scholarly journals Nature and the city: the salt-works park in the urban area of Cagliari (Sardinia, Italy)

2013 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 329 ◽  
Author(s):  
Franco Lai

The re-use and the domestication of nature in abandoned areas is becoming a theme of increasing relevance in European (and Italian) public debate. This article uses Gilles Clément's concept of 'third landscape' to understand the transformation of an urban salt works into a public park. Salt production in Cagliari (Sardinia, Italy) was suspended in 1984 because of pollution from urban sewage. Some years after abandonment, the state salt works eventually became a public park. People frequented the area before its establishment and eventually the salt works became a place for running, canoeing, walking, biking, birdwatching and other outdoor activities. The article shows how this abandoned area became a park and heritage site, though stakeholder support. It analyzes the local discourse that continues to represent and protect the area as 'green,' where nature can be enjoyed, despite its industrial heritage.Keywords: salt works, wetlands, coastal parks, European coastal cities, Sardinia

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dasimah Omar ◽  
Kamarul Ariff Omar ◽  
Saberi Othman ◽  
Zaharah Mohd Yusoff

The walkability approach is essential to ensure the connectivity among space in the urban area. The design should be appropriate, safety, maximize and capable of reaching every inch of the spaces, just by walking. Good connectivity must allow people to walk freely and accessible in many ways. People have great chances to meet each other or having potential outdoor activities without any challenges. This study aims to measure the user perception of the existing spaces in the urban public housing environment that been covered and uncovered with the walkability linkages. The objectives of this study are to identify the existing pedestrian linkages in the study area; to investigate the user perception of the existing walkability system in the study area, and finally to conclude and provide a better solution for better walkability opportunity among residents to access the public park.© 2016. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies, Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.Keywords:outdoor space;  pedestrian linkages; public parks; walkability behavior


2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 56
Author(s):  
Eloisa González Ponce ◽  
Nuria Rosa Roca ◽  
Silvia Spairani Berrio ◽  
Borja Perez Pardos

ResumenEl propósito principal de este trabajo de investigación se centra en el estudio del estado de conservación de las fachadas de 34 inmuebles pertenecientes al Catálogo de Bienes Inmuebles y Elementos Protegidos del Plan General del Ayuntamiento de Cieza (Murcia), concretamente de aquellos situados en el casco urbano, para aportar directrices que garanticen una intervención con materiales sostenibles coherente y respetuosa con el patrimonio arquitectónico de la ciudad. Evidentemente, un desarrollo correcto del estudio diagnóstico constructivo de las fachadas de inmuebles protegidos debe llevarse a cabo en 2 fases: la caracterización constructiva de la arquitectura de sus fachadas y el estudio de lesiones o estado actual que presentan las mismas. Tras analizar los 34 inmuebles se establece una metodología y un modelo sistemático para la documentación del grado de deterioro que presentan las fachadas de los inmuebles del Catálogo de la ciudad. Destacamos que los resultados de materiales propuestos en las fachadas dan unos niveles de deterioro “bajo” o “muy bajo” en el 70 % de los casos analizados, corroborándose el buen estado general de las mismas.AbstractThe main intention of this research work focus interest on the 34 building’s facade from the state of preservation belonging a Municipalities Heritage Catalogue of Cieza's Town (Murcia), it specifically those that located in the urban area from to comply with the guidelines established by sustainable materials coherent and respectful with the architectural heritage of the city. Evidently, a correct development of the diagnostic constructive study of the 34 building’s facade must be carried out in 2 phases: the constructive characterization of the architecture of his building’s facade and the study of the state of conservation or current condition that the same ones present. After analyzing 34 building’s facade methodology and a systematic model it establish for the documentation of a Municipalities Heritage Catalogue of Cieza's Town of the city. We emphasize that the results of proposed materials building’s facade give a few levels of low or very low deterioration in 70 % of the analyzed cases, there being corroborated the good general condition of the same ones.


2007 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
pp. 31-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zerrin Özlem Biner

AbstractThis article aims to contribute to the understanding of post-conflict processes in Turkey by focusing on the discourses and practices following the city of Mardin's bid to become a World Heritage Site. It intends to show how cosmopolitanism becomes a contested and dominant discourse for the locals of the city (Kurds, Arabs, and Syriac Christians) to re-articulate the history of the inter-communal relationships and to create a negotiating ground with the state, in order to recover from the moral and economic injuries of the military conflict during the 1990s. In doing so, the article discusses the effects of the accumulated events of past and present on the production of different forms of power relations between the state and its subject-citizens in the post-conflict context of Mardin, Southeastern Turkey.


