scholarly journals HOW TO MINIMIZE URBAN FLOODING: PERMISSIBLE ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN PLANNING

Engevista ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Augusta Justi Pisani ◽  
Gilda Collet Bruna
Keyword(s):  
Public Works ◽  
Urban Flooding ◽  
Urban Floods ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Urbanized Areas ◽  
American Cities ◽  
Flooded Areas ◽  
Local Research

The floods in urbanized areas damage systemically the Brazilian municipalities during the highraining periods. The economic lost that the nation face with this phenomenon are not yet measured, althoughthrough the impacts’ extension it is possible to observe that they are affecting the South and Southeastregions during this decade. Disasters within the urban tissue are complex, as they turn the various types ofrisks in a mess, mixing the natural risks with the social ones and also with the technological and biologicalrisks. If society occupies inadequate areas like the floodplains of the rivers and change the hydrologicalregime of the river basins, they pay a higher price, both with the public works to control these floods, andwith the losses generated with floods and their aftermath. So, controlling a flood means intervene in severalprocesses and involved elements, trying to minimize their effects. The recognition and monitoring of areassubject to risk are indispensable tools to for avoiding or reducing the undesired effects and the measures thatassist the management of flooded areas are: maintenance, structural and non structural measures.This article objective is to study the potentialities of the non structural measures to combat the accidentsrelated to floods, through a local research. These measures can be adopted by the architects and urban planners and engineering professionals and collaborate in a systemic and efficient form to decrease these natural disasters damages and frequency.The first methodological procedure used for this research was the survey of actions and public worksimplemented in European, Asian and American cities during the last decade and analyze the probabilityof adapting these works to the Brazilian reality. These research findings are important subsidies for thepublic policies and urban projects development so that they minimize the urban floods, thus helping thesustainable development.

Cleaning Streams in Cook County, IL: Forest Preserves, Water Pollution, and Interwar Environmentalism in the Chicago Region

2021 ◽  
pp. 153851322110462
Author(s):  
Natalie B. Vena
Keyword(s):  
Water Pollution ◽  
Sewage Treatment ◽  
Cook County ◽  
Public Works ◽  
Metropolitan Region ◽  
The Public ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
American Cities ◽  
Forest Preserves ◽  
Forest Preserve

In 1916, the Forest Preserve District of Cook County began acquiring land to create a natural retreat for Chicagoans in that booming metropolitan region. Since district officials acquired many properties along county streams, water pollution soon interfered with their mission of creating an urban wilderness for recreational pleasure. To address the problem, in 1931, county leaders appointed the Clean Streams Advisory Committee that collaborated with forest preserve staff members to pressure polluters to clean-up their operations and to persuade enforcement agencies to prosecute ongoing offenders. They also lobbied the Public Works Administration to earmark New Deal funding for sewage treatment in Cook County. Their efforts suggest that early activism against water pollution in American cities emerged not only from efforts to ensure clean drinking water, but also struggles to protect nature. The interwar campaign to clean forest preserve streams anticipated the goals of the federal Clean Water Act (1972) to make all American waterways fishable and swimmable. The movement also preceded the burst of anti-pollution activism that historians have documented in U.S. suburbs after WWII and laid the groundwork for postwar efforts to mitigate water pollution in Cook County.

scholarly journals Peran Pengusaha Perempuan UMKM dan Pola Pengeluaran Rumah Tangga pada Situasi Bencana Covid-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Benedicta Evie ◽  
Susy Yunia R. Sanie
Keyword(s):  
Social Role ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Expenditure Patterns ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Role ◽  
The Social ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Electricity Costs ◽  
The Cost

Women as assets of Indonesia's human resources have a crucial role in disaster management. This research is descriptive using a qualitative approach that photograph the adjustment of women's activities based on their role in the current Covid disaster. The research findings shows the  informant’s perception that Covid-19 is a disaster, and they are worried, so they try to prevent themselves and their family members from being infected by implementing health protocols. They also provide nutritious food and vitamins as well as a variety of food/drink ingredients that are believed to ward off Covid. Increasing domestic role activities are child care and education. Meanwhile, the public role of economy has undergone adjustments, such as working from home, losing customers or jobs. To be able to survive, adjustments to household expenditure patterns were carried out, namely: increasing the cost of kitchen expenditures, and increase in electricity costs and telephone pulses as the implication of all family members are WFH/SFH online. Reduced expenses: spending on clothes / shoes / bags, cosmetics, and recreation. The social role of the public in this Covid situation is to participate in distributing food to the poor.

