Engineers and waterpower on the Lachine Canal, 1843–1871

1993 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 343-348
Author(s):  
Larry Mc Nally
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Power Source ◽  
Public Works ◽  
Strong Stimulus ◽  
Competing Demands ◽  
Unresolved Conflict ◽  
Rapid Industrialization ◽  
The City

As a result of the reconstruction of the Lachine Canal in the 1840s, waterpower became available within the city of Montreal. This power source was a strong stimulus to Montreal's rapid industrialization starting in the 1850s. However, the efforts of the Commissioners of Public Works of the Province of Canada to balance the competing demands of shipping and manufacturing resulted in many problems. The civil engineers, who designed and built the canal, were drawn into an unresolved conflict with other engineers who were interested in utilizing waterpower. Engineers were also in conflict with a variety of non-engineers over the building of waterpower installations and factories. This case study of waterpower on the Lachine Canal demonstrates the opportunities and conflicts for engineers in mid-nineteenth century Canada. Key words: waterpower, industrialization, turbine, hydraulic engineering, canal, Montreal, Lachine Canal.

Budapest: progresso urbano a passi accelerati

STORIA URBANA ◽  
2009 ◽  
pp. 53-80
Author(s):  
Zsuzsa Ordasi
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
National Identity ◽  
Urban Planning ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Public Works ◽  
Master Plan ◽  
Urban Architecture ◽  
European State ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
The City

- Unlike other great cities of Europe, Budapest did not experience any significant urban development before the nineteenth century, especially before 1867, the year of the foundation of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. After that, the city became the second pole, after Vienna, of this important European state. The capital of the Kingdom of Hungary grew through the use of various types of urban architecture and especially through a "style" that was meant to express Hungarian national identity. Architects, engineers, and other professionals from Hungary and Austria contributed to this process of modernization as well as many foreigners from Germany, France and England. The city's master plan - modeled after Paris's - focused on the area crossed by the Viale Sugár [Boulevard of the Spoke] was set on the Parisian model and so covered only certain parts of the city. The Committee on Public Works (1870-1948) played a leading role in putting the plan approved in 1972 - into effect in all aspects of urban planning, architecture and infrastructure.

scholarly journals Strip plazas in the suburbs: a redevelopment framework for convenience centres

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalie Elizabeth Hickey
Keyword(s):  
Real Estate ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Service Needs ◽  
Suburban Communities ◽  
The People ◽  
Post War ◽  
A Site ◽  
The City

Convenience centres are a prominent retail form in the suburban communities of Toronto. Built to satisfy the goods and service needs of the people who inhabit the suburbs, convenience centres were first built in the post-war era, and consist of one-story retail units connected by a shared canopy. They have one or more rows of parking adjacent to the street and are designed to create a convenient experience for drivers. Convenience centres in Toronto typically occupy real estate along the Avenues and major arterial roads: areas designated in the City of Toronto Official plan to support future intensification, density, and housing. Therefore, the research in this project describes a set of recommendations in the form of a framework for redevelopment of convenience centres. It also outlines a case study for a site in Scarborough, Ontario, in which this framework was applied. Key words: retail; strip plaza; convenience centre; suburbs; redevelopment; Toronto;

scholarly journals Pedaleando con Lefebvre por el carril-bici de Sevilla. Por qué no debemos presuponer que las infraestructuras públicas restringen por defecto el derecho a la ciudad.

2021 ◽  
pp. 263-286
Author(s):  
Pedro Malpica
Keyword(s):  
Urban Space ◽  
Public Works ◽  
Right To The City ◽  
Urban Intervention ◽  
Urban Cycling ◽  
Per Se ◽  
The One ◽  
The Right ◽  
The City

The notion —clearly inspired by Lefebvre— according to which public works have per se a coercive character that curtails the inhabitants’ right to the city, should not be applied when evaluating certain infrastructures which actually improve the livability of the urban space, such as those promoting urban cycling. Considering this possible error, it is necessary to examine the repeated exceptions that Lefebvre himself enunciates throughout his work when he characterizes some types of urban intervention that, when fulfilling certain conditions, contribute to the resignification and reappropiation of urban space. We here pursue not only to enumerate these notes by Lefebvre, but to illustrate them taking as a model an urban intervention of great repercussion such as the infrastructure for the promotion of urban cycling in the city of Seville in the first decade of the 21st century, and applying such Lefebvrian contributions to its characteristics. In the confrontation of the different space-producing strategies, some infrastructures —such as the one addressed in this case study— guarantee the right to the city, instead of being, as could be argued from a superficial reading of Lefebvre’s analysis, an element that restricts that right.

