scholarly journals The right to functioning urban infrastructure – A review

2021 ◽  
Vol 79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Wall
Keyword(s):  
Urban Infrastructure ◽  
The Right

Favelas, Affordable Housing, and Authoritarian Urbanism in the Era of Mass Eradication in Rio de Janeiro, 1960s–1970s

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leandro Benmergui
Keyword(s):  
Affordable Housing ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Urban Infrastructure ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Military Regimes ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
The Right ◽  
The City

As the number of favelas and poor residents of Rio de Janeiro grew quickly by the mid-20th century, they became the object of policymaking, social science research, real estate speculation, and grassroots mobilization. After a decade in which local authorities recognized the de facto presence of favelas but without legally ascertaining the right of permanence, the 1960s and early 1970s witnessed the era of mass eradication. Seemingly contradictory—but complementary—policies also included the development of massive low-income housing complexes and innovative community development and favela urbanization experiences empowered by community organizations with the assistance of experts committed to improving the lives of poor Cariocas (residents of Rio). Favelas in Rio were at the crossroads of a particular interplay of forces: the urgent need to modernize Rio’s obsolete and inadequate urban infrastructure; the new administrative status of the city after the inauguration of Brasilia; and the redefinition of the balance of power between local, municipal, and federal forces in a time of radical politics and authoritarian and technocratic military regimes, Cold War diplomacy, and the transnational flows of expertise and capital.

THE HYDROECOLOGICAL STATUS OF SMALL HISTORICAL RIVERS LYBED AND POCHAYNA IN THE BASIN OF THE DNIEPER AND VOLGA AT THE BEGINNING OF THE XXI CENTURY

2019 ◽  
pp. 74-88
Author(s):  
V.K. Khilchevskyi
Keyword(s):  
Water Content ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
Urban Infrastructure ◽  
The State ◽  
Volga Basin ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Small Rivers ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Right

A survey study of the general hydroecological status of the historical small rivers of the same name Lybed and Pochayna, known since the Middle Ages (10th-11th centuries) in the Dnieper basin in Ukraine and in the Volga basin in the Russian Federation (RF), has been carried out. These rivers, many centuries ago, were natural objects around which cities formed, and in our time they turned out to be “absorbed” by cities. The state of six small rivers was analyzed: Lybed and Pochayna – tributaries of the Dnieper, Kiev, Ukraine; Lybed and Pochayna – Klyazma tributaries (Volga basin), Vladimir, Russia; Lybed – a tributary of the Oka (Volga basin), Ryazan, Russia; Pochayna – a tributary of the Volga, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. According to hydromorphological indicators of the state of the rivers (catchment area and water content), the studied ones relate to rivers of very small size and very low water content. A significant part of the channel of these rivers is enclosed in a reservoir (41-100%). The hydroecological condition of these rivers is unsatisfactory, water is prone to pollution. The Pochaina River – a tributary of the Dnieper in Kiev (Ukraine) and the Pochaina River – a tributary of the Volga in Nizhny Novgorod (RF) turned into lost natural heritage sites. Given the involvement in urban infrastructure, the morphometric parameters of the six rivers considered are the greatest prerequisites for being more or less revitalized in the river Lybed – the right tributary of the Dnieper in Kiev (Ukraine).

Energy democracy as the right to the city: Urban energy struggles in Berlin and London

2019 ◽  
Vol 52 (6) ◽  
pp. 1093-1111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sören Becker ◽  
James Angel ◽  
Matthias Naumann
Keyword(s):  
Urban Space ◽  
Energy Systems ◽  
Urban Infrastructure ◽  
Right To The City ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Political Contributions ◽  
Urban Energy ◽  
The Right ◽  
Ecologically Sustainable ◽  
The City

In this paper, we argue that it is generative to link struggles around access to, control over, and the transformation of urban energy systems to the imaginary of the right to the city; and we explore the conceptual, empirical and political contributions of this connection. Our paper starts with two main questions: (1) what do we learn from reading attempts to reclaim urban energy systems from a right to the city perspective? (2) What can this analysis add to debates around the right to the city? We make two main arguments from our empirical engagements with initiatives seeking to remunicipalise urban energy systems in Berlin and London, each of which is premised upon calls for more just, democratic and ecologically sustainable forms of energy supply. First, we argue that these struggles need to transcend concerns around energy infrastructure to raise broader questions around the democratisation of urban space. Second, we contend that appropriating long-lasting urban infrastructure requires the creation of new and durable forms of democratic institutions, providing insights into the notion of self-management (autogestion) beyond more spontaneous and fleeting forms of protest and uprising addressed in much of right to the city literature. Overall, the paper hopes to put the question of autogestion and related strategies at the centre of conversations around right to the city moving forward.

scholarly journals Study of the ravine-gully system of the city of Dnipro with the aim of returning them territories to the urban infrastructure

2019 ◽  
Vol 109 ◽  
pp. 00129
Author(s):  
Kristina Zmiievska ◽  
Artur Zmiievskyi
Keyword(s):  
Electromagnetic Field ◽  
Flux Density ◽  
Urban Infrastructure ◽  
The State ◽  
Eastern Side ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Deformation Processes ◽  
The Right ◽  
The City ◽  
Natural Impulse

The article provides an analysis of the state of individual fragments of a ravine-gully system in the right-bank part of the city of Dnepr and its impact on the urban infrastructure. Examples of the successful use and construction of ravines with buildings and structures are considered. According to the results of the survey by the method of the natural impulse electromagnetic field of the Earth, a map-scheme of the flux density of the natural impulse electromagnetic field of the Earth was constructed in the area adjacent to the Monument of Glory, showing the presence of a previously covered ravine. The deformation processes that are observed on the eastern side of the Monastyrska gully are analyzed. Methods for strengthening landslide-prone slopes are considered.

