Search results for "Urban renewal"
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First survey on zoonotic helminthosis in urban brown rats (Rattus norvegicus) in Spain and associated public health considerations.
2018
Abstract The brown rat, Rattus norvegicus, with a worldwide distribution, is the most commensal species among synanthropic rodents, since its main habitat, in urban as well as in rural areas, is always linked to humans. Therefore, people living in close proximity to rodent populations can be exposed to infection. Whereas bacteria and viruses are the best known rat-associated zoonoses in urban environments, the role of brown rats as reservoirs for helminth parasites and the associated risk for humans are less well known. Specifically, this role has not been analyzed in Spain to date. A total of 100 R. norvegicus trapped in the sewage system (n = 85), and parks (n = 15) of Barcelona was exami…
Strategic Vision of a Euro-Mediterranean Port City: A Case Study of Palermo
2013
Italian harbours assume a decisive role in order to develop a Euro-Mediterranean web for maritime transportation. The geostrategic position of the Italian peninsula can be seen as a logistic platform at the centre of the maritime trades in the Mediterranean area, giving to its port cities the role of gateway of economic flows. The port poles, meant as hubs, are able to attract investments and create economic growth and territorial development through new operative models of urban usage and management. The management policies have to consider the environmental characteristics and distinctive features, respecting the identity of the places as concrete evidence of history, a source of intellec…
Ville et fortifications : de l'héritage à la production du territoire urbain
2015
A large number of french cities host military historical edifices (citadels, barracks, bastions, defensive walls, etc.). Although their initial defensive functions have been lost over time, these edifices remain deeply rooted in the urban fabric of their host cities. They continue exerting an impact on these cities’ urban morphology and modern-time functions as well as the way in which the concept of city is understood. Cities nowadays face some new challenges,the increasing awareness of urban sprawl and its consequences, coupled with an urge to promote a renewed and sustainable urbanism, invites us to adopt new approaches to study urban fortifications. In addition to their symbolic aspect,…
Rigenerazione di aree produttive dismesse nel territorio della Val Chisone in Piemonte. L’ex setificio Gütermann di Perosa Argentina
2017
Il paper presenta i risultati parziali di un’attività di ricerca che l’autrice sta svolgendo in Piemonte nell’ambito del Bando Talenti della Società Civile promosso dalla Fondazione Giovanni Goria e dalla Fondazione CRT, cofinanziato dall’associazione spagnola INCUNA (Industria, Cultura, Naturaleza) di Gijón. La ricerca riguarda le tematiche della rigenerazione partecipata delle aree produttive dismesse come risorsa per lo sviluppo territoriale. L’articolo si focalizza sul territorio della Val Chisone, situato nella provincia torinese e a stretto contatto con la realtà transfrontaliera. La ricerca pone l’attenzione sull’analisi delle peculiarità di questa valle che grazie alla sua posizione…
Rigenerazione urbana e pratiche urbane microspaziali
2017
Nello scenario post-crisi attuale, che ha visto la sensibile riduzione delle risorse pubbliche per i progetti di rigenerazione urbana, in molte realtà urbane italiane e non solo, stiamo assistendo alla crescita di una serie di pratiche urbane micro-spaziali che stanno ridisegnando gli spazi urbani. Si tratta di esperienze che diversi studiosi hanno definito come "insurgent", "do-it-yourself" (DIY), "guerrilla", "everyday", "participatory" e/o "grassroots" urbanism (Haydn and Temel, 2006; Borasi and Zardini, 2008; Chase et al., 2008; Burnham, 2010; Hou, 2010; Zeiger, 2011a) e che si caratterizzano per una capacità proattiva che sfida gli approcci tradizionali delle politiche urbane e le loro…
Multicriteria Prioritization for Multistage Implementation of Complex Urban Renewal Projects
2015
Renewal projects on neighborhood scale often include several sub projects aiming at fulfill the different functions of urban areas, while public funds or activated public-private partnership can be insufficient to face the implementation of subprojects simultaneously. Therefore single parts of wider projects are frequently realized at different period of time, according to the availability of public funds or the interest of private partners in the most profitable projects. Although a major organizational effort of funding could be necessary, a more rational approach is required, which will be able to identify the most suitable sequence of realization ensuring the greatest advantage if non c…
Sustainability, Territorial Resources and Social Capital
2017
In Italy, in the last two decades, new methods of intervention in planning and land policies have been used, which focused more and more on territorial government, governance, development, cohesion and environmental sustainability. One of the main factors that has contributed to the dissatisfaction of the residents is the lack of quality in the towns, which has been more and more characterized by urban decay and by lack of services and gathering places. Giving back environmental, economic and social quality to degraded areas or recovering abandoned public spaces responds definitely to the concept of sustainable city limiting urban sprawl and reducing environmental impacts inherent in the bu…
Distribution and characteristics of Listeria monocytogenes isolates from surface waters of the South Nation River Watershed, Ontario, Canada
2007
ABSTRACT Listeria monocytogenes is a facultative intracellular pathogen thought to be widely distributed in the environment. We investigated the prevalence and characteristics of L. monocytogenes isolates from surface waters derived from catchments within the South Nation River watershed (Ontario, Canada). This watershed is dominated by urban and rural development, livestock and crop production, and wildlife habitats. From June to November 2005, a total of 314 surface water samples were collected biweekly from 22 discrete sampling sites characterized by various upstream land uses. Presumptive Listeria spp. were isolated using a selective enrichment and isolation procedure, and 75 L. monocyt…
Reconstruir la ciudad sobre la ciudad. El Projet Euroméditerranée en Marsella
2014
At the end of XX century, the city of Marseille suffered a severe crisis caused by decline of industrial and port activities, on which was based city's economy. Despite crisis, Marseille has reacted creating new economic and urban strategies. In particular, the article analyses two phases of Euroméditerranée redevelopment project, which has been promoted by the Etablissement Public d'Aménagement Méditerranée. The aim of this ambitious project is to set Marseille again in the core of its region and the whole Mediterranean area. Euroméditerranée I project (1995-2015) deal with the requalification of waterfront and abandoned industrial heritage and the enhancement of historic city centre. More…
Pique-niquer in Paris
2015
Una antica tradizione rinnova il rapporto tra Parigi e i suoi abitanti: l’uso sociale e pubblico di prati, giardini, scalinate, sponde dei canali e lungofiume per consumare, con estrema nonchalance, il rito del picnic. Pique-niquer è un verbo francese che abbina piquer (prendere, rubacchiare, spilluzzicare) con nique (piccola cosa di poco valore). La città gli tributa generosamente i suoi spazi pubblici dove si riversano coppie, gruppi, famiglie, attrezzati di tutto punto per godere di un pranzo o soltanto di uno spuntino all’aperto, immersi tra i panorami urbani più suggestivi. An old tradition renews the relationship existing between Paris and her inhabitants: the social and public use…