ANÁLISE ESPACIAL EM ÁREAS DE INUNDAÇÕES NA SUB-BACIA HIDROGRÁFICA DO RIACHO DO ANGELIM, SÃO LUÍS-MA

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 502-520
Author(s):  
Ricardo Gonçalves Santana ◽  
Quésia Duarte Silva ◽  
Danyella Vale Barros França
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Analysis ◽  
Environmental Problems ◽  
Real Estate Market ◽  
Human Occupation ◽  
Urban Floods ◽  
The Real Estate ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Real Estate Market ◽  
Methodological Procedures ◽  
Flooded Areas

O crescimento urbano tem gerado diversos problemas socioambientais, os quais tem origem na atividade humana, que por sua vez, causam danos para o ser humano e para o ambiente. As inundações urbanas são considerados problemas socioambientais urbanos uma vez que as populações são atingidas pelas mesas devido a construção de residências em APP´s. Partindo destes pressupostos, o presente trabalho objetiva realizar a análise espacial da sub-bacia hidrográfica do riacho do Angelim a partir do mapeamento das áreas inundáveis e da espacialização social da renda mensal dos chefes de família na área de estudo. Para isto foram realizados alguns procedimentos metodológicos, tais como: levantamento bibliográfico e cartográfico, organização do ambiente de trabalho, realização de trabalhos de campo, mapeamento das áreas inundáveis, renda e análise espacial das áreas inundáveis. A partir dos dados obtidos foram mapeadas 5 áreas inundáveis na área em estudo as quais são APP’s. As mesmas estão inseridas em compartimentos geomorfológicos mais frágeis e inadequados para a ocupação humana. Concluiu-se que a ineficiência das leis brasileiras associada ao processo de ocupação determinado pelo mercado imobiliário têm contribuído para a segregação espacial dos indivíduos.Palavras-chave: Análise espacial, riacho do Angelim, renda, nascentes e inundações. RESUMENEl crecimiento urbano ha generado varios problemas socioambientales, que se originan en la actividad humana, que a su vez causan daños a los seres humanos y al medio ambiente. Las inundaciones urbanas se consideran problemas socioambientales urbanos ya que las poblaciones se ven afectadas por las tablas debido a la construcción de residencias en APP S. Basado en estos supuestos, el presente trabajo tiene como objetivo realizar el análisis Espacial de la subcuenca hidrográfica del arroyo Angelim a partir del mapeo de las áreas inundadas y la espacialización social de los ingresos mensuales de los jefes de familia en el áreade estudio. Para ello, se llevaron a cabo algunos procedimientos metodológicos, tales como:encuesta bibliográfica y cartográfica, organización del entorno de trabajo, trabajo de campo, mapeo de áreas inundadas, ingresos y análisis espacial De las zonas inundadas. A partir de los datos obtenidos, se mapearon 5 áreas inundadas en el área en estudio, que son APP' Se insertan en compartimentos geomorfológicos más frágiles e inadecuados para la ocupación humana. Se concluyó que la ineficiencia de las leyes brasileñas asociadas con el proceso de ocupación determinado por el mercado inmobiliario han contribuido a la segregación espacial de los individuos.Palabras-clave: Análisis espacial, corriente Angelim, ingresos, manantiales e inundaciones. ABSTRACTUrban growth has generated several socio-environmental problems, which originate in human activity, which in turn cause damage to humans and the environment. Urban floods are considered urban socio-environmental problems since the populations are affected by the tables due to the construction of residences in APP ´ S. Based on these assumptions, the present work aims to perform the analysis Spatial of the hydrographic sub-basin of the Angelim Creek from the mapping of the flooded areas and the social spatialization of the monthly income of the heads of family in the study area. For this, some methodological procedures were carried out, such as: bibliographic and Cartographic survey, organization of the work Environment, fieldwork, mapping of flooded areas, income and spatial analysis Of the flooded areas. From the data obtained, 5 flooded areas were mapped in the area under study, which are APP's. They are inserted in more fragile and inadequate geomorphological compartments for human occupation. It was concluded that the inefficiency of Brazilian laws associated with the occupation process determined by the real estate market have contributed to the spatial segregation of individuals.Keywords: Spatial analysis, Angelim Creek, income, springs and floods.