scholarly journals Alle radici della moderna ingegneria

2010 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Public Works ◽  
Late Nineteenth Century ◽  
Engineering Studies ◽  
Academic System ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Late Nineteenth ◽  
The Government ◽  
The City ◽  
Engineering Industries

The subject around which the contributions in this volume gravitate is the creation of a higher institute of engineering studies in Florence in the late nineteenth-century. On the eve of the unification of Italy, Florence was a promising centre for a Polytechnic, in view of the experience of the Corpo di Ingegneri di Acque e Strade, the precocious railway building, the importance of the mining sector and the solidity of the Istituto Tecnico Toscano. Despite this, unlike what took place in Milan and in Turin, the Istituto Tecnico Toscano was not transformed into a Polytechnic for the training of engineers. The reasons for this non-development can be traced to the lack of "industrialist" propensities in the managerial group that emerged victorious from the "peaceful revolution" of 1859, to a desire for independence from the national academic system built on the Casati law, and to a local demand for engineering skills that was less dynamic than expected. Consequently, the prevailing winds were those of "normalisation" blowing from the government, the universities and the most prestigious Colleges of Engineers. Nevertheless, Florence continued to represent an important technological centre, especially in relation to railway infrastructures, public works, and the mechanical engineering industries (for example Pignone and Galileo). In the end it was not until one hundred years after unification that the city finally became the seat of a Faculty of Engineering.

scholarly journals Case Study Topography Integrated Urban Center Concept Project on Coastal Line of Kartal/?stanbul

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bahadir Mert Cinar
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
Green Roofs ◽  
Local People ◽  
Central Complex ◽  
Urban Center ◽  
Sustainable Building ◽  
Complex Design ◽  
Urban Problems ◽  
The City

The concept of creating a Topography integrated urban center is to create an urban center that integrated with the city. The first step of the Concept is to settle by using the natural elevation in the land and to create volumes compatible with land by raising together with the elevation. While the passenger circulation at starting elevation is moved into a project with the cave-style volume settled in land elevation. The new area of the square to be defined in the center of the building is intended to form an area combining the neighboring squares Kartal Square and Freedom Square, as well as contributing to the silhouette of Kartal from the sea with the location of the square and building. The project is a central complex design that deals with various urban problems thanks to professionals, local people of Kartal, and clubs which established with the municipality in a comprehensive way to search for solutions to be organized urban workshops and conferences. Key Words Urban Center, Topography integrated, Sustainable Building, Blending with Topography, Walkable Green Roofs, Serving to People, 7/24 Living Place.

Várzeas, Operários e Futebol: Uma outra Geografia

GEOgraphia ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 4 (8) ◽  
pp. 84
Author(s):  
Gilmar Mascarenhas de Jesus
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Working Class ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Class Culture ◽  
New Perspective ◽  
The City

RESUMO No sentido de abrir uma nova perspectiva de estudo geográfico da cidade, procuramos inserir o futebol. Trata-se de modalidade esportiva codificada pelos ingleses no século XIX e que rapidamente se difundiu no contexto da modernidade urbana, alimentando a cultura operária em formação. Analisando o caso brasileiro, procuramos examinar o processo de popularização do futebol na cidade de São Paulo. Palavras-chave: futebol — cidade — classe operária — Brasil.ABSTRACT In order to open a new perspective on geographical studies of the city, we try to insert the football. This sport was codified by the English in the nineteenth century and quickly spread out in the modernity context, contributing to the making of the working class culture. Analysing the Brazilian situation, we examine the popularisation process of the football in São Paulo. Key — words: football — city — working class - Brazil.

