Deforestation trends and spatial modelling of its drivers in the dry temperate forests of northern Pakistan — A case study of Chitral

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 1192-1207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khuram Shehzad ◽  
Faisal M. Qamer ◽  
M. S. R. Murthy ◽  
Sawaid Abbas ◽  
Laxmi D. Bhatta
Keyword(s):  
Temperate Forests ◽  
Spatial Modelling ◽  
Northern Pakistan

Decolonising a landscape architecture studio: Spatial modelling of student narratives

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-47
Author(s):  
Christine Price
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Model ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Spatial Modelling ◽  
First Year ◽  
Spatial Form ◽  
Public Park ◽  
New Meanings ◽  
Global North

This paper problematises the dominance of global north perspectives in landscape architectural education, in South Africa where there are urgent calls to decolonise education and make visible indigenous and vernacular meaning-making practices. In grappling with these concerns, this research finds resonance with a multimodal social semiotic approach that acknowledges the interest, agency and resourcefulness of students as meaning-makers in both accessing and challenging dominant educational discourses. This research involves a case study of a design project in a first-year landscape architectural studio. The project requires students to choose a narrative and to represent it as a spatial model: a scaled, 3D maquette of a spatial experience that could be installed in a public park. This practitioner reflection closely analyses the spatial model of one student, Malibongwe, focusing on his interest in meaning-making; the innovative meaning-making practices and diverse resources he draws on; and his expression of spatial signifiers of the Black experiences portrayed in his narrative. This reflection shows how Malibongwe’s narrative is not only reproduced in the spatial model, it is remade: the transformation of resources into three-dimensional spatial form results in new understandings and the production of new meanings.

Bayesian spatial modelling of geostatistical data using INLA and SPDE methods: A case study predicting malaria risk in Mozambique

2021 ◽  
pp. 100440
Author(s):  
Paula Moraga ◽  
Christopher Dean ◽  
Joshua Inoue ◽  
Piotr Morawiecki ◽  
Shahzeb Raja Noureen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Modelling ◽  
Malaria Risk

Diversity of plant assemblages in managed temperate forests: a case study in Normandy (France)

2003 ◽  
Vol 175 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 321-337 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michaël Aubert ◽  
Didier Alard ◽  
Fabrice Bureau
Keyword(s):  
Temperate Forests ◽  
Plant Assemblages

Key Point of Bridge Damage Caused by Glacial Debris Flows along International Karakorum Highway, Pakistan

2012 ◽  
Vol 256-259 ◽  
pp. 2713-2723 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Ping Liao ◽  
Ying Yan Zhu ◽  
D.H.Steve Zou ◽  
Zhi Quan Yang ◽  
Waseem Muhammad ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Debris Flows ◽  
Northern Pakistan ◽  
Detailed Data ◽  
Prevention Measures ◽  
Improvement Project ◽  
Field Investigations ◽  
Abrasive Erosion ◽  
Bridge Damage ◽  
The Impact

Glacial debris flows along International Karakorum Highway (KKH) connecting northern Pakistan with China, are always causing so extreme threats to a majority of bridges built along KKH. So the improvement project of KKH has been being carried out by China Road & Bridge Corporation in 2008. However it is necessary to collect the detailed data about the damages to bridges and obtain the most dangerous key position. The series of field investigations from 2008 to 2011 demonstrate that the damages are classified into four categories: deposition under bridge, abrasive erosion, impact on piers or abutment and collapse due to buoyancy. Statistics indicate deposition under bridge is the most dominant damage whereas the most serious damage is the impact on piers or abutments. Therefore a case study on key point is made for the typical bridge subjected to impact from Ghulkin glacial debris flow. Finally prevention measures are given.

scholarly journals Contribution to study of the dependability of a drinking water system

2018 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-18
Author(s):  
Djamila Boumelita ◽  
Lahbassi Ouerdachi ◽  
Nasr-Eddine Debbache
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Block Diagram ◽  
Water System ◽  
Spatial Modelling ◽  
Structural Aspect ◽  
Drinking Water System ◽  
Criticality Index ◽  
The City

AbstractIn order to ensure better availability of water resource to different users, we undertook a dependability study of system for drinking water supply. A real case study was done on the water supply network in the city of El Hadjarin Algeria. We started from the site modelling, which provided a calculation of a Hydraulic Criticality Index (HCI) in order to prioritize the importance of pipes in the network. Once the indices were calculated, a modelling procedure of reliability block diagram was applied. The objective was to study and analyse the existing network to measure the water availability problems and try to provide viable solutions. An action on the structural aspect and hardware may be required in order to ensure better availability of water and make the system more reliable. Spatial modelling is also proposed to be able to monitor different parts of the network where problems may occur.

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