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2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gianluca Gaias

The social transformations and the spatializing practices that individuals and groups put in place on the contemporary urban territory, especially for what concerns different human groups in the same urban context, have long been the subject of much research in social geography. How to place oneself, as a researcher, in a hybrid and complex space such as that of the intercultural and cosmopolitan city? Starting from a field research conducted in the City of Cagliari, this contribution aims to discuss the methodologies used, the postures adopted and the critical issues that emerged in conducting an analysis centered on those emerging territorialities attributable to the presence of foreign individuals and communities recently settled in the urban space.


2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (44) ◽  
pp. 70-83
Author(s):  
Gonzalo Rodolfo Peña-Zamalloa

The city of Huancayo, like other intermediate cities in Latin America, faces problems of poorly planned land-use changes and a rapid dynamic of the urban land market. The scarce and outdated information on the urban territory impedes the adequate classification of urban areas, limiting the form of its intervention. The purpose of this research was the adoption of unassisted and mixed methods for the spatial classification of urban areas, considering the speculative land value, the proportion of urbanized land, and other geospatial variables. Among the data collection media, Multi-Spectral Imagery (MSI) from the Sentinel-2 satellite, the primary road system, and a sample of direct observation points, were used. The processed data were incorporated into georeferenced maps, to which urban limits and official slopes were added. During data processing, the K-Means algorithm was used, together with other machine learning and assisted judgment methods. As a result, an objective classification of urban areas was obtained, which differs from the existing planning.


2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (11) ◽  
pp. 1616-1620
Author(s):  
Ali Hammad ◽  
Muhammad Naeem ◽  
Hafiz Muhammad Anwar ◽  
Ameer Ahmad

Objective: To assess various clinical and epidemiological characteristics of pediatric and adolescent patients of COVID-19 of Bahawalpur division, to improve their outcome and management. Study design: Descriptive Cohort study. Setting: Department of Pediatrics, Civil Hospital Bahawalpur. Period: 1st March to 30th July 2020.  Material & Methods: Data of patients was recovered from hospital record. Data of variables like age, gender, rural or urban living area, symptomatology and need for hospitalization was collected from hospital record. Results: Out of total 516 diagnosed COVID-19 patients, 5.4% patients were of age less than 20 years, 32% from birth to 5 years, 20% from 6 to 10 years of age, 21.4% were 11 to 15 years of age, 28.5% were 16 to 20 years age group. 57.1% were male and 42.8% were female. 42.8% were asymptomatic, 32% patient had respiratory symptoms, 25% had Gastro-intestinal symptoms. 64.2% belonged to urban territory of living, 35.7% belonged to rural. 81.2% patients fall in mild category and 18.7% in moderate. Mortality was Null. Hospitalization was needed in 53.5%, while 46.5% were home quarantined. Mean duration of hospital stay was 14+1 days. Conclusion: Pediatric and adolescent patients have mild to moderate disease severity leading to better outcome of the disease.


2021 ◽  
pp. 47-82
Author(s):  
Quill R Kukla

This chapter offers a philosophical account of what is distinctive about urban spaces and urban subjectivity. It proposes four features distinctive of city life that concern dwellers’ bodies and how they use and move through space: (1) proximity and shared space with many people, including a wide and diverse range of strangers; (2) unpredictability; and (3) slow locomotion combined with (4) fast switching between skills, stances, and perceptual expectations, which requires a wide, fluid, and flexible set of metaskills for moving between skill sets. Drawing on empirical sociological literature, the chapter explores how city dwellers see and judge risk and safety, order and disorder. It also develops the notion of an urban territory, and explores how territory is claimed, used, and bounded through bodily micronegotiations.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ling Yang ◽  
Minyuan Zhu

Abstract In the world of advancement, the development of the urban environment by providing favorable and secure conditions to the population are always directed to environmental factors of various levels. The role in urban development and growth remains an integral part of their management. It should focus on improving the effectiveness of territorial utilization and enhancing environmental resources.The planning will be based on the information regarding the past and present events of the recognized ecological processes in cities. Currently, there are several issues in towns that need to be addressed effectively and efficiently. The poor urban environment is a significant issue which leads to ecological issues. The environmental factors are one of the most important aspects that people should consider when implementing growth plans in the urban areas. This paper explores environmental factors such as Density, Compactness, Fragment, Variation, Cohesion in urban territory design and management.


Author(s):  
LETICIA ANA GUZMÁN ◽  
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. LAURA ZULAICA ◽  
DAFNE MIZDRAJE

Changes in land use have been detrimental to natural ecosystems. In Argentina, the Espinal ecoregion is one of the most affected, with only a few relics remaining. The province of Córdoba is one of the largest agricultural producers, which led to the modification of natural ecosystems, losing the environmental services they provide. This happens in the city of Villa María and especially in its peri-urban territory. The identification and analysis of the fragmentation of the ecosystem structures in this peri-urban area provide a different way of identifying the new ecosystem structures to be considered in the territorial planning of medium or small cities. Six ecosystemic structures (patches) were identified: Residual Ecosystems, Neoecosystems, Neosols, Neohumedales, Surface Runoff Neoredes, and Geophagy. It's processing through a Geographic Information System allowed mapping the survey results and identifying the environmental services that they provide. The fieldwork allowed to show the richness and diversity present; however, their distance and size denote the vulnerability of the patches. The importance of the structures in terms of the provision of services demands the need to consolidate political strategies in municipal management aimed at protecting the patches.


Geoheritage ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Zoboli ◽  
Marco Pistis ◽  
Gabriela M. Afrasinei ◽  
Giancarlo Nonnoi ◽  
Gian Luigi Pillola

AbstractIn this paper, we report on the first project on the promotion of urban geoheritage in Cagliari, the capital of the Autonomous Region of Sardinia (Italy). We briefly address the history of geo-palaeontological research in the city area and outline the main phases of development in the history of Cagliari’s geo-palaeontological museum. Geotourism is an efficient method of bringing geosciences to a wider audience. For this project, we compiled a geoitinerary of the main lithotypes and fossils present within the urban territory. Miocene lithotypes are the most important materials in the edification of the Cagliari’s old town, and in the past, the quarrying activity favoured the geology knowledge of the area. The presence of abandoned quarries and natural outcrops in parks, public gardens, on the nearby coastline, and also of fossils exposed in ashlars of historic buildings, made Cagliari an excellent example to valorise the geo-palaeontological heritage using geotourism. This project showcases the importance of knowledge transfer and non-technical communication methods by converting highly technical aspects into accessible and engaging information dissemination to a wide range of audience types, including non-specialised ones.


Urban Studies ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 004209802110056
Author(s):  
Haim Yacobi ◽  
Elya Lucy Milner

This article critically analyses and theoretically conceptualises the links between settler colonialism, planning and health. Based on the case of the Bedouin community in the Negev/Naqab, we argue that the production of settler colonial space has a profound impact on health, and should therefore be referred to as a specific category for analysing health disparities, simultaneously entangling territorial control and biopolitics towards indigenous communities. Furthermore, we suggest that this relationship between space and health constructs stigma that justifies and facilitates – in turn – the ongoing territorial control over the indigenous Bedouin population in Israel. By reviewing existing data on health and planning, especially in relation to infrastructure and access to services, we contribute to the growing literature on the nexus of settler-colonialism/health with urban and regional planning. Importantly, throughout this paper we refer to the Bedouin localities as part of the production of urban territory, illuminating the urban as a multidimensional process of political struggle, including the metropolin informal fringes.


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