The New Urban Infrastructure Crisis Competition for Urban Space

1997 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 148-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Marvin ◽  
Simon Slater
Keyword(s):  
Urban Space ◽  
Urban Policy ◽  
Urban Infrastructure ◽  
Private Companies ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Competing Demands ◽  
Road Space ◽  
The City ◽  
Privately Owned

British cities are now experiencing unprecedented competition for surface and subsurface urban space. Restructuring of the utilities sector has created privately owned companies that are now engaged in major programs of infrastructure renewal while massive investments are underway in retrofitting new forms of telecommunications, energy, and transportation infrastructure. Above the ground, increasing mobility has created new demands for urban road space for the movement of goods and people. Focusing on a case study of Sheffield, the article identifies the competing demands for space, examines the broader implications of these new tensions, and evaluates how far the city is able to mediate between competing demands. The article concludes by raising serious questions about the ability of urban policy to mediate between private companies' demands for urban space in the United Kingdom.

Tahkāl: the nineteenth–century record of two lost Gandhāra Sites

1987 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 301-324
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Errington
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Public Works ◽  
Clear Picture ◽  
Archaeological Record ◽  
Precise Location ◽  
Precise Nature ◽  
The City

The name Tahkā is today remembered by archaeologists only as the provenance of the famous Gandhāra statue of Kuvera in the Lahore Museum (fig. 1:Lahore 3/G101). Little is now known concerning the site itself, its precise location, or whether any architecural remains are still visible on the ground. Yet a hundred years age, the area around Tahkāl contained the most prominent Gandhāra ruins in the immediate neighbourhood of Peshawar, attracting the attention of all interested visitors who came to the city. It is moreover possible to construct a clear picture of the remains from their contemporary descriptions and from the forgotten archaeological record of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In particular, the recent rediscovery of Punjab Public works Department reports of the 1870s, printed in the Punjab Government Gazette, provides many details concerning the precise nature of two of the three major Buddhist structures in this area.

scholarly journals Socialización de la salud y urbanismo en Elche a finales del siglo XIX

2020 ◽  
pp. 323-349
Author(s):  
María Rosa Gómez Martínez
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Western Mediterranean ◽  
Public Works ◽  
Urban Spaces ◽  
Cholera Epidemic ◽  
Urban Distribution ◽  
Siglo Xix ◽  
New City ◽  
The City

Este artículo trata de analizar la respuesta municipal que produce la epidemia de cólera de 1884 en cuanto a la deconstrucción urbanística y arquitectónica de la ciudad según criterios de salud pública e higienismo, en Elche, ciudad del Mediterráneo occidental. Esta deconstrucción se desarrolla según cuatro categorías: la distribución urbana en calidad de nueva ciudad; extinción de la ciudad rural, que se traduce en la superación de la dialéctica huertos-espacios urbanos; la necesidad de obra pública; la apertura de espacios públicos de ventilación y la concienciación de higiene pública/privada. Cuatro categorías que sintetizan los contenidos de una intervención municipal que situamos en el contexto de biopolítica del Estado a finales del siglo XIX en Europa. This article tries to analyze the municipal response produced by the cholera epidemic of 1884 regarding the urban and architectural deconstruction of the city according to the criteria of public health and higiene, in Elche, city of the western Mediterranean. This deconstruction is developed according to four categories: urban distribution as a new city;the extinction of the rural city, which translates into overcoming the urban-urban spaces dialectic; the need for public works; the opening of public ventilation spaces and public / private hygiene awareness. Four categories that synthesize the contents of a municipal intervention that we place in the context of state bipolitics at the end of the nineteenth century in Europe.

scholarly journals Strip plazas in the suburbs: a redevelopment framework for convenience centres

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalie Elizabeth Hickey
Keyword(s):  
Real Estate ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Service Needs ◽  
Suburban Communities ◽  
The People ◽  
Post War ◽  
A Site ◽  
The City

Convenience centres are a prominent retail form in the suburban communities of Toronto. Built to satisfy the goods and service needs of the people who inhabit the suburbs, convenience centres were first built in the post-war era, and consist of one-story retail units connected by a shared canopy. They have one or more rows of parking adjacent to the street and are designed to create a convenient experience for drivers. Convenience centres in Toronto typically occupy real estate along the Avenues and major arterial roads: areas designated in the City of Toronto Official plan to support future intensification, density, and housing. Therefore, the research in this project describes a set of recommendations in the form of a framework for redevelopment of convenience centres. It also outlines a case study for a site in Scarborough, Ontario, in which this framework was applied. Key words: retail; strip plaza; convenience centre; suburbs; redevelopment; Toronto;

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