The Pre-Eminent Role of Babilonia in Petrarch's Theme of the Two Cities

Italica ◽  
1977 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann H. Hallock
Keyword(s):  
Two Cities

scholarly journals A tale of two cities: The role of neighborhood socioeconomic status in spatial clustering of bystander CPR in Austin and Houston

Resuscitation ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 84 (6) ◽  
pp. 752-759 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisabeth Dowling Root ◽  
Louis Gonzales ◽  
David E. Persse ◽  
Paul R. Hinchey ◽  
Bryan McNally ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Spatial Clustering ◽  
Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Two Cities ◽  
Bystander Cpr

How Government and Leaders Make Cities Work

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Oluf Emerson ◽  
Kevin T. Smiley
Keyword(s):  
Role Of Government ◽  
Two Cities ◽  
The Government ◽  
Tax Structures

Chapter 3 discusses government in the two cities in four sections. First, we do not take for granted what government is supposed to do but instead analyze how leaders consider the role of government in the first place. Second, we discuss the priorities that rank highest on their priorities rubric for the government. Third, we discuss how they pay for city services by examining budgets and tax structures. Finally, we look outside government to see how much of what is public is accomplished by nongovernmental actors, especially in Market Cities. Through all of these, we show how Copenhagen has a much wider and collective imprint on what government should do than does the Market City of Houston.

scholarly journals The Role of Curtailment Versus Efficiency on Spillovers Among Pro-Environmental Behaviors: Evidence from Two Towns in Granada, Spain

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 769
Author(s):  
Marta Suárez-Varela ◽  
Ariel Dinar
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Attitudes ◽  
Bottled Water ◽  
Behavioral Consistency ◽  
Environmental Behaviors ◽  
Cross Domain ◽  
Household Water ◽  
Two Cities ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Different Levels

In this paper we explore the existence of behavioral consistency between individuals’ pro-environmental attitudes and behaviors in related domains (cross-domain), distinguishing between the following two types of behaviors that the literature has identified as entailing different levels of sacrifice on the part of the individual: curtailment, i.e., implying the adoption of daily habits, and efficiency behaviors, i.e., installation of efficient devices. Using a dataset on bottled water demand from two cities in southern Spain, we find evidence of behavioral consistency between the undertaking of certain pro-environmental habits related to household water consumption and the decision to consume (or not) bottled water. These effects are found only when curtailment behaviors are considered, but not in relation to efficiency behaviors. Moreover, our results suggest that policies fostering pro-environmental habits could prove more successful than the ones promoting pro-environmental attitudes or awareness. These results have important implications for the design of environmental campaigns and rebate programs.

Health and Environmental Problems: The Role of the Border in El Paso-Ciudad Juárez Coordination

1982 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 375-392 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Richard Bath
Keyword(s):  
El Paso ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Environmental Problems ◽  
Ciudad Juarez ◽  
Twin Cities ◽  
Mountain Ranges ◽  
National Boundary ◽  
Two Cities ◽  
Sister Cities

El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, share a common border divided by the channeled and weakly flowing Rio Grande. The twin cities, with a combined population of over a million, are located in a valley between two mountain ranges. They share a common air shed, mutual sources of water supply, and the ever-present threat of disease which, of course, does not recognize the artificial national boundary dividing the two cities.How have the sister cities and their respective governments at the local, state, and federal levels attempted to solve their common health and environmental problems? This paper will briefly review the efforts to resolve and to solve common health and environmental problems between the two cities. What is necessary at the outset is some type of analytical framework to better understand the relations between the two cities.

scholarly journals Modelling suggests limited change in the reproduction number from reopening Norwegian kindergartens and schools during the COVID-19 pandemic

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. e0238268
Author(s):  
Martin Rypdal ◽  
Veronika Rypdal ◽  
Per Kristen Jakobsen ◽  
Elinor Ytterstad ◽  
Ola Løvsletten ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reproduction Number ◽  
After School ◽  
School Closures ◽  
Considerable Uncertainty ◽  
Transmission Rates ◽  
Influenza Pandemics ◽  
Two Cities ◽  
Secondary Objective ◽  
Nonpharmaceutical Interventions

Background To suppress the COVID-19 outbreak, the Norwegian government closed all schools on March 13, 2020. The kindergartens reopened on April 20, and the schools on April 27 and May 11 of 2020. The effect of these measures is largely unknown since the role of children in the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus is still unclear. There are only a few studies of school closures as a separate intervention to other social distancing measures, and little research exists on the effect of school opening during a pandemic. Objective This study aimed to model the effect of opening kindergartens and the schools in Norway in terms of a change in the reproduction number (R). A secondary objective was to assess if we can use the estimated R after school openings to infer the rates of transmission between children in schools. Methods We used an individual-based model (IBM) to assess the reopening of kindergartens and schools in two Norwegian cities, Oslo, the Norwegian capital, with a population of approximately 680 000, and Tromsø, which is the largest city in Northern Norway, with a population of approximately 75 000. The model uses demographic information and detailed data about the schools in both cities. We carried out an ensemble study to obtain robust results in spite of the considerable uncertainty that remains about the transmission of SARS-CoV-2. Results We found that reopening of Norwegian kindergartens and schools are associated with a change in R of 0.10 (95%CI 0.04–0.16) and 0.14 (95%CI 0.01–0.25) in the two cities under investigation if the in-school transmission rates for the SARS-CoV-2 virus are equal to what has previously been estimated for influenza pandemics. Conclusion We found only a limited effect of reopening schools on the reproduction number, and we expect the same to hold true in other countries where nonpharmaceutical interventions have suppressed the pandemic. Consequently, current R-estimates are insufficiently accurate for determining the transmission rates in schools. For countries that have closed schools, planned interventions, such as the opening of selected schools, can be useful to infer general knowledge about children-to-children transmission of SARS-CoV-2.

