scholarly journals Van earthquakes (23 October 2011 and 9 November 2011) and performance of masonry and adobe structures

2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 3337-3342 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Güney
Keyword(s):  
Local Time ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Unreinforced Masonry ◽  
Natural Phenomena ◽  
Loss Of Life ◽  
Eastern Turkey ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Social Disaster ◽  
Van Earthquakes ◽  
The Town

Abstract. Earthquakes, which are unavoidable natural phenomena in Turkey, have often produced economic and social disaster. The latest destructive earthquakes happened in Van city. Van, Turkey, earthquakes with M = 7.2 occurred on 23 October 2011 at 13:41 (local time), whose epicenter was about 16 km north of Van (Tabanlı village) and M = 5.6 on 9 November 2011 epicentered near the town of Edremit south of Van in eastern Turkey and caused the loss of life and heavy damages. Both earthquakes killed 644 people and 2608 people were injured. Approximately 4000 buildings collapsed or were seriously damaged. The majority of the damaged structures were seismically insufficient, unreinforced masonry and adobe buildings in rural areas. In this paper, site surveys of the damaged masonry and adobe buildings are presented and the reasons for the caused damages are discussed in detail.

scholarly journals 2010 Karakocan-Elazig earthquake and masonry structures

2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Cetinkaya
Keyword(s):  
Local Time ◽  
Unreinforced Masonry ◽  
Masonry Buildings ◽  
Masonry Structures ◽  
Loss Of Life ◽  
Eastern Turkey ◽  
Site Survey ◽  
A Site

Abstract. Karakocan-Elazig-Turkey earthquake with M = 6.0 occurred on 8 March 2010 at 04:32 a.m. (local time) in eastern Turkey and caused the loss of life and heavy damages, as well. The majority of the damaged structures were seismically deficient, unreinforced masonry buildings. In this paper, a site survey of the damaged buildings is presented and the reasons behind the damages are discussed.

scholarly journals Damages to unreinforced masonry buildings by the Van earthquakes of 23 October and 9 November 2011

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 329-337 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. S. Tama ◽  
A. Solak ◽  
N. Çetinkaya ◽  
G. Şen ◽  
S. Yılmaz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Unreinforced Masonry ◽  
Masonry Buildings ◽  
Wide Spread ◽  
Site Survey ◽  
Van Earthquakes ◽  
A Site ◽  
Extensive Damage

Abstract. Van, a city in Eastern Anatolian Turkey, was hit by two earthquakes with magnitudes of Mw = 7.2 and Mw = 5.6 in October and November 2011. Both earthquakes caused extensive damage to many buildings. Unreinforced masonry buildings, especially in rural areas, suffered from those earthquakes extensively as in many other cases observed in Turkey during other previous earthquakes. This paper presents a site survey of damaged masonry buildings. Reasons for the wide spread damages are discussed in the paper.

scholarly journals Policy Strategies to Revive Rural Land in Peri-Metropolitan Towns: Resource Identification, Capitalization, and Financialization

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 132
Author(s):  
Wei Li ◽  
Zhanwei Zhang ◽  
Yang Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Master Planning ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
Multifunctional Land Use ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Resource Identification ◽  
The Government ◽  
Interpretative Approach ◽  
The Town

Previous planning for rural revival in towns has emphasized construction and government-led policies. However, we argue that the dilemmas of peri-metropolitan rural areas, such as Desakota in China, are far more complex faced with rural super village and hollowed village transformations. Rural revival planning needs to coordinate with the development of urbanized and rural areas towards multifunctional goals and plans as a whole. Therefore, we selected the town master plan of Lijia, a typical peri-metropolitan village in China, as a case study. Through a historical–interpretative approach involving analysis of planning policies, questionnaires, and in-depth interviews with the key stakeholders involved, we structured the process and mechanism of rural revival in Lijia into three phases: resource identification, capitalization, and financialization. In different phases, different stakeholders adopt different roles. The government takes a leading role in resource identification and capitalization, while firms take a leading role in the process of financialization. “Market-dominant and government-guided” planning stimulates villagers to participate in rural revival. We highlight the importance of multifunctional land-use in terms of rural revival in the master planning of peri-metropolitan villages and provide a practical reference for uniting multiple stakeholders, including governments, firms, and villagers.

scholarly journals Perceptions of 'Srem Folk Fest' participants according to cultural tourism preferences

Turizam ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 72-82
Author(s):  
Srđan Timotijević ◽  
Maja Mijatov ◽  
Milena Sekulić
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Practical Implication ◽  
National Commission ◽  
South American ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
The Past ◽  
African Youth ◽  
The Town ◽  
Culture Tradition ◽  
The Sava River

