Download or read book Fragile and Resilient Cities on Water written by Rosa Caroli and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2017-08-21 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The process of modernization, especially during the twentieth century, has brought about dramatic changes in most cities situated on a body of water. The search for efficiency and functionality has profoundly affected coastal and urban landscapes: gigantism in the port industry has contributed to the degradation of environmental resources and habitats, and modernization processes have marginalized local cultures and historical, community-based values, thus causing original features and local specificity to disappear from most of our historical waterfronts. During the last few decades, the restructuring of port and industrial activities, the greater importance of leisure and tourism, and increasing concern for environmental matters have led to the “rediscovery of water” and to the design and implementation of new urban policies aimed at redeveloping urban waterfronts. Against this background, Venice and Tokyo represent paradigmatic cases of the many challenges which confront urban governance in cities on water. In fact, the urban history of these cities is intimately linked to their relationship with water, which has changed over the centuries, creating articulated and complex structures that have characterized their physical aspect, and even the image of the two cities offered to the rest of the world. From this perspective, this volume highlights the most important socio-economic, historical, identitarian, environmental, and cultural dimensions of the process of the “rediscovery of water” in Venice and Tokyo, as well as offering a re-evaluation of their heritage and identity as cities of water. It pays particular attention to the various implications of living in such a fragile and liminal space between land and water, where natural risks and social and economic vulnerability are particularly high.

Download or read book Computational Science and Its Applications ICCSA 2023 Workshops written by Osvaldo Gervasi and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-06-28 with total page 643 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This nine-volume set LNCS 14104 – 14112 constitutes the refereed workshop proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications, ICCSA 2023, held at Athens, Greece, during July 3–6, 2023. The 350 full papers and 29 short papers and 2 PHD showcase papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 876 submissions. These nine-volumes includes the proceedings of the following workshops: Advances in Artificial Intelligence Learning Technologies: Blended Learning, STEM, Computational Thinking and Coding (AAILT 2023); Advanced Processes of Mathematics and Computing Models in Complex Computational Systems (ACMC 2023); Artificial Intelligence supported Medical data examination (AIM 2023); Advanced and Innovative web Apps (AIWA 2023); Assessing Urban Sustainability (ASUS 2023); Advanced Data Science Techniques with applications in Industry and Environmental Sustainability (ATELIERS 2023); Advances in Web Based Learning (AWBL 2023); Blockchain and Distributed Ledgers: Technologies and Applications (BDLTA 2023); Bio and Neuro inspired Computing and Applications (BIONCA 2023); Choices and Actions for Human Scale Cities: Decision Support Systems (CAHSC-DSS 2023); and Computational and Applied Mathematics (CAM 2023).

Download or read book Studi in memoria di Fabiola Ardizzone 2 Scavi Topografia e Archeologia del paesaggio written by Rosa Maria Carra Bonacasa and published by Antipodes. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Secondo dei quattro QDAP (nn. 10-13) dedicati alla memoria di Fabiola Ardizzone da un folto gruppo di colleghi e allievi. Gli argomenti trattati sono stati suddivisi per tematiche: 1. Epigrafia e Storia; 2. Scavi, Topografia e Archeologia del paesaggio; 3. Ceramica; 4. Varie. L’occupazione post-medievale di Gangivecchio (Palermo). Relazione preliminare delle recenti indagini archeologiche condotte nell’area ad Ovest del complesso abbaziale - Francesca Agrò Insediamenti e cultura materiale nell’area di Castronovo di Sicilia. Secoli VI-XIII - Martin Osvald Hugh Carver, Alessandra Molinari The Harvesting Memories Project: Landscape Archaeology in the Castro/Giardinello Valley and Mt. Barraù (Corleone, Palermo) - Angelo Castrorao Barba, Antonio Rotolo, Pasquale Marino, Stefano Vassallo, Giuseppe Bazan Archeologia dei paesaggi storici e archeologia della sostenibilità - Carlo Citter L’apicoltura rupestre nella Tuscia - Elisabetta De Minicis Archeologia del costruito e analisi urbanistica del centro storico di Castronovo di Sicilia (PA). Primi risultati delle ricerche - Nicoletta Giannini Sardegna e Sicilia: relazioni culturali, religiose ed economiche fra le due isole tirreniche maggiori in età postclassica. Spunti di ricerca - Rossana Martorelli Il Duomo di Cosenza alla luce delle recenti indagini archeologiche. Alcune note preliminari - Giuseppe Roma, Franca C. Papparella Il battistero di Tas-Silg a Malta: vecchie e nuove acquisizioni - Marco Sannazaro Ecclesia Sancti Leonardi: un luogo di ospitalità sulla strada Agrigento - Licata nel XIII secolo - Giuseppina Schirò L’eparchia delle Saline e le isole Eolie tra Tardoantico e alto Medioevo. Studio topografico comparativo di due terre sullo stretto di Messina - Francesca Zagari