scholarly journals The Efficacy of Facebook as a Tool in Criminal Investigations

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Zajac
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Theoretical Orientation ◽  
Online News ◽  
Communication Tool ◽  
The Public ◽  
Police Investigation ◽  
Intended Purpose ◽  
News Source ◽  
The Social ◽  
Research Findings

June 15, 2011 marked the date of the Vancouver riots that followed the Canucks loss of the Stanley Cup final. Social media as a form of communication between the public and police was a distinguishing feature during the 2011 riots, and is compared to the context of a similar Vancouver riot occurring in 1994. Through the review of literature on the criminal justice system, crowdsourcing, social media as a tool in policing, surveillance, language on Facebook and Facebook as a communication tool I explore the practice of communication as it unfolds on the Facebook group, “Vancouver Riot Pics: Post Your Photos” and examine the efficacy of this communication tool. The Facebook comments underneath the uploaded images are evaluated through a content analysis. Five Facebook images and there associated comment threads are collected in chronological order for the sample based on the outlined criteria of: 25-40 comments, a non-manipulated image, and being published in either the Globe and Mail or the National Post online news source. Erving Goffman’s theoretical orientation of frame analysis is applied to understanding the development of the Facebook comments; more specifically his concept of the social primary framework is directly related to the intended purpose outlined by the Facebook group. The purpose of “Vancouver Riot Pics: Post Your Photos” is to identify rioters through the public’s contribution of images and Facebook comments. Research findings suggest that the intended purpose of the Facebook group is achieved, as there is a significant emergence of the frames identification and crowdsourcing; therefore, Facebook is deemed a helpful tool in police investigation.

scholarly journals The Efficacy of Facebook as a Tool in Criminal Investigations

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Zajac
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Theoretical Orientation ◽  
Online News ◽  
Communication Tool ◽  
The Public ◽  
Police Investigation ◽  
Intended Purpose ◽  
News Source ◽  
The Social ◽  
Research Findings

June 15, 2011 marked the date of the Vancouver riots that followed the Canucks loss of the Stanley Cup final. Social media as a form of communication between the public and police was a distinguishing feature during the 2011 riots, and is compared to the context of a similar Vancouver riot occurring in 1994. Through the review of literature on the criminal justice system, crowdsourcing, social media as a tool in policing, surveillance, language on Facebook and Facebook as a communication tool I explore the practice of communication as it unfolds on the Facebook group, “Vancouver Riot Pics: Post Your Photos” and examine the efficacy of this communication tool. The Facebook comments underneath the uploaded images are evaluated through a content analysis. Five Facebook images and there associated comment threads are collected in chronological order for the sample based on the outlined criteria of: 25-40 comments, a non-manipulated image, and being published in either the Globe and Mail or the National Post online news source. Erving Goffman’s theoretical orientation of frame analysis is applied to understanding the development of the Facebook comments; more specifically his concept of the social primary framework is directly related to the intended purpose outlined by the Facebook group. The purpose of “Vancouver Riot Pics: Post Your Photos” is to identify rioters through the public’s contribution of images and Facebook comments. Research findings suggest that the intended purpose of the Facebook group is achieved, as there is a significant emergence of the frames identification and crowdsourcing; therefore, Facebook is deemed a helpful tool in police investigation.

scholarly journals The Emotional Expressions of Chinese People in Batam Island

2014 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-44
Author(s):  
Wilis Srisayekti ◽  
Jeany Hesty Buana
Keyword(s):  
Social History ◽  
Emotional Expression ◽  
Analysis Data ◽  
Emotional Expressions ◽  
Display Rules ◽  
Chinese People ◽  
Basic Emotions ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social ◽  
Research Findings

Chinese people have long been a subject in the social history in Indonesia and their emotional expressions in front of the public especially have been affected by history. The previous empirical research findings in the Batam Island showed that Chinese people had unique emotional expression and this uniqueness may inflict interpersonal conflict with people of other ethnicities. This research was held to describe the emotional expression of the Chinese in the Batam Island. Their expressions compared with those of non Chinese. The adapted Display Rules Assessment Inventory (Matsumoto & Yoo, 2007) were distributed to the research participants (men and women in the Batam Island, totally 195 Chinese and 132 non Chinese). The analysis data result were presented in percentage and it showed that there were several similarities and differences between these two ethnic groups on (1) the display rules of seven basic emotions and (2) the display rules of emotion toward targeted persons, both in public and in private places. Based on the socioculutral paradigm, this finding will help solve any interpersonal – related problems faced by the Chinese with people of other ethnicities in the Batam Island.