"Srem Folk Fest" has become one of the most popular and significant international folklore festivals in this part of the Balkans since 2004. For the past 16 years, a town Sremska Mitrovica was a host city for European, Asian, South American and African youth. Besides its historical importance, this town on the Sava river could also be considered as the promoter of culture, tradition and folklore of its guests. Each year, the artistic stylization of folklore stage is accompanied by about 20000 visitors during the four festival nights. In 2015, "Srem Folk Fest" was added to the calendar of events of the International Council of Organizations of Folklore Festivals and Folk Arts (CIOFF). The Festival is also recognized by the Serbian National Commission for UNESCO as the keeper of the intangible cultural heritage. One of the main tasks of the paper is related to the need of considering potential and participants' intentions to repeat their visit, as well as of improving the offer and promotion of the town and its surroundings. The aim of the paper is to analyze the data obtained in the context of the behavior and preferences of participants/respondents, to determine the specificity of their role and thus to make a recommendation for creating even better offer. Considering the respondents from 10 countries, the result is especially significant in the form of improving the image of Serbia, as well as their preferences for getting to know rural areas and cultural features. The study contains the survey research, while gained results might provide a good basis for further organization in accordance with their expectations. In addition, the results could also find practical implication in terms of providing basic information necessary to expand this event within the surrounding area of Sremska Mitrovica.

scholarly journals Expanding the Level of Technological Readiness for a Low-Cost Vertical Hydroponic System

Inventions ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 68
Author(s):  
Juan D. Borrero
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Food Sovereignty ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Agricultural Practices ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Technological Readiness ◽  
Readiness Level ◽  
And Performance

Climate and social changes are deeply affecting current agro-food systems. Unsustainable agricultural practices and the low profitability of small farmers are challenging the agricultural development of rural areas. This study aims to develop a novel, modular and low-cost vertical hydroponic farm system through reviews of the patented literature, research literature and variants of commercial products. After a detailed conceptualization process, a prototype was fabricated and tested at my university to validate its technology readiness level (TRL). The outcomes supported the usability and performance of the present utility model but highlighted several changes that are necessary before it can pass to the next TRL. This study shows that the prototype has the potential to not only solve food sovereignty but also to benefit society by advancing the innovations in food production and improving quality of life.

The construction of national musical identities by Greek Cypriot primary school children – implications for the Cyprus music education system

2007 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 251-266
Author(s):  
Avra Pieridou-Skoutella
Keyword(s):  
Music Education ◽  
School Children ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Musical Identity ◽  
Greek Cypriot ◽  
The Republic ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Urban And Rural Areas ◽  
Republic Of Cyprus

Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork with Greek Cypriot elementary school children in urban and rural areas of the Republic of Cyprus, the author describes and analyses the ways in which national musical identity is constructed in and out of school in connection with Cypriot traditional music. Findings reveal the development of fluid and often insecure, ambiguous and contradictory national musical identities as a result of the ideological messages children receive from their musical enculturation contexts. In addition public music education not only fails to assist pupils to become familiar with the tradition's inherent meanings and processes of creation and performance, but enhances children's contradictory ideological understanding and construction of an ambiguous national musical identity.

SPATIAL ASPECTS OF THE REGION’S SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (64) ◽  
pp. 81-88
Author(s):  
Tamara V. Uskova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Main Idea ◽  
State Regulation ◽  
Spatial Factor ◽  
National Settlement ◽  
National Settlement System ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Town

One of the most relevant issues causing concern of the world community is the ensurance of sustainable development. The problem was raised in the second half of the 20th century and has not been solved up to the present yet. The main idea of the article is to consider the spatial factor of sustainable development. The author shows that there is a high level of territories’ socio-economic differentiation in the Russian Federation. The problem of increasing polarization both between the center and periphery, and between the town and countryside has become particularly urgent. Rural areas are significantly lagging behind in terms of the population’s level and quality of life, and the rates of socio-economic development. The trends of rural extinction are intensifying and, as a result, there emerge the sparsity of economic space, and the decrease in stability of the national settlement system and development of countries as a whole. The increase of socio-economic problems in rural areas requires strengthening of the state regulation concerning the territories’ spatial development

Design and Development of a Hybrid DC-DC Converter for Solar-Battery-Based Standalone Milk Vending Machine

2022 ◽  
pp. 110-144
Author(s):  
Aneeja K. J. ◽  
Bekkam Krishna ◽  
V. Karthikeyan
Keyword(s):  
Power Supply ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Power Flow ◽  
Power Conversion ◽  
Rural Families ◽  
Secondary Source ◽  
Optimum Level ◽  
Control Scheme ◽  
Solar Battery ◽  
And Performance

Dairying has become a major secondary source of income for several rural families. The easily perishable nature of milk increases the spoilage of the product and reduces the dairy farms' productivity in rural areas due to power supply shortage issues. In order to overcome the inaccessibility of proper preservation strategies, this chapter proposed a hybrid DC-DC converter for a solar battery-powered milk vending machine. This proposed system can work continuously and provides an uninterrupted power supply to maintain the milk quality at an optimum level. Moreover, the proposed system utilized a novel converter to reduce the number of power conversion stages and compact the system. Besides, the proposed converter can achieve a higher gain ratio with fewer components. Furthermore, a proper algorithmic-based control scheme has been implemented to maintain effective power flow management. Finally, to verify the feasibility and performance of the system, detailed results are obtained at different dynamic conditions, and various case studies are presented in this chapter.

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