Download or read book Le rotte della sostenibilit written by AA.VV. and published by EGEA spa. This book was released on 2018-09-25T00:00:00+02:00 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Le rotte della sostenibilità, titolo di questa edizione de Il Salone della CSR e dell’innovazione sociale e di questo volume, si ispira al viaggio in mare ed è dedicato a chi vuole cavalcare le onde della conoscenza, condividere il cammino con nuovi compagni, arrivare alla meta e ripartire più ricco di idee. Questo terzo volume della collana è, come sempre, un lavoro corale. Il libro raccoglie infatti le riflessioni di tanti attori: docenti del Comitato scientifico, imprese, esperti sui temi dei sei percorsi che caratterizzano il programma di questa edizione: Circular economy, Diversity & Inclusion, Finanza responsabile, Innovation & Change, Processi e filiere sostenibili, Smart community & Smart city. Al centro dell’attenzione resta l’Agenda 2030 con i 17 obiettivi di sviluppo sostenibile, la rotta principale per le organizzazioni che credono nel cambiamento. La vera sfida è scegliere le vie per arrivare in porto e il percorso più efficace con la consapevolezza che le rotte possono incrociarsi o cambiare a fronte di mutate condizioni, ma i valori rappresentano la bussola per tutte le organizzazioni responsabili. Partecipare al Salone significa credere nell’importanza di condividere conoscenze e competenze, collaborare per costruire percorsi articolati verso la sostenibilità, trovare in tempi rapidi soluzioni per il futuro del pianeta. Il Salone è promosso da Università Bocconi, CSR Manager Network, Unioncamere, Fondazione Global Compact Network Italia, Fondazione Sodalitas, Koinètica.

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Download or read book Transition Towards a Sustainable Biobased Economy written by Piergiuseppe Morone and published by Royal Society of Chemistry. This book was released on 2020-02-26 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Globally we are being confronted by the depletion of many natural resources as a result of unsustainable use and increasing global population. Although the debate on the bioeconomy has gained momentum in recent decades, the interest in certifications and standards for biobased products is still weak. This book aims to fill this gap by promoting a holistic approach, which covers environmental, social and economic sustainability aspects and pushes forward the development of a circular, biobased economy. This book promotes the development of sustainability schemes (including standards, labels and certifications) for the assessment of biobased products, which are fundamental to the establishment of a cutting-edge sustainable bioeconomy. Chemical-related, globally relevant case studies are used throughout the book. The content covers a range of issues from upstream and downstream environmental, techno-economic and social assessment, to crosscutting issues such as indirect land use change (iLUC) and end-of-life options. The chapters included in this book will provide a comprehensive review of recent works on life cycle assessment (LCA), life cycle costing (LCC) and social life cycle assessment (s-LCA) methodologies. An important resource for researchers, industrial professionals and policy makers involved in the bioeconomy.

Download or read book Going Public 06 written by Claudia Zanfi and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Artists, architects and theorists describe the transformations in contemporary life in six cities around the Mediterranean coast: Istanbul, Beirut, Nicosia, Tel Aviv, Alexandria, Barcelona.

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Download or read book New Metropolitan Perspectives written by Francesco Calabrò and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-08-24 with total page 2873 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book aims to face the challenge of post-COVID-19 dynamics toward green and digital transition, between metropolitan and return to villages’ perspectives. It presents a multi-disciplinary scientific debate on the new frontiers of strategic and spatial planning, economic programs and decision support tools, within the urban–rural areas networks and the metropolitan cities. The book focuses on six topics: inner and marginalized areas local development to re-balance territorial inequalities; knowledge and innovation ecosystem for urban regeneration and resilience; metropolitan cities and territorial dynamics; rules, governance, economy, society; green buildings, post-carbon city and ecosystem services; infrastructures and spatial information systems; cultural heritage: conservation, enhancement and management. In addition, the book hosts a Special Section: Rhegion United Nations 2020-2030. The book will benefit all researchers, practitioners and policymakers interested in the issues applied to metropolitan cities and marginal areas.

Download or read book Citt porto Mappe per nuove rotte urbane Grande Sud Palermo Mediterraneo written by Rinio Bruttomesso and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: La Biennale di Venezia, con la 10a Mostra Internazionale di architettura Città. Architettura e società, apre un apposito spazio fuori laguna con la sezione palermitana dedicata alle Città - Porto, un progetto che trova sede, per il Sud Italia, a Palermo e che è stato affidato alla curatela di Rinio Bruttomesso, incentrato su temi inediti e allestimenti originali di quattro mostre in tre sedi diverse. Il catalogo è articolato in due volumi: una monografia tematica e un volume sul Premio di Architettura Portus.