scholarly journals IMPACT OF STREETSCAPING ON HUMAN PSYCHOLOGY

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (10) ◽  
pp. 158-168
Author(s):  
Kavya Trivedi ◽  
Soma Anil Mishra ◽  
Kunika Gehlot
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Data ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Human Psychology ◽  
Jane Jacobs ◽  
Two Cities ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City

This research is subjected to the study of the impact of street scape on human psychology. The study mainly focuses on the importance of the design of sidewalks on the street so that it can’t become the space for the criminal activities as described by the journalist jane Jacobs. The research also aims to study the role of urbanization in changing the street scaping of the cities. The study comprises of the statistical data which is the output of the survey conducted by the researcher and live case study of the streets of two cities i.e. Chandigarh and Pune.42% Part of the city are imbued with streets and therefore they play a vital role on the psychology of a human being. Keeping this in mind, the research is made on how streets could be designed in a manner that create the surrounding safe and happier to live.

scholarly journals Customer’s Intention with Moderating Role of Pricing on Islamic Personal Financing of Pakistan

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 293-308
Author(s):  
Sadia Saeed ◽  
Dr. Hina Shahab ◽  
Dr. Shehla Akhtar
Keyword(s):  
Theory Of Reasoned Action ◽  
Reasoned Action ◽  
Banking System ◽  
Subjective Norms ◽  
Islamic Banking ◽  
Pricing Policy ◽  
Two Cities ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

Financial industries are rapidly accepting the Islamic banking system. Using theory of reasoned action (TRA) model the study investigates the three factors including attitude, religiosity and subjective norms in measuring the intention of customers to adopt Islamic banking products along with moderating role of pricing. The sample of 220 banks consumers from two cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad are gathered using convenient sampling. Regression results suggest that all three factors influence the intention of customers in buying Islamic banking products. Moreover, pricing moderates the relationship in developing intention of customer to adopt Islamic personal financing in the context of religiosity.The finding of the study identifies that Islamic bankers should adopt pricing policy based upon fair practices of Shariah. In addition awareness to people about Islamic products through marketing is essential in clearing their misconceptions towards investment in Islamic products.

scholarly journals Making ways for ‘better education’: Placing the Shenzhen-Hong Kong mobility industry

Urban Studies ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 004209802110427
Author(s):  
Maggi WH Leung ◽  
Johanna L Waters ◽  
Yunyun Qin
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Media Analysis ◽  
Border Region ◽  
Business Networks ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Two Cities ◽  
Mobility System ◽  
And Control

Tens of thousands of children living on Mainland China cross the border between Shenzhen and Hong Kong for a ‘better education’ every day. A well-oiled industry is in place to manage, facilitate and control this education mobility field. It involves schools, diverse businesses and non-governmental organisations that, in articulation with the Chinese and Hong Kong states, stimulate and regulate the movement of people, materialities, ideas and practices. Drawing on our fieldwork and media analysis, this paper unpacks the transurban mobility industry to illustrate the role of the various players and how they work in conjunction to facilitate cross-border schooling, especially among the very young children. We map out and visualise with photos the workings of the schools, buses, escorts, tutoring centres, day care and boarding houses. We show how the mobility industry, intersecting with other business networks and mobility systems, links Shenzhen and Hong Kong, taking and making places in these cities, especially in the border region. Our paper illustrates the role of this mobility industry in the making of the political-economy and socio-culture of the border area, which constantly connects, divides and redefines the two cities and regions it bridges. We end with some reflections on the implications of the recent political challenges and COVID-19 pandemic on this cross-border education mobility system.

scholarly journals Perform or wither: role of water users' associations in municipalities of Nepal

Water Policy ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (S1) ◽  
pp. 90-106
Author(s):  
Sreoshi Singh ◽  
Krity Shrestha ◽  
Menaka Hamal ◽  
Anjal Prakash
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Water Systems ◽  
Low Grade ◽  
Water Shortages ◽  
Water Users ◽  
Two Cities ◽  
Long Time ◽  
User Groups ◽  
Supply Systems

Abstract In Nepal, water institutions have played a very significant role, and in Tansen and Damauli, the presence of user groups has indicated that proper management of water can help people avert critical water shortages. However, although in both Tansen and Damauli the user groups have been operating for a long time, their performances vary. In Tansen, infrastructural constraints tend to throw up challenges, although operational hazards associated with the supply systems are no less threatening. Moreover, there is large-scale corruption in the systems' upkeep and maintenance, allowing low grade vendors to operate in place of readily available efficient institutions. In Damauli, the systems have been rather perfectly managed, except for minor glitches from time to time. Funding has been good and community bonding has paid off. This paper delves into the community-managed water systems in the two cities and how the performance varies across them and the factors that play a role.

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