Characterization of pathologies in housing structures. A case study in the city of Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico

Usually, megacities expand without proper planning in a context of demographic growth and are increasingly dependent on the natural resources related to the occupied area. This is a major challenge for the sustainable management of these territories, justifying the need for a better knowledge of land use/land cover (LULC) distribution and characteristics to observe spatial anthropogenic dynamics. In this study, the Bogotá river basin and the Bogotá megacity were analyzed as a case study. The main objective of this work was to analyze the historical LULC dynamics from 1985 to 2014. Reliable forecasting scenarios were developed using the Land Change Modeler to support sustainable management and planning. Results show an expansion of the Bogotá megacity toward the Northeast and an increase of urban areas within the basin. These changes implied a loss of 58% of forest surface, a strategic ecosystem, from 1985 to 2014. This dynamic is expected to continue, with a 50% increase of urban areas between 2012 to 2050, thus the megacity and neighbor cities potentially become an “urban continuum”. A replacement of crop and pasture lands near the city is expected, even though Bogotá lands are among the best agricultural lands in the Andean region of Colombia.

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Construction of plastic contact deformation maps on ceramics: a case study on aluminum nitride

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100165641 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 54 ◽

pp. 636-637

Author(s):

D. L. Callahan

Keyword(s):

Plastic Deformation ◽

Aluminum Nitride ◽

Mechanical Response ◽

Three Dimensional ◽

Bright Field Image ◽

Perfectly Plastic ◽

Contrast Analysis ◽

Deformation Patterns

Modern polishing, precision machining and microindentation techniques allow the processing and mechanical characterization of ceramics at nanometric scales and within entirely plastic deformation regimes. The mechanical response of most ceramics to such highly constrained contact is not predictable from macroscopic properties and the microstructural deformation patterns have proven difficult to characterize by the application of any individual technique. In this study, TEM techniques of contrast analysis and CBED are combined with stereographic analysis to construct a three-dimensional microstructure deformation map of the surface of a perfectly plastic microindentation on macroscopically brittle aluminum nitride.The bright field image in Figure 1 shows a lg Vickers microindentation contained within a single AlN grain far from any boundaries. High densities of dislocations are evident, particularly near facet edges but are not individually resolvable. The prominent bend contours also indicate the severity of plastic deformation. Figure 2 is a selected area diffraction pattern covering the entire indentation area.

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Characterization of Resilience of Networks to Uncertain Disruptions: A Case Study of Houston Road Network during Hurricane Harvey

International Conference on Transportation and Development 2020 ◽

10.1061/9780784483169.004 ◽

2020 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Bahrulla Abdulla ◽

Bjorn Birgisson

Keyword(s):

Road Network

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Study of Interior Materials as Passive Fire Protection in Karaoke Building (Case Study: Masterpiece Signature Family KTV Medan)

International Journal of Architecture and Urbanism ◽

10.32734/ijau.v4i1.3855 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 30-43

Author(s):

Saras Ayu Faradita ◽

Vinky Rahman

Keyword(s):

Fire Protection ◽

Analytical Hierarchy Process ◽

Passive Protection ◽

Fire Incident ◽

Fire Disaster ◽

Passive Fire Protection ◽

Protection Systems ◽

Hierarchy Process ◽

The City

The fire incident in karaoke buildings in Indonesia which claimed many lives has occurred several times. According to the National Academy of Science US, the smoke toxins that come out of the fire disaster cause 50-80% of deaths. Refers to the data, it is necessary to check further about the building material response to fire during a fire incident. Masterpiece Signature Karaoke is a karaoke building that classified as large and magnificent in the city of Medan which has various material so that it is necessary to study the interior material as passive fire protection. The purpose is to find out how to assess the reliability of fire passive protection regard to the interior materials and recommendations or descriptions of right interior material planning using the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP). This method is efficacious to solve the problem of reliability in using interior materials as passive fire protection in Masterpiece Signature Family KTV Medan building with the results of an Adequate Level of reliability. Then, design recommendations were given for the use of interior materials in karaoke building to improve the reliability results to be better.The results are useful as information for other researchers and karaoke buildings regarding passive fire protection systems at the Masterpiece Signature Family KTV Medan.

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Emplacing Berlin: Digital Itineraries and Short-term Study Abroad in the City

International Journal of Humanities and Arts Computing ◽

10.3366/ijhac.2018.0204 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 26-36 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Richard B. Apgar

Keyword(s):

Study Abroad ◽

Urban Landscape ◽

Physical Space ◽

Short Term ◽

Study Abroad Programs ◽

Term Study ◽

Digital Maps ◽

Short Term Study ◽

The City

As destination of choice for many short-term study abroad programs, Berlin offers students of German language, culture and history a number of sites richly layered with significance. The complexities of these sites and the competing narratives that surround them are difficult for students to grasp in a condensed period of time. Using approaches from the spatial humanities, this article offers a case study for enhancing student learning through the creation of digital maps and itineraries in a campus-based course for subsequent use during a three-week program in Berlin. In particular, the concept of deep mapping is discussed as a means of augmenting understanding of the city and its history from a narrative across time to a narrative across the physical space of the city. As itineraries, these course-based projects were replicated on site. In moving from the digital environment to the urban landscape, this article concludes by noting meanings uncovered and narratives formed as we moved through the physical space of the city.

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A Case Study of Seoul Tourism Storytelling in the Perspective of Public Service Innovation: Focused on the City Marketing Strategy based on Culture Technology(CT)

Journal of Korea Service Management Society ◽

10.15706/jksms.2014.15.4.007 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 15 (4) ◽

pp. 125-154

Author(s):

박상규 ◽

KimHyeonCheol

Keyword(s):

Marketing Strategy ◽

Public Service ◽

Service Innovation ◽

City Marketing ◽

The City ◽

Culture Technology

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Analysis of geodetic and legal documentation in the process of expropriation for roads. Krakow case study

Geodesy and Cartography ◽

10.2478/geocart-2013-0004 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 62 (1) ◽

pp. 67-84

Author(s):

Anna Trembecka

Keyword(s):

Local Government ◽

Legal Status ◽

The State ◽

Property Value ◽

Real Property ◽

Construction Design ◽

Special Rules ◽

The City

Abstract Amendment to the Act on special rules of preparation and implementation of investment in public roads resulted in an accelerated mode of acquisition of land for the development of roads. The decision to authorize the execution of road investment issued on its basis has several effects, i.e. determines the location of a road, approves surveying division, approves construction design and also results in acquisition of a real property by virtue of law by the State Treasury or local government unit, among others. The conducted study revealed that over 3 years, in this mode, the city of Krakow has acquired 31 hectares of land intended for the implementation of road investments. Compensation is determined in separate proceedings based on an appraisal study estimating property value, often at a distant time after the loss of land by the owner. One reason for the lengthy compensation proceedings is challenging the proposed amount of compensation, unregulated legal status of the property as well as imprecise legislation. It is important to properly develop geodetic and legal documentation which accompanies the application for issuance of the decision and is also used in compensation proceedings.

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