2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 161-163
Author(s):  
José I. Torres-Avendaño ◽  
Edith H. Torres-Montoya ◽  
José M. Zazueta-Moreno ◽  
Juan J. Ríos-Tostado ◽  
Reyna L. López-Mendoza ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Mosquito larvae were collected in the urban area of the city of Culiacan, Sinaloa, in September of 2020. The immature stages were placed in emergence containers and fed with Aedes aegypti larvae. The adults that emerged from the immature stages were mounted on insect pins and characterized based on their morphology. The species corresponded morphologically to Toxorhynchites moctezuma, making this the first report of the species for the state of Sinaloa, Mexico. Similarities and morphological variations are discussed with previous analysis for this species.


Author(s):  
Genilson Santana Cornélio ◽  
Italla Cristina Neves ◽  
Márcio Douglas Brito Amaral

BELO MONTE HIDROELETRIC PLANT AND THE PROCESS OF DESRETERRITORIALIZATION OF THE URBAN AFFECTED IN ALTAMIRA/PALA CENTRAL ELÉCTRICA DE BELO MONTE Y EL PROCESO DE DESRETERRITORIALIZACIÓN DE LAS ZONAS URBANAS AFECTADAS EN ALTAMIRA/PARESUMOO presente ensaio objetiva analisar o processo de des-re-territorialização dos atingidos urbanos pela construção da Usina Hidrelétrica de Belo Monte, instalada no município de Vitória do Xingu no estado do Pará. Contudo, a análise centra-se na Área Urbana Diretamente Afetada (ADA Urbana) da cidade de Altamira/PA, tendo em vista a necessidade de entender a complexidade que ocorreu esse processo. Como procedimentos metodológicos, utilizou-se o Plano Básico Ambiental (PBA) elaborado pela Norte Energia, além de documentos, dados e informações obtidas em secretarias e órgãos oficiais para dar subsídio ao tema que ora será exposto. O processo de des-re-territorialização dos atingidos urbanos em Altamira/PA pela construção da UHE Belo Monte foi marcado por situações forçadas de desterritorialização, assim como houve situações que a reterritorialização ocorreu de forma injusta, se privilegiarmos o social em detrimento do espacial, assim como faz Souza (2002). Isso aponta um cenário em que as famílias atingidas estão agora submetidas a uma nova lógica de reprodução social imposta pelo empreendedor, ligadas a um conjunto de influências e experiências de socialização, distantes dos antigos familiares e vizinhos, o que os forçam a estabelecerem novos modelos ou tentativas de identificação territorial.Palavras-chave: UHE Belo Monte; Des-re-territorialização; Atingidos Urbanos. ABSTRACTThe present assay objective then analyzes the process of desreterritorialization of urban affected for the construction of Belo Monte Hydroelectric Plant, installed in the municipality of Vitória do Xingu in the state of Pará. However, the analysis is centered on the Urban Area Directly Affected (Urban ADA) from the city of Altamira-PA, In view of the need to understand the complexity that occurred this process. As methodological procedures, the Basic Environmental Plan (PBA) prepared by Norte Energia was used, in addition to documents, data and information obtained from secretariats and official bodies to provide input to the topic that will now be exposed. The process of desreterritorialization of the urban affected in Altamira / PA by the construction of the Belo Monte HPP was marked by forced situations of desterritorialization, just as there were situations where the reterritorializatin occured unfairly, if we privilegie the social over the detriment spacial, just like Souza (2002). This points to a scenario in which the affected families are now subjected to a new logic of social reproduction imposed by the entrepreneur, linked to a set of influences and experiences of socialization, distant from the old relatives and neighbors, which force them to establish new models or attempts at territorial identification.Keywords: Amazon; UHE Belo Monte; Des-re-territorialization; Urban affected.RESUMENEste ensayo tiene como objetivo analizar el proceso de desreterritorialización de las ciudades afectadas por la construcción de la Central Hidroeléctrica de Belo Monte, instalada en el municipio de Vitória do Xingu, en el estado de Pará. Sin embargo, el análisis se centra en la Zona Urbana Directamente Afectada (ADA Urbana) de la ciudad de Altamira/PA, en vista de la necesidad de comprender la complejidad de este proceso. Como procedimientos metodológicos se utilizó el Plan Básico Ambiental (PBA) elaborado por Norte Energía, además de documentos, datos e información obtenidos en las secretarías y organismos oficiales para dar apoyo al tema que se expondrá. El proceso de desreterritorialización del urbano afectado en Altamira/PA por la construcción de la Central Hidroeléctrica de Belo Monte estuvo marcado por situaciones de desterritorialización forzosa, así como hubo situaciones en que la reterritorialización se produjo de manera injusta, si privilegiamos lo social en detrimento de lo espacial, como hace Souza (2002). Esto apunta a un escenario en el que las familias afectadas están ahora sometidas a una nueva lógica de reproducción social impuesta por el empresario, ligada a un conjunto de influencias y experiencias de socialización, lejos de los antiguos miembros de la familia y los vecinos, que les obligan a establecer nuevos modelos o intentos de identificación territorial.Palabras clave: UHE Belo Monte; Des-re-territorialización; Urbano afectado.


