“TRANSDUCTIVE URBANISM” A METHOD FOR THE ANALYSIS OF THE RELATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE OF MALLED METROPOLITAN CENTRES IN AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND

“Transductive Urbanism” A Method for the Analysis of the Relational Infrastructure of Malled Metropolitan Centres in Auckland, New Zealand

This article discusses the theoretical framework and methodology developed for research on comparative urbanism devoted to emerging phenomena in rapidly expanding cities.It focuses on problems related to the right to the city, particularly addressing questions of participation in the production of space.The exploration of progressive social and spa

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Natural Resource Conservation Based on Community Economic Empowerment: Perspectives on Watershed Management and Slum Settlements in Makassar City, South Sulawesi, Indonesia

The purpose of this study is to analyze the influence of slum development, community poverty, and community behavior on environmental degradation in the Tallo river basin in Makassar City and to analyze the effects of natural resource conservation, economic empowerment, community capacity building on the productivity of economic enterprises and eco

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Mezzo-scopic Analysis of Fracture Toughness in Steels

The cleavage fracture toughness of steels was mezzo-scopically analyzed on the basis of the statistical local fracture criterion approach.The statistical stress criterion at the crack tip region suggests that the cleavage fracture toughness in steels can be described as a function of the yield stress, the cleavage fracture stress, and other mechani

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Residential characteristics aggravating infestation by Culex quinquefasciatus in a region of Northeastern Brazil

OBJECTIVE: Analyse how basic sanitation conditions, water supply and housing conditions affect the concentration of Culex quinquefasciatus METHODS: Populations of C.quinquefasciatus in 61 houses in the municipality of Olinda, PE, were monitored between October 2009 and October 2010.Observations were carried out in homes without the presence of pref

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