The Technology of Sanitation in Colonial Delhi

2001 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
VIJAY PRASHAD
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Control ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Public Works ◽  
Social Fabric ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social ◽  
Working People ◽  
British Colonial ◽  
Von Liebig

I. Sewage Under CapitalismThe preservation of the wealth and welfare of nations, and advances in culture and civilisation depend on how the sewage question is resolved.(von Liebig, 1850s).Delhi is a very suggestive and moralising place—such stupendous remains of power and wealth passed and passing away—and somehow I feel that we horrid English have just ‘gone and done it’, merchandised it, revenue it, and spoiled it all. (Emily Eden, 1838).Veena Oldenburg argues that after the Rebellion of 1857 British colonial officials inaugurated a process of urban reconstruction following three imperatives: safety, sanitation and loyalty. To make the cities of India safe, clean and loyal, the colonial regime exerted a measure of ‘social control . . . In an era when tinkering with the structure of society had been officially and unambiguously forsworn.’. If the highest offices of the colonial regime proclaimed its remove from society, she argues, the ‘lowest levels of decision making and action’, intruded effectively to reconstruct the social fabric of urban life. In this essay, we will examine this lowest level of the colonial regime in the local government of Delhi (the Delhi Municipal Corporation [DMC], the commissioner's office, the army, the Public Works Department [PWD], the railway officials) and its relations with the local nobility (the rais and amirs), the merchants, and working people.

Pelaksanaan Jaminan Kesehatan Oleh BPJS Kesehatan Dalam Perspektif Syariah

Liquidity ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 110-118
Author(s):  
Iwan Subandi ◽  
Fathurrahman Djamil
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Financial Institution ◽  
Social Supports ◽  
Religious Leaders ◽  
The Public ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
Ministry Of Finance ◽  
Health Support ◽  
The Government

Health is the basic right for everybody, therefore every citizen is entitled to get the health care. In enforcing the regulation for Jaringan Kesehatan Nasional (National Health Supports), it is heavily influenced by the foreign interests. Economically, this program does not reduce the people’s burdens, on the contrary, it will increase them. This means the health supports in which should place the government as the guarantor of the public health, but the people themselves that should pay for the health care. In the realization of the health support the are elements against the Syariah principles. Indonesian Muslim Religious Leaders (MUI) only say that the BPJS Kesehatan (Sosial Support Institution for Health) does not conform with the syariah. The society is asked to register and continue the participation in the program of Social Supports Institution for Health. The best solution is to enforce the mechanism which is in accordance with the syariah principles. The establishment of BPJS based on syariah has to be carried out in cooperation from the elements of Social Supports Institution (BPJS), Indonesian Muslim Religious (MUI), Financial Institution Authorities, National Social Supports Council, Ministry of Health, and Ministry of Finance. Accordingly, the Social Supports Institution for Helath (BPJS Kesehatan) based on syariah principles could be obtained and could became the solution of the polemics in the society.

The Samarin Family and the Parish Question in the Russian Empire. 1860s–1910s

2019 ◽  
Vol 54 ◽  
pp. 235-246
Author(s):  
Alexey L. Beglov
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Russian Empire ◽  
Public Discussion ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social ◽  
Church Life ◽  
The Russian Empire ◽  
In The Beginning ◽  
The Church ◽  
Do So

The article examines the contribution of the representatives of the Samarin family to the development of the Parish issue in the Russian Empire in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The issue of expanding the rights of the laity in the sphere of parish self-government was one of the most debated problems of Church life in that period. The public discussion was initiated by D.F. Samarin (1827-1901). He formulated the “social concept” of the parish and parish reform, based on Slavophile views on society and the Church. In the beginning of the twentieth century his eldest son F.D. Samarin who was a member of the Special Council on the development the Orthodox parish project in 1907, and as such developed the Slavophile concept of the parish. In 1915, A.D. Samarin, who took up the position of the Chief Procurator of the Most Holy Synod, tried to make his contribution to the cause of the parish reforms, but he failed to do so due to his resignation.

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