Download or read book How is Your MPA Doing written by Robert S. Pomeroy and published by IUCN. This book was released on 2004 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guidebook which aims to improve MPA management by providing a framework that links the goals and objectives of MPAs with indicators that measure management effectiveness. The framework and indicators were field-tested in 18 sites around the world, and results of these pilots were incorporated into the guidebook. Published as a result of a 4-year partnership of IUCN's World Commission on Protected Areas-Marine, World Wildlife Fund, and the NOAA National Ocean Service International Program Office.

Download or read book Food Activism written by Carole Counihan and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-12-05 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Across the globe, people are challenging the agro-industrial food system and its exploitation of people and resources, reduction of local food varieties, and negative health consequences. In this collection leading international anthropologists explore food activism across the globe to show how people speak to, negotiate, or cope with power through food. Who are the actors of food activism and what forms of agency do they enact? What kinds of economy, exchanges, and market relations do they practice and promote? How are they organized and what are their scales of political action and power relations? Each chapter explores why and how people choose food as a means of forging social and economic justice, covering diverse forms of food activism from individual acts by consumers or producers to organized social groups or movements. The case studies embrace a wide geographical spectrum including Cuba, Sri Lanka, Egypt, Mexico, Italy, Canada, France, Colombia, Japan, and the USA. This is the first book to examine food activism in diverse local, national, and transnational settings, making it essential reading for students and scholars in anthropology and other fields interested in food, economy, politics and social change.

Download or read book The Imagined Immigrant written by Ilaria Serra and published by Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using original sources--such as newspaper articles, silent movies, letters, autobiographies, and interviews--Ilaria Serra depicts a large tapestry of images that accompanied mass Italian migration to the U.S. at the turn of the twentieth century. She chooses to translate the Italian concept of immaginario with the Latin imago that felicitously blends the double English translation of the word as "imagery" and "imaginary." Imago is a complex knot of collective representations of the immigrant subject, a mental production that finds concrete expression; impalpable, yet real. The "imagined immigrant" walks alongside the real one in flesh and rags.

Download or read book The Political Economy of Local Regulation written by Alberto Asquer and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-11-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers theoretical and methodological guidelines for researching the complex regulation of local infrastructure, utilities and public services in the context of rapid urbanisation, technological change, and climate change. It examines the interactions between regulators, public officers, infrastructure and utilities firms, public service providers, citizens, and civil society organisations. It contains contributions from academics and practitioners from various disciplinary perspectives and from many regions of the world, illustrated with case studies from several sectors including water, natural gas and electricity distribution, local public transport, district heating, urban waste, and environmental services.

Download or read book Biocultural Diversity Conservation written by Luisa Maffi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-09-10 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The field of biocultural diversity is emerging as a dynamic, integrative approach to understanding the links between nature and culture and the interrelationships between humans and the environment at scales from the global to the local. Its multifaceted contributions have ranged from theoretical elaborations, to mappings of the overlapping distributions of biological and cultural diversity, to the development of indicators as tools to measure, assess, and monitor the state and trends of biocultural diversity, to on-the-ground implementation in field projects. This book is a unique compendium and analysis of projects from all around the world that take an integrated biocultural approach to sustaining cultures and biodiversity. The 45 projects reviewed exemplify a new focus in conservation: this is based on the emerging realization that protecting and restoring biodiversity and maintaining and revitalizing cultural diversity and cultural vitality are intimately, indeed inextricably, interrelated. Published with Terralingua and IUCN

Download or read book The New Peasantries written by Jan Douwe van der Ploeg and published by Earthscan. This book was released on 2012-05-23 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the position, role and significance of the peasantry in an era of globalization, particularly of the agrarian markets and food industries. It argues that the peasant condition is characterized by a struggle for autonomy that finds expression in the creation and development of a self-governed resource base and associated forms of sustainable development. In this respect the peasant mode of farming fundamentally differs from entrepreneurial and corporate ways of farming. The author demonstrates that the peasantries are far from waning. Instead, both industrialized and developing countries are witnessing complex and richly chequered processes of 're-peasantization', with peasants now numbering over a billion worldwide. The author's arguments are based on three longitudinal studies (in Peru, Italy and The Netherlands) that span 30 years and provide original and thought-provoking insights into rural and agrarian development processes. The book combines and integrates different bodies of literature: the rich traditions of peasant studies, development sociology, rural sociology, neo-institutional economics and the recently emerging debates on Empire.

Download or read book I Saw the Muses written by Leonardo Sinisgalli and published by Guernica Editions. This book was released on 1997 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leonardo Sinisgalli (1908--1981) was born in Lucania, Italy, and was a painter as well as a major poet. His images and metaphors arise from nature. His muses perch on an ancient oak, eating, not ambrosia, but acorns and berries. The dominant landscapes of his poetry are intimate, a world of affections, places and people, that transcend time and the particulars of culture and locality. His language is plain and sensuous; his voice, gentle. In his poetry are the wonder of a child and the ironies of a twentieth century man.