scholarly journals PROGRAMA NACIONAL DE HABITAÇÃO RURAL E CONDIÇÕES DE MORADIA EM PEQUENAS CIDADES NA AMAZÔNIA PARAENSE

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 480
Author(s):  
Walkiria Maria Sousa da Silva ◽  
Joana Valente Santana ◽  
Katia Maria dos Santos Melo ◽  
Pedro Paulo de Miranda Araujo Soares
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Infrastructure ◽  
Dialectical Materialism ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Rural Housing ◽  
Housing Program ◽  
Small Cities ◽  
House Construction ◽  
The Right

O artigo analisa o direito à moradia rural em pequenos municípios paraenses (Abaetetuba, Santa Izabel do Pará e Soure), por meio do Programa Nacional de Habitação Rural (PNHR), considerando aspectos socioeconômicos das famílias. A pesquisa é orientada pelo materialismo histórico e dialético, realizando levantamento bibliográfico, documental e de campo, com formulários e entrevistas semiestruturadas. Os resultados mostram que o PNHR oferece o acesso à nova casa; o sentimento de segurança; a existência de banheiro interno; os serviços de saúde e de educação. Por outro lado, as famílias relatam problemas de infraestrutura da casa e do entorno, além da dificuldade de pagamento da mensalidade. Conclui que o PNHR desconsidera as particularidades regionais, como a necessidade de compartimentos amplos de cozinha e pátio, com vistas à preservação da sociabilidade do modo de vida rural amazônico.NATIONAL RURAL HOUSING PROGRAM AND HOUSING CONDITIONS IN SMALL CITIES IN THE AMAZONAbstractThe article analyzes the right to housing in rural areas of small cities in Pará, Brazil (Abaetetuba, Santa Izabel do Pará and Soure), considering the socioeconomic characteristics of the beneficiaries of the National Rural Housing Program (PNHR). It draws upon the historical dialectical materialism and relies on bibliographic, documentary, and field surveys, when the authors conducted interviews. Data suggests the access to the new house, the feeling of security, the inside bathroom, the presence health and education services are positive aspects of the PNHR. Moreover, the downsides are the lack of urban infrastructure, poor quality of house construction, and difficulties in affording the monthly fee. It concludes the PNHR disregards regional particularities as the need for large kitchen and patio compartments, in order to preserve the sociability of the Amazonian rural way of life.Keywords: Rural housing in Pará. Right to housing. Housing policy. National Rural Housing Program.

Investor-State Dispute Settlement under NAFTA Chapter 11: The Shape of Things to Come?

1998 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 263-290
Author(s):  
J. Anthony VanDuzer
Keyword(s):  
Free Trade Agreement ◽  
Dispute Settlement ◽  
Trade Agreement ◽  
Minimum Standards ◽  
The North ◽  
State Behaviour ◽  
Nafta Chapter 11 ◽  
To Come ◽  
The Right

SummaryRecently, there has been a proliferation of international agreements imposing minimum standards on states in respect of their treatment of foreign investors and allowing investors to initiate dispute settlement proceedings where a state violates these standards. Of greatest significance to Canada is Chapter 11 of the North American Free Trade Agreement, which provides both standards for state behaviour and the right to initiate binding arbitration. Since 1996, four cases have been brought under Chapter 11. This note describes the Chapter 11 process and suggests some of the issues that may arise as it is increasingly resorted to by investors.

What face familiarity feelings say about the lateralization of specific entities within the core system

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guido Gainotti
Keyword(s):  
Temporal Lobe ◽  
Memory System ◽  
Core System ◽  
The Core ◽  
Memory Traces ◽  
Specific Memory ◽  
Target Article ◽  
Temporal Structures ◽  
The Right

Abstract The target article carefully describes the memory system, centered on the temporal lobe that builds specific memory traces. It does not, however, mention the laterality effects that exist within this system. This commentary briefly surveys evidence showing that clear asymmetries exist within the temporal lobe structures subserving the core system and that the right temporal structures mainly underpin face familiarity feelings.

Study of charge transfer in FeTi

1983 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
pp. 296-297
Author(s):  
J. Taft∅
Keyword(s):  
Charge Transfer ◽  
Charge Distribution ◽  
Electron Scattering ◽  
Periodic System ◽  
Electron Distribution ◽  
Scattering Amplitude ◽  
Transition Elements ◽  
Hartree Fock ◽  
Cscl Structure ◽  
The Right

It is well known that for reflections corresponding to large interplanar spacings (i.e., sin θ/λ small), the electron scattering amplitude, f, is sensitive to the ionicity and to the charge distribution around the atoms. We have used this in order to obtain information about the charge distribution in FeTi, which is a candidate for storage of hydrogen. Our goal is to study the changes in electron distribution in the presence of hydrogen, and also the ionicity of hydrogen in metals, but so far our study has been limited to pure FeTi. FeTi has the CsCl structure and thus Fe and Ti scatter with a phase difference of π into the 100-ref lections. Because Fe (Z = 26) is higher in the periodic system than Ti (Z = 22), an immediate “guess” would be that Fe has a larger scattering amplitude than Ti. However, relativistic Hartree-Fock calculations show that the opposite is the case for the 100-reflection. An explanation for this may be sought in the stronger localization of the d-electrons of the first row transition elements when moving to the right in the periodic table. The tabulated difference between fTi (100) and ffe (100) is small, however, and based on the values of the scattering amplitude for isolated atoms, the kinematical intensity of the 100-reflection is only 5.10-4 of the intensity of the 200-reflection.

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