scheme for Charging Reservations and Subsequent Deviation Settlements for Electric Vehicles Based on a Consortium Blockchain by Beibei Wang, Yikun Yang, Wenjie Liu, Lun Xu

“…Our paper introduces a privacy protection scheme specifically designed for electric vehicle charging reservations to address this issue. …”
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ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCE ON THE MIGRATION AND SETTLEMENT OF OYO-OSUN COCOA MIGRANT FARMERS IN ONDO DIVISION, SOUTHWESTERN NIGERIA, 1930s-1970s by Adesote Samson Adesola

“…It specifically discusses how environmental factor constituted one of the major factors that contributed to the migration and settlement of Oyo-Osun cocoa migrant farmers in Ondo Division of Southwestern Nigeria between 1930s and 1970s. …”
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Engagement around risk, informality and Nature-based solutions in Nakuru, Kenya by H. Tuhkanen, R. Pateman, R. Opiyo, C. Muhoza, H. Cambridge, D. Archer, S. Cinderby

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Features of a Legal Regime of a Museum and Archaeological Complex on Early History of Samara Creation by Lyudmila Vladimirovna Averina, Irina Sergeevna Miamina

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Research on the Dynamic Defensive Efficiency of Traditional Military Settlements in the Ming Dynasty: A Case Study of Ningbo Coastal Defense, China by Lingxin Meng, Ziyao Yang, Lifeng Tan, Shulong Yan, Yukun Zhang, Xuan Wang

“…Defensiveness is a pivotal characteristic of traditional military settlements in ancient China, influenced by various factors linked to settlement construction and the occurrence of battles. …”
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Spatiotemporal Dynamics and Mechanisms of Coastal Rural Settlements Under Diverse Geomorphic Conditions: A Multi-Bay Analysis in Guangdong, China by Ying Pan, Siyi Feng, Ying Shi

“…The spatiotemporal evolution of coastal rural settlements varies significantly across different geomorphic environments, yet this variation is underexplored in current research. …”
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BRITISH COLONIAL CONQUEST AND POPULATION MOVEMENT IN NORTHERN NIGERIA 1897– 1903 by Umar Zubairu, Mohammed Auwalu, Adamu Babayo Usman

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Profiling bacterial communities of irrigation water and leafy green vegetables produced by small-scale farms and sold in informal settlements in South Africa by D. M. Kgoale, J. K. Gokul, S. Duvenage, E. M. Du Plessis, L. Korsten

“…Small-scale farmers have gained recognition as important suppliers of morogo to informal settlements. In commercial production systems, leafy green vegetables have increasingly been reported as associated with foodborne pathogens and disease outbreaks. …”
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Unequal relational travel patterns of long-distance rail trips between different levels of settlement hierarchies – Case study from Hungary by Vilmos Oszter, István Kövesdi, László Sipos

“…Origin and Destination (OD) trip settlements were classified into specific settlement hierarchy groups and by the novel Sum of Ranking Differences (SRD) algorithm and ANOVA, the multiple surveyed socio-economic trip characteristics were grouped.The results confirm that a higher level of settlement network hierarchies generates overall more though not necessarily more frequent long-distance trips, which are not equal to all sub-categories. …”
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IDENTIFICATION OF ANIMAL RESOURCES FROM THE DOBROVĂȚ-LA LIVADĂ LATE IRON AGE SETTLEMENT (4TH-3RD CENTURIES BC) by Daniel MALAXA, Alexandru BERZOVAN

“…The material comes from the Late Iron Age settlement of Dobrovăț-La Livadă in Iași County and represents food waste presenting butchering, burning, and disarticulation marks. …”
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Ecosystem approach to sustainable neighborhoods: applicability of environmental and urban sustainability indicators in informal neighborhoods by Jose Hinostroza-Martinez, María Custodio, Jesus Chavez-Villarroel

“…IntroductionInformal settlements in Peru face critical challenges related to the lack of urban planning, limited access to basic services, and high environmental vulnerability due to their location on hillsides and risk-prone areas. …”
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Green spaces, blue spaces and human health: an updated umbrella review of epidemiological meta-analyses by XiaoWen Wang, Bowen Feng, Juan Wang

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German Colonists of Northwest Russia in Conditions of Post-Revolutionary Reality (1918-1922) by V. N. Shaidurov, V. A. Lomanov

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"I'll take them another day": A qualitative study exploring the socio-behavioral complexities of childhood vaccination in urban poor settlements. by Judy Gichuki, Ben Ngoye, Francis Wafula

“…Five focus group discussions (FGDs) were conducted with purposively sampled caregivers of children under five years of age residing in informal settlements. The Theory of Planned Behavior guided the structuring of the FGD questions. …”
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Land Use Functions Serve as a Critical Tool for Advancing the Settlements Quality Assessment in Traditional Villages: A Case Study of Guizhou Province by Yan Wang, An Huang, Feier Wang, Zhe Cheng, Min Wang

“…Specifically, first, a comprehensive framework for assessing the settlement quality in traditional villages is proposed by systematically deconstructing the interrelationships among the key dimensions and elements with the guiding by the objectives of livable community development, the social–ecological system (SES) framework, and the land use functions (encompassing production, living, and ecological functions, PLE function). …”
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THE TOPONYMY OF THE VILLAGE OF PADESH, BLAGOEVGRAD AREA – SEMANTIC CLASSIFICATION AND STRUCTURAL SPECIFICS by Nadelina Ivova

“…It represents a semantic classification of the place names and observes their structural specifics. The text also mentions some word-formation and morphological peculiarities. …”
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Daulatabad neighborhood: A home to be in the world by P. Mohammadi, N. Amiri, S. Gholipour

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From a Medieval Town to the Modern Fortress of Rosas (Girona-Spain). Combining Geophysics and Archaeological Excavation to Understand the Evolution of a Strategic Coastal Settlemen... by Sabater Marc Bouzas, Grimal Lluís Palahí, Bartrolí Roger Sala, Órtiz-Quintana Helena, Simón Pedro Rodríguez

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