2011 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 526-527
Author(s):  
Luiz Augustinho Menezes da Silva ◽  
José Lindemberg Martins Machado ◽  
Mariluce de Lima Melo ◽  
Verônica Isabel de Brito Alencar ◽  
Robson Soares de Melo ◽  
...  

Rabies virus was detected in bats (Molossus molossus) from an urban area in the City of Recife, State of Pernambuco, Brazil. Four individuals were found during the day in visible, non-habitual places, lying on the ground, but still alive. No contact occurred with people or animals. Of these, only two were identified; it was not possible to identify two specimens, since they were incinerated prior to identification. Diagnosis was positive by direct immunofluorescence and intracerebral inoculation in mice. This study presents the first instance in which the virus was detected in insectivorous bats in the State of Pernambuco.


Antiquity ◽  
1976 ◽  
Vol 50 (200) ◽  
pp. 216-222
Author(s):  
Beatrice De Cardi

Ras a1 Khaimah is the most northerly of the seven states comprising the United Arab Emirates and its Ruler, H. H. Sheikh Saqr bin Mohammad al-Qasimi, is keenly interested in the history of the state and its people. Survey carried out there jointly with Dr D. B. Doe in 1968 had focused attention on the site of JuIfar which lies just north of the present town of Ras a1 Khaimah (de Cardi, 1971, 230-2). Julfar was in existence in Abbasid times and its importance as an entrep6t during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries-the Portuguese Period-is reflected by the quantity and variety of imported wares to be found among the ruins of the city. Most of the sites discovered during the survey dated from that period but a group of cairns near Ghalilah and some long gabled graves in the Shimal area to the north-east of the date-groves behind Ras a1 Khaimah (map, FIG. I) clearly represented a more distant past.


2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 51-55
Author(s):  
S. A. Abiev ◽  
S. A. Aipeisova ◽  
N. A. Utarbaeva

<p>The purpose of our work is to assess the health state of woody plants growing in different habitats of the city of Aktobe. We have studied the health state of arboreal and shrubby plants growing in various urban habitats; the survey was conducted during 2016-2017 by route-visual method. We performed the analysis of species diversity, abundance and density in urban area. The assessment of health state of the trees was made according to V.A. Alekseev. From your data and literature review we established that such species as Ulmus pinnato-ramosa, Acer negundo, Populus tremula, Populus nigra, and Syringa vulgaris have strong winter resistnce in the territory of Aktobe; we registered that only their apex buds and emds of the shoots were frozen in severe winters. The medium-resistant speices include Ulmus laevis and Acer platonoides. They are less plastic and suffer from late spring and early autumn frosts. The Amorpha fruticosa, Vitis vinifera, and Parthenocissus guinguefolia could be considered as the non-resistant species, since they usually freeze up to the snow cover line. The analysis of the vital state made it possible to assess the resistance to urban conditions of the majority of trees and shrubs registered in urban habitats of Aktobe. According to the preliminary data, the origin of the plant and its winter resistance are of main importance when introducing new species to urban area.</p>


2013 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-84
Author(s):  
Anna